
Talabat
Country Manager, Food Services
- Permanent
- Doha, Qatar
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 09/12/2026
Job overview
Date posted
25/10/2026
Location
Doha, Qatar
Salary
QAR 15,000 - 20,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
09/12/2026
Job description
Reporting to the General Manager MENA Talabat Kitchens, this Country Manager owns the Food Services business in Qatar, including its financial statements. Growing the cloud kitchen presence starts with a blueprint aligned to wider company strategy. Budgets have to be hit while construction, new brand launches and expansion move forward profitably. Kitchen spaces for expansion are identified jointly against criteria such as location, size, accessibility and cost. Day to day, multiple brands run under your watch, with health and safety, stock deliveries and site hygiene all held to standard. Logistics Operations and Customer Experience teams are key partners in improving site performance and delivering perfect orders. Business cases for future ventures are built with the Senior Director Food Services and presented to stakeholders up to C-suite. Fluent Arabic is mandatory, along with 3+ years in growth, product, consulting, internal strategy or startup roles and experience in tech, e-commerce, food or FMCG. SQL and Tableau skills and a strong grasp of financial statements and investment proposals are expected.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Create a blueprint for growing the cloud kitchen presence in Qatar, aligned with wider company strategy
- Lead business development, stakeholder and wide-scale project management initiatives for Talabat Kitchens
- Own the Food Services country financial statements
- Achieve budgets while driving growth across construction, new brand launches and profitable operations
- Coordinate multiple stakeholders to deliver perfect orders to consumers
- Partner with Logistics Operations and Customer Experience to improve site performance
- Build business cases for future ventures with the Senior Director Food Services
- Identify kitchen spaces for expansion against agreed location, size, accessibility and cost criteria
- Manage day-to-day operations across multiple brands, including stock deliveries
- Uphold health and safety and site hygiene standards at every kitchen
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor's or MBA degree in Business, Marketing or a STEM discipline
- Bring 3+ years of experience in a growth or product manager role, consulting, internal strategy or startups
- Offer prior experience in tech, e-commerce, food, FMCG or a mix of these industries
- Speak Arabic fluently
- Show previous experience leading cross-functional teams
- Understand financial statements, planning and investment proposals in depth
- Use SQL, Tableau and Excel for analysis
- Translate complex data into success metrics and data-driven action plans
- Know online marketing concepts and tools
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the cloud kitchen industry and the restaurant business
- Present persuasive business cases to stakeholders at every level, including C-suite