Shipping representative Jobs

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p><strong>JOB SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION</strong></p><br><p>The role is responsible for managing of credit limits relating to credit facilities and guiding the team members in the day-to-day transactions with respect to limit encoding &amp; control. Further, he/she is responsible for ensuring that the team complies with the approved terms and adheres to policies, process and procedures of FAB Head office, representative offices, international branches and regulators.</p><br><p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p><br><ul><li>Authorize / Process/ Encode credit limits and to ensure accurate detailing into the Banks Systems along with maintenance of Banks &amp; Country Limits as per Credit Approvals Maintaining accuracy with regards to application of interest rates, commissions, fees and charges.</li><li>Authorize/ Process / Encode maintenance of CCIB obligor details based on the requests received from UAE and international branches in line with the local regulations of the respective jurisdictions.</li><li>Authorize / Process / Prepare day to day transactions – Loan memos, Processing tickets, PPC discounting/ settlements, SVC etc.</li><li>Authorize / Process / Encode monthly activities such as annual review of credit limits in GLCMS.</li><li>Authorize / Process memos for provisioning of accounts, customer grade changes, suspension of interest and passing relevant write-off entries.</li><li>Authorize / Prepare Liability/No Liability Certificates / Letters.</li><li>Ensure 100% satisfaction rating by internal customers by providing superior service quality, manage internal customer relationships and ensure that queries and exceptions are addressed efficiently with proactive measures.</li><li>Ensure timely response to service and support requests, queries, escalations and deficiency reports.</li><li>Stay abreast of latest developing concepts, new regulations by the UAE Central Bank, other legal entities and Corporate Credit guidelines.</li><li>Ensure adherence to published Standard Operation Procedures (SOP), Service level agreements (SLA’s) and understanding of relevant products, procedures and Delegation of Authority (DOA) of the Bank.</li><li>Support Team Leader (TL’s) in distributing work among team members and ensure smooth flow of day-to-day transactions.</li><li>Assist TLs in monitoring work submission channels (emails and other workflow management systems in use) for daily task allocation within the Unit, to ensure task completions and update internal stakeholders accordingly.</li><li>Authorize / Prepare instruction memos to Loan operations for disbursement, changes in repayment, settlements, maintenance and collection of various fees etc.</li><li>Authorize / Prepare instruction Memos to Client Service (CS) team for release of excess margin held against facilities as per approved terms.</li><li>Authorize / Prepare instruction memos for amendment of interest rates of overdraft pricing linked to fixed deposits, deferring loan instalments, extending loan maturity date etc.</li><li>Authorize / Process / Encode Bank and Country limits as per approval.</li><li>Authorize / Process upload of interest rates codes in Bank systems.</li><li>Prepare various reports as and when requested by HO-CCU &amp; Sanction/HO-CAD/Senior Management.</li><li>Undertake special projects/assignments as and when requested by Line Manager/ HO-CCU&amp; Sanction / HO-CAD/ Senior Management.</li><li>Report KRI’s and Operational loss incidents in a timely manner.</li><li>Proactive engagement with key stakeholders and ensure operational continuity without any process breach.</li><li>Recognize and highlight process enhancement opportunities.</li><li>Provide guidance and on the job training for staff, conduct knowledge sharing sessions and monitor performance of the team.</li><li>Ascertain adequate training of team members.</li><li>Create effective leave management plan, adequate back-ups for self and team members.</li><li>Timely archiving of transactional documents as per Unit’s process.</li><li>Maximize available manpower to meet business deliverables.</li><li>Policies, Systems, Processes &amp; Procedures: Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner. Demonstrate compliance to organization’s values and ethics at all times to support the establishment of a value drive culture within the bank.</li><li>Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction.</li><li>Reporting: Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate statements and reports to meet department requirements, policies and quality standards.</li><li>Zero Loss; NIL near miss / income leakage event; target zero high risk error.</li><li>Target zero complaints, minimum 95 % adherence to TAT standards as agreed with business. Achieve more than 90% satisfaction score in the internal customer survey.</li><li>Nil unauthorized breaches in Policy/regulatory requirements and SOPs. Satisfactory rating in all audits - INA/RMU/ORC.</li><li>Nil breaches in housekeeping (reconciliations, tracers, activity tracker, etc.).</li><li>NIL critical findings in regulatory /external/internal audits.</li><li>No. of PI (process improvement) proposals found beneficial by management. No. of successful PIs implemented.</li><li>Work with the line manager in introducing strong tools/processes to identify/ease BAU risks attached to the unit.</li><li>Pursue opportunities for enhancing operative efficiencies along with adequate monitoring.</li><li>Ensure excellent housekeeping standards at all times.</li><li>Functions within the framework and boundaries of Group policies as well as overall organisational and governance frameworks.</li><li><p>Authorised to take decisions as per the approved authorisation matrix.</p><br></li></ul><p><strong>REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p><br><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree or related discipline.</li><li><p>Relevant experience in the banking sector with at least 5 years in similar positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities in the credit facility function.</p><br></li></ul><p><strong>Preferred / Beneficial</strong></p><br><p>Not specified in source.</p><br><br> <b>About Us:</b><br> First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the largest bank in the UAE and one of the world's largest and safest financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive range of personal and private banking services, including credit cards, Islamic banking, investments, loans, and mortgages. Our commitment to excellence and innovation drives us to provide top-tier financial solutions to our clients.<br> <b>Life at FAB:</b><br> Working at FAB means being part of a team of talented and passionate individuals with a shared vision to support the ambitions of our stakeholders to "Grow Stronger." We embrace the needs of our customers across the globe with a sense of responsibility and confidence driven by extensive expertise that can only be delivered by an ambitious world-class organization<br> <b>Career Development:</b><br> FAB offers unique career choices, a chance to innovate, craft solutions for the future, and express yourself in a performance-based culture that will unleash the best in you. Whether you are an experienced professional or just starting your career, FAB provides a range of learning and development initiatives to support all employees through training and skill development.<br> <b>Our Values:</b><br> At FAB, we place our customers at the core of our activities, live our values each day in every way, celebrate achievements, and empower each other to deliver leading solutions. We have structured plans for the recruitment and career progression of Emirati talent to enable them to make a mark in the financial and banking sector both regionally and globaly that rewards your hard work and dedication.<br> Join our team and be part of a journey to shape the future of banking.<br> </div>

Senior Project Manager – Hospitality / Hotels Location: Dubai, UAESector: Hospitality / Hotels Company Type: Project Management Consultancy (PMC) The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a leading Project Management Consultancy in Dubai, taking a key role in the delivery of high-profile hospitality and hotel developments across the UAE. The successful candidate will have a strong background delivering luxury hotels, resorts and hospitality-led developments, ideally from a PMC, project management consultancy or client-side environment. You will be responsible for managing projects through the full development lifecycle, coordinating consultants, contractors, operators and key stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered to the required standards of quality, programme and commercial performance. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery of major hospitality and hotel projects from design and pre-construction through construction, fit-out, handover and close-out. Act as a key point of contact for the client, providing clear project leadership, reporting and strategic advice throughout the project lifecycle. Manage and coordinate architects, designers, engineers, cost consultants, contractors and specialist subcontractors. Work closely with hotel operators, developers and brand representatives to ensure operator and brand requirements are incorporated into the project. Manage project programmes, key milestones, budgets, risks and overall delivery strategy. Lead design coordination and ensure alignment between architectural, structural, MEP, interior design and operational requirements. Oversee procurement, tendering and contractor appointment processes alongside the commercial team. Monitor contractor performance, construction progress and quality against agreed project requirements. Chair client, consultant and contractor meetings and ensure actions are effectively managed and closed out. Identify project risks, delays and potential issues early and implement appropriate mitigation strategies. Manage stakeholder interfaces including developers, operators, consultants, contractors and relevant authorities. Oversee testing, commissioning, snagging, handover and project close-out. Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements, company procedures and UAE regulations. Candidate Requirements Degree qualified in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Project Management or a related discipline. Approximately 10+ years' experience within construction and project management. Strong experience delivering hotels, luxury hospitality, resorts or similar high-end developments. Previous experience working for a PMC, project management consultancy or client-side organisation is strongly preferred. Proven experience managing projects through both pre-contract and post-contract stages. Strong understanding of hotel design, construction, fit-out and operational requirements. Experience coordinating multiple design disciplines and specialist hospitality consultants. Strong client-facing and stakeholder management capabilities. Commercially aware with a good understanding of contracts, procurement, programme and risk management. Excellent communication, leadership and reporting skills. Previous UAE or GCC project experience is highly advantageous. Preferred Experience Candidates with experience delivering 5-star hotels, luxury resorts, branded residences, mixed-use hospitality developments or major hotel refurbishments will be particularly relevant. Experience working with internationally recognised hotel operators and luxury hospitality brands would also be advantageous. The Opportunity This is an excellent opportunity to join an established PMC delivering significant hospitality developments across Dubai and the wider UAE. The position offers the opportunity to work directly with major developers, hotel operators and international consultants while taking ownership of complex, high-profile projects from development through to final handover.

Location: UAEEmployment Type: Full-Time Experience Required: 3–5 years of UAE sales experience Industry Preference: Freight Forwarding / Logistics About the Role We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Sales Manager to drive business growth and expand our customer base in the UAE. The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of proven UAE sales experience, preferably within the freight forwarding or logistics industry, along with an established network of UAE customers. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve revenue and business-growth targets. Identify and acquire new customers across the UAE. Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing customers. Leverage an established UAE customer network to generate new business opportunities. Conduct client meetings, presentations, and negotiations to convert prospects into customers. Generate leads through market research, networking, referrals, and direct business development activities. Prepare quotations, proposals, and commercial offers in coordination with internal teams. Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and customer requirements. Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and provide regular sales reports and forecasts. Collaborate with operations and customer-service teams to ensure smooth service delivery and customer satisfaction. Achieve individual sales targets and contribute to the overall growth of the business. Requirements3–5 years of UAE sales experience is mandatory. Strong preference for candidates with experience in freight forwarding, logistics, shipping, or related industries. Proven track record of business generation and achieving sales targets. Established UAE customer network and market connections. Strong understanding of the UAE market and B2B sales environment. Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-management skills. Self-motivated, target-driven, and capable of working independently. Valid UAE driving licence is preferred. Candidates currently based in the UAE will be preferred.

<ul><li><p>Source and purchase materials, furniture, and accessories for interior design and fit-out projects.</p></li><li><p>Obtain and compare supplier quotations and negotiate prices.</p></li><li><p>Prepare purchase orders (LPOs) and maintain procurement records.</p></li><li><p>Coordinate with local and international suppliers.</p></li><li><p>Follow up on orders, shipments, deliveries, and customs clearance.</p></li><li><p>Coordinate with project managers, designers, and site teams to ensure timely material availability.</p></li><li><p>Monitor procurement costs, quality, and delivery schedules.</p></li><li><p>Maintain good supplier relationships and ensure purchases meet project requirements and approved budgets.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li><p>Previous experience in procurement, preferably in interior design or fit-out.</p></li><li><p>Knowledge of local and international suppliers.</p></li><li><p>Strong negotiation, communication, and coordination skills.</p></li><li><p>Experience in quotations, LPOs, and supplier follow-ups.</p></li><li><p>Knowledge of shipping, logistics, and customs clearance is an advantage.</p></li><li><p>Proficiency in MS Excel and Microsoft Office.</p></li><li><p>Organized, detail-oriented, and able to meet deadlines.</p></li><li><p>Good command of English; additional languages are an advantage.</p></li></ul>

<p>Job Purpose To lead sales growth and market expansion for FMCG food products (Milk Powder, Jam, Tomato Paste) across Africa, GCC, and other international regions by developing new markets, acquiring new customers, and managing existing business relationships to achieve company targets. Core Criteria Overview 1. Open new markets (not just maintain existing ones). 2. Understand African business culture and logistics. 3. Build and manage distributor networks. 4. Handle export documentation, pricing, and payment terms. 5. Represent the company professionally and grow the brand regionally. Market Experience & Regional Knowledge Must have prior experience selling to African markets (North, West, or East Africa). 1. Preferably in FMCG food or dairy sectors. 2. Understands import regulations, trade barriers, and logistics routes for Africa. 3. Familiar with distribution structures (importers, wholesalers, sub-distributors). 4. Knows how to adapt pricing and product strategy for markets with currency and demand variations. Product-Specific Experience Experience in FMCG food categories, and knowledge of competitors especially: 1. Milk powder / dairy (understanding of reconstitution, packaging formats, and shelf-life). 2. Tomato paste & jam (familiarity with tin, sachet, and jar packaging formats). 3. Evaporated milk (future line). Distributor Development Skills. Must know how to: 1. Identify and appoint reliable distributors or agents. 2. Negotiate trade terms (pricing, credit, and marketing support). 3. Establish exclusive agreements with performance clauses. 4. Support distributors in sales planning, stock management, and local promotions. Sales & Business Development Competence. Proven ability to: 5. Prospect new customers and expand distribution networks. 6. Negotiate and close large-volume contracts. 7. Prepare sales forecasts and annual budgets. 8. Achieve or exceed export sales targets. Export Process & Documentation Knowledge. Understanding of: 1. Incoterms, LC (Letter of Credit), CAD, advance payments, and credit terms. 2. Shipping documentation (Invoice, Packing List, Certificate of Origin, Bill of Lading, etc.). 3. Product registration requirements (especially for dairy products in African countries). 4. Coordination with logistics, finance, and customs clearance agents. Language & Communication: 1. English: Essential (for East & Anglophone Africa) 2. French: Highly preferred (for West & North Africa) 3. Arabic: Advantageous (for North Africa & GCC coordination) Cultural Awareness & Adaptability. Must be able to: 1. Travel frequently and adapt to different African business environments. 2. Respect local business etiquette, timing, and negotiation styles. 3. Handle diverse challenges (logistics delays, pricing volatility, import regulations). Commercial & Analytical Skills. Should be able to: 1. Analyze market trends, competitor pricing, and consumer behavior. 2. Recommend pricing strategies and promotional activities. 3. Understand profit margins, trade costs, and cost-to-serve per market.</p><p>Required Qualifications: 1. Bachelor Degree in Business, Marketing, or International Trade. 2. Minimum 4? 6 years of export sales or business development experience in the FMCG / food sector. 3. Proven record of opening new markets and acquiring new customers in Africa or GCC. 4. Strong network of distributors or importers in the region is an advantage.</p>

<p>Job Purpose To lead sales growth and market expansion for FMCG food products (Milk Powder, Jam, Tomato Paste) across Africa, GCC, and other international regions by developing new markets, acquiring new customers, and managing existing business relationships to achieve company targets. Core Criteria Overview 1. Open new markets (not just maintain existing ones). 2. Understand African business culture and logistics. 3. Build and manage distributor networks. 4. Handle export documentation, pricing, and payment terms. 5. Represent the company professionally and grow the brand regionally. Market Experience & Regional Knowledge Must have prior experience selling to African markets (North, West, or East Africa). 1. Preferably in FMCG food or dairy sectors. 2. Understands import regulations, trade barriers, and logistics routes for Africa. 3. Familiar with distribution structures (importers, wholesalers, sub-distributors). 4. Knows how to adapt pricing and product strategy for markets with currency and demand variations. Product-Specific Experience Experience in FMCG food categories, and knowledge of competitors especially: 1. Milk powder / dairy (understanding of reconstitution, packaging formats, and shelf-life). 2. Tomato paste & jam (familiarity with tin, sachet, and jar packaging formats). 3. Evaporated milk (future line). Distributor Development Skills. Must know how to: 1. Identify and appoint reliable distributors or agents. 2. Negotiate trade terms (pricing, credit, and marketing support). 3. Establish exclusive agreements with performance clauses. 4. Support distributors in sales planning, stock management, and local promotions. Sales & Business Development Competence. Proven ability to: 5. Prospect new customers and expand distribution networks. 6. Negotiate and close large-volume contracts. 7. Prepare sales forecasts and annual budgets. 8. Achieve or exceed export sales targets. Export Process & Documentation Knowledge. Understanding of: 1. Incoterms, LC (Letter of Credit), CAD, advance payments, and credit terms. 2. Shipping documentation (Invoice, Packing List, Certificate of Origin, Bill of Lading, etc.). 3. Product registration requirements (especially for dairy products in African countries). 4. Coordination with logistics, finance, and customs clearance agents. Language & Communication: 1. English: Essential (for East & Anglophone Africa) 2. French: Highly preferred (for West & North Africa) 3. Arabic: Advantageous (for North Africa & GCC coordination) Cultural Awareness & Adaptability. Must be able to: 1. Travel frequently and adapt to different African business environments. 2. Respect local business etiquette, timing, and negotiation styles. 3. Handle diverse challenges (logistics delays, pricing volatility, import regulations). Commercial & Analytical Skills. Should be able to: 1. Analyze market trends, competitor pricing, and consumer behavior. 2. Recommend pricing strategies and promotional activities. 3. Understand profit margins, trade costs, and cost-to-serve per market.</p><p>Required Qualifications: 1. Bachelor Degree in Business, Marketing, or International Trade. 2. Minimum 4? 6 years of export sales or business development experience in the FMCG / food sector. 3. Proven record of opening new markets and acquiring new customers in Africa or GCC. 4. Strong network of distributors or importers in the region is an advantage.</p>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <span><b>Job Summary</b> <br></span><p><span>The role is responsible for driving the Trade product agenda across the MENA region, excluding UAE, including business growth, product management, stakeholder engagement, risk oversight, governance, and alignment with global Trade objectives.</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>Strategy</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To ensure that sufficient tactical and strategic action plan is articulated so as to maximize the revenue impact of market, customer, business and competitor knowledge by initiating and sponsoring Product Development (New and Enhancements), Portfolio Re-engineering (e.g., repricing and risk allocation) exercises, Product and Sales Promotion campaigns, Service Quality improvements, Training and Product Marketing support for Trade services in the region</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>Business</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To understand the dynamics of international and domestic trade in the MENA region with a view to size the market for Trade Services in all the Standard Chartered territories and any important but yet un-represented countries.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To understand customer buying behavior and needs to develop well researched customer value propositions (CVPs) positioned to increased trade revenue (new products, enhancements, service delivery initiatives, portfolio re-engineering (repricing etc.), product and sales promotion campaigns and alliances)</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To develop and maintain a system to capture competitor and regulatory information on Trade.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To work closely with coverage in MENA and provide leadership from a Product Management perspective on the Trade business</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To continuously scan and manage the composition and trends in Standard Chartered’s Trade Services portfolio and validate them against market, customer and competitor knowledge. &nbsp;This should enable Standard Chartered to identify and plan for opportunities and threats to protect/grow Trade Revenue.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Manage and deliver the TB end-to-end product objectives within the region &nbsp;for Trade in alignment with global objectives for the product line , including financial and non-financial performance, enhancement of capabilities, product and client access future strategies, and oversight of risk and governance in alignment with the Product Head for Trade.</span></p><br><br><b>Key Responsibilities</b> <br><p><span><strong>Processes</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To understand the dynamics of international and domestic trade in the MENA region with a view to size the market for Trade Services in all the Standard Chartered territories and any important but yet un-represented countries.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To understand customer buying behavior and needs to develop well researched customer value propositions (CVPs) positioned to increased trade revenue (new products, enhancements, service delivery initiatives, portfolio re-engineering (repricing etc.), product and sales promotion campaigns and alliances)</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To develop and maintain a system to capture competitor and regulatory information on Trade.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To work closely with coverage in MENA and provide leadership from a Product Management perspective on the Trade business</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;To continuously scan and manage the composition and trends in Standard Chartered’s Trade Services portfolio and validate them against market, customer and competitor knowledge. &nbsp;This should enable Standard Chartered to identify and plan for opportunities and threats to protect/grow Trade Revenue.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Manage and deliver the TB end-to-end product objectives within the region &nbsp;for Trade in alignment with global objectives for the product line , including financial and non-financial performance, enhancement of capabilities, product and client access future strategies, and oversight of risk and governance in alignment with the Product Head for Trade.</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>People &amp; Talent</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>Risk Management</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Identify and mitigate the Operational, Credit, Regulatory and Business conduct risks relating to Trade.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Work with operations to improve overall service standards and to ensure that quality of service to customers remains superior to competition</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>Governance</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Ensure timely renewal of country addendums (CAs) and proactively work with stakeholders to identify and quantify new and existing risks.</span></p><br><br> <br><p><span><strong>Regulatory &amp; Business Conduct</strong></span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.&nbsp;</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.</span></p><br><br> <p><span><strong>Key stakeholders</strong></span><br><span>Internal</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Regional Product Head</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Regional TB Head</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;TB Country Heads</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Regional TB Segment Heads</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;CCIB RMs/ Unit Heads</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Trade Operations&nbsp;</span></p><br><br> <p><span>External</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Corporate customers/prospects (Finance Directors, Treasurers etc.)</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Major freight forwarders, Insurance companies, Special relationship banks and Electronic Commerce Organizers</span><br><span>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Industry Forums e.g. Chambers of Commerce etc.</span></p><br><br><b>Skills and Experience</b> <br><ul> <li><span>Strong <strong>Trade Product</strong> experience with proven <strong>front-line/client-facing</strong> responsibility.</span></li> <li><span>People Management experience leading teams.</span></li> <li><strong><span>Expertise In:</span></strong><span> Documentary Trade, Trade Lending, &nbsp;Open Account Solutions.</span></li> <li><span>Good knowledge of Letters of Guarantee, Commodities Finance, and Supply Chain solutions (Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable).</span></li> <li><span>Experience in Trade Product Management, Sales/Sales Management, Trade Banking Operations, and Strategic Planning.</span></li> <li><span>Strong commercial mindset with exposure to marketing, product promotion, customer research, and market analysis.</span></li> <li><span>Preferred Languages</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>&nbsp;English: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</span></li> <li><span>&nbsp;Arabic: Preferred but not mandatory, as the role supports stakeholders and clients across the MENA region.</span></li> </ul><br><b>Qualifications</b> <br><p><span>Training &nbsp; &nbsp; Training on Trade products and Digitization</span></p><br><br><b>About Standard Chartered</b> <br><p>We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.</p><br><br> <p>Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.</p><br><br> <p>Together we:</p><br><br> <ul> <li><b>Do the right thing</b>&nbsp;and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do</li> <li><b>Never settle,</b>&nbsp;continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well</li> <li><b>Are better together,</b>&nbsp;we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term</li> </ul><br><b>What we offer</b> <br><p><b>In line with our Fair Pay Charter,</b>&nbsp;we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.</p><br><br> <ul> <li><b>Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,</b>&nbsp;with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.</li> <li><b>Time-off</b>&nbsp;including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.</li> <li><b>Flexible working</b>&nbsp;options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.</li> <li><b>Proactive wellbeing support</b>&nbsp;through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,&nbsp;global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits</li> <li><b>A continuous learning culture</b>&nbsp;to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.</li> <li><b>Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,</b>&nbsp;one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.</li> </ul><br> </div>

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Administration & Executive Support</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Calendar Management</strong>: Coordinate executive schedules and international meetings across time zones.</p></li><li><p><strong>Information Flow</strong>: Filter, manage, and process correspondence and data promptly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Meeting Support</strong>: Attend strategic meetings, record accurate minutes, and distribute action items.</p></li><li><p><strong>Documentation Support</strong>: Draft presentation slides, memos, meeting notes, and official announcements.</p></li><li><p><strong>Travel Coordination</strong>: Arrange comprehensive global travel logistics including flights, lodging, visas, and transport.</p></li><li><p><strong>Guest Relations</strong>: Welcome a diverse range of corporate visitors with a professional demeanor.</p></li><li><p><strong>Compliance & Licensing</strong>: Track and renew corporate tenancy contracts, trade licenses, insurances, and registrations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Legal Records</strong>: Securely organize legal documents including Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and board resolutions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Facility & Safety</strong>: Oversee workplace security, manage maintenance repairs, and ensure adherence to UAE government regulations.</p></li></ul><p><strong>2. Human Resources (HR) Management</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Talent Acquisition</strong>: Manage the end-to-end recruitment, selection, and onboarding process.</p></li><li><p><strong>Employee Lifecycle Documentation</strong>: Issue offers, appointment letters, promotions, and warning notices.</p></li><li><p><strong>Visa Processing</strong>: Coordinate applications, renewals, and cancellations via DMCC and Dubai Trade portals.</p></li><li><p><strong>Payroll & Attendance</strong>: Track attendance data to systematically calculate and release timely employee salaries.</p></li><li><p><strong>Policy Enforcement</strong>: Implement organization-wide policies and design new procedural systems for continuous improvement.</p></li><li><p><strong>Offboarding</strong>: Complete accurate end-of-service settlements for exiting staff.</p></li><li><p><strong>File Retention</strong>: Maintain highly confidential, organized, and up-to-date employee records.</p></li></ul><p><strong>3. Accounts & Financial Operations</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Bookkeeping</strong>: Maintain accurate financial books of accounts and track bank balances.</p></li><li><p><strong>Cash Management</strong>: Supervise petty cash flows, company credit cards, and related financial records.</p></li><li><p><strong>Accounts Payable</strong>: Verify supplier invoices and execute local and international online bank transfers.</p></li><li><p><strong>Accounts Receivable</strong>: Prepare statements of accounts and proactively follow up on client payments.</p></li><li><p><strong>Expense Claims</strong>: Validate and process employee reimbursement requests according to entitlements.</p></li><li><p><strong>Procurement</strong>: Source vendor rates to secure the most cost-effective terms for corporate purchases.</p></li><li><p><strong>Banking & Audits</strong>: Coordinate trade finance transactions and pull data to resolve auditor queries.</p></li></ul><br><p><strong>4. Supply Chain & Logistics Support</strong></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Order Monitoring:</strong> Track and monitor outgoing orders and dispatch pipelines to guarantee seamless order fulfillment.</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Technical Issue Management:</strong> Verify and process technical feedback, alarm notes, product issues, and development updates.</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Regional Compliance:</strong> Drive product vendor and government listing processes across the Middle East and CIS territories.</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Shipment Documentation:</strong> Partner with the Logistics Head to accurately process critical shipping documents, orders, and dispatches.</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Banking Logistics:</strong> Prepare and process complex banking documentation required for international shipments.</p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p><strong>Core Experience & Education</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Education</strong>: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field.</p></li><li><p><strong>Experience</strong>: 2 to 5 years of proven experience in office administration, operations management, or executive support.</p></li><li><p><strong>Local Knowledge</strong>: For roles in the UAE, prior experience handling <strong>local vendor management</strong>, <strong>freezone or mainland labor regulations</strong>, and corporate compliance is highly valued. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]</p></li></ul><p><strong>Essential Technical Skills</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Software Proficiency</strong>: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace.</p></li><li><p><strong>ERP & CRM Tools</strong>: Familiarity with systems like SAP, Oracle, Zoho, or Salesforce to track inventory, workflows, or client data.</p></li><li><p><strong>Data Management</strong>: Ability to generate, analyze, and present operational reports and dashboards.</p></li><li><p><strong>Financial Basics</strong>: Experience with basic bookkeeping, petty cash management, and processing invoices. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]</p></li></ul><p><strong>Key Soft Skills & Attributes</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Multitasking & Prioritisation</strong>: Ability to manage multiple moving parts, from scheduling meetings to resolving facilities issues, without dropping the ball. [1, 2]</p></li><li><p><strong>Problem-Solving</strong>: A proactive mindset to resolve daily operational bottlenecks independently. [1]</p></li><li><p><strong>Communication</strong>: Strong verbal and written communication skills to liaise with internal departments, external vendors, and high-level executives. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]</p></li><li><p><strong>Discretion</strong>: High level of integrity and confidentiality when handling sensitive corporate data or HR documentation. [1, 2, 3]</p></li></ul><p><strong>Core Responsibilities to Screen For</strong></p><ul><li><p>Managing day-to-day office operations, logistics, and facilities maintenance.</p></li><li><p>Coordinating travel arrangements, visa processing, and corporate calendar schedules.</p></li><li><p>Streamlining internal workflows and updating operational policy documentation.</p></li></ul>

<ul><li>Manage the complete procurement cycle from RFQ/RFP, supplier evaluation, negotiation, purchase order, and delivery.</li><li>Develop and implement effective local and international procurement strategies.</li><li>Source and evaluate suppliers locally and internationally.</li><li>Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, contracts, and delivery schedules.</li><li>Manage supplier relationships and monitor supplier performance.</li><li>Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize procurement expenditure.</li><li>Manage import procurement, international suppliers, shipping, logistics, and customs coordination.</li><li>Ensure timely availability of materials, components, equipment, and services.</li><li>Prepare and evaluate quotations, commercial comparisons, and purchase orders.</li><li>Maintain accurate procurement records and documentation through Odoo ERP.</li><li>Use Odoo Procurement/Purchase, Inventory, and related modules to monitor purchasing activities, supplier orders, stock requirements, and deliveries.</li><li>Coordinate closely with Finance, Engineering, Production, Quality, Logistics, and Operations.</li><li>Monitor procurement KPIs, budgets, lead times, and supplier performance.</li><li>Develop and maintain procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls.</li><li>Lead and supervise the procurement team.</li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li>Strong expertise in local and international procurement.</li><li>Hands-on experience with Odoo ERP, particularly the Purchase/Procurement and Inventory modules.</li><li>Strong supplier sourcing, negotiation, and contract management skills.</li><li>Excellent knowledge of procurement processes, commercial evaluations, and supplier qualification.</li><li>Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Excellent communication and negotiation skills.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple procurement activities and meet tight deadlines.</li><li>CIPS or equivalent professional certification is an advantage.</li><li>Understanding of manufacturing procurement including sourcing of raw materials, mechanical components, electrical/electronic components, equipment, and services from UAE and international markets.</li></ul>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <span><b>About IDP</b> <br></span><p>IDP is the global leader in international education services, delivering global success to students, test takers and our partners, through trusted human relationships, digital technology and customer research. An Australian-listed company, we operate in more than 50 countries around the world.</p><br> <p>Our team is comprised of over 7,000 people of various nationalities, ages and cultural backgrounds. Proudly customer-first, our expert people are powered by global technology. Together, we offer unmatched services, helping local dreams become realities, all over the world.</p><br> <p>Learn more at&nbsp;www.careers.idp.com</p><br><br><br><b>Role purpose</b> <br><p>The Education Counsellor is responsible for providing information, advice, support and processing of applications for international students seeking placement in education institutions in UAE By promoting IDP products and services directly to students the Education Counsellor is responsible for supporting the achievement of office / country sales performance targets. The counsellor will also provide support and referral for students with issues other than placement, ultimately ensuring the delivery of outstanding customer service.</p><br><br><br><b>Key accountabilities</b> <br> <ul> <li>Student Counselling</li> <li>Delivering Results</li> <li>Business Development</li> <li>Customer Service</li> <li>Client Relationships</li> <li>Team Work</li> <li>Communication</li> </ul><br><br><b>Detailed Description</b> <br><ul> <li>Counsel prospective students to identify appropriate study options including suitable courses and institutions.</li> <li>Schedule and conduct phone discussions and office meetings to accurately convey course / program information whilst ensuring that each students’ needs are being met. This includes advising students with respect to admissions requirements, processes and qualification options.</li> <li>Assist students in determining an appropriate shortlist of applications to submit, thereby ensuring effective use of counselling time.</li> <li>Support the student through the admissions, visa and pre departure processes.</li> <li>Develop and maintain strong relationships with students and their families to ensure that IDP is regarded as a highly professional and trusted service provider.</li> <li>Maintain the highest level of integrity and ethics in every interaction with students and their families, clients and colleagues.</li> <li>Deliver consistently outstanding service to ensure a high number of students are converted to the next stage of the student pipeline, ultimately submitting applications to education institutions and accepting the resulting offers.</li> <li>Identify opportunities to generate leads and effectively leverage these opportunities. e.g. determine the prospective schools, universities, companies and scholarship bodies from where new leads can be derived and established effective relationships with them.</li> <li>CRM system is used to support the end to end counselling process including the capture and follow up of all leads and opportunities to close sales.</li> <li>Identify new business opportunities in consultation with the BUM</li> <li>Maintain regular contact and activities with key accounts (schools, scholarship bodies)</li> <li>Act with the highest level of accountability with students, clients and colleagues.</li> <li>Respond to face to face enquiries and enquiries visa phone and email in a timely manner, with accurate and relevant information.</li> <li>Process and submit applications to institutions, obtain offers and facilitate enrolments in a timely manner.</li> </ul><br><br><b>Detailed Description</b> <br><ul> <li>Build effective relationships with education institution staff to support timely application processing.</li> <li>Assist students with on-arrival issues or and refer to appropriate agencies where necessary</li> <li>Build strong relationships with network counsellors to enable ongoing support of students onshore.</li> <li>Attend client briefings, workshops and visits to institutions to support the development of knowledge of institutions and establish relationships with key contacts.</li> <li>Work with Business Unit / Operations Managers and institution representatives to developing strategies to effectively promote institutions.</li> <li>Act with integrity and professionalism in all interactions with client representatives.</li> <li>Support Business Unit Manager / Operations Manager / Marketing Teams in the organisation of major promotional events such as interview programs, in-house interview sessions and exhibitions, and other activities as required.</li> <li>Provide input on marketing or promotional activities to encourage student numbers.</li> <li>Promote IDP through activities such institution visits, seminars, exhibitions, student associations etc.</li> <li>Assist in the identification of opportunities and threats within the local market.</li> <li>Attend, lead and participate in office level meetings and activities to support sharing of information, knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the team as a whole.</li> <li>Identify and leverage opportunities to increase cooperation, efficiency and operational effectiveness between IDP’s student placement and IELTS operations.</li> <li>Follow up effectively with students and institutions to ensure enrolment activities are completed effectively.</li> <li>Use full range of available communication channels including email, phone and CRM communication features such as SMS and tasks.</li> <li>Effectively present relevant information to students, clients and other key stakeholders as required.</li> <li>Provide regular updates to line manager to inform them of progress, challenges and / or support that may be required.</li> </ul><br><br><b>Required experience</b> <br><ul> <li>Educated to bachelor’s degree level or equivalent.</li> <li>Fluent in English</li> <li>Experience of working in a sales driven environment with a strong focus on achieving individual and team based targets.</li> <li>Knowledge of education institutions, admission processes, immigration requirements and their international operations.</li> <li>Outstanding communication skills and able to communicate effectively with different stakeholders with varying needs (students, parents, institution representatives, colleagues etc.).</li> <li>Excellent planning and organising skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.</li> <li>Customer focussed, with a passion for providing outstanding service.</li> <li>Highly effective relationship building and relationship management skills.</li> <li>Effective team worker, supporting colleagues and contributing positively to overall team’s success.</li> <li>Ability to proactively identify, analyse and solve problems effectively.</li> <li>Sound judgement and the ability to make decisions and act with integrity, in the best interests of IDP.</li> <li>Strong IT skills – Microsoft Office suite, CRM systems.</li> <li>Experience of working with a CRM system.</li> <li>Experience of education counselling.</li> <li>Work and / or study experience in a relevant destination country.</li> </ul><br><br><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <br>About the opportunity<br><p><strong>About the Applied AI Tribe</strong></p><br><br><p>The Applied AI Tribe is talabat's internal AI engine, a team obsessed with turning cutting-edge AI into genuine, measurable business value. We don't build AI for its own sake. Our north star is Net AI Value Delivered.</p><br><br><br><p><strong>We have shipped 40+ AI products across four strategic streams:</strong></p><br><br><p> - Product &amp; Tech Platform - AI capabilities embedded into talabat's core product and engineering platform.</p><br><br><p> - Business Automations - streamlined workflows that save real time and money across operations.</p><br><br><p> - Self-Serve AI Tools - empowering talabatis to build and use AI without needing to raise a ticket.</p><br><br><p> - Training &amp; Onboarding - upskilling the tribe so every team can participate in the AI era.</p><br><br><p>Our engineering approach is built around shipping agentic AI systems at scale, with a harness-first philosophy, evaluation embedded into every product iteration, and production feedback loops that drive the roadmap.</p><br><br><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><br><br><p>As Manager, Data Scientist - AI within the Applied AI Tribe, you will lead a team of data scientists building and shipping the ML and generative AI systems that power decisions across talabat's product and business. You are equally a people leader and a technical practitioner, close enough to the work to make great technical decisions and grow your team, while owning the roadmap and delivery.</p><br><br><p>Your team's work spans the full AI lifecycle: from framing ambiguous business problems through data modelling, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and production monitoring. A significant focus will be leveraging LLMs, agentic systems, and generative AI to automate decisions, enrich data, and build intelligent experiences at scale, all measured against Net AI Value Delivered.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>What's On Your Plate?</strong></p><br><br><p>People Leadership:</p><br><br><p> - Lead, grow, and retain a team of data scientists, setting a high bar for technical quality, fostering a culture of ownership, and supporting each person's career development.</p><br><br><p> - Partner with recruiting to attract top data science and ML talent as the tribe scales.</p><br><br><p> - Mentor team members in ML best practices, agentic system design, production engineering, and stakeholder communication.</p><br><br><p> - Run effective team rituals, planning, design reviews, retrospectives, that keep the team aligned and moving with pace.</p><br><br><p>Technical Strategy &amp; Delivery:</p><br><br><p> - Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML and AI solutions with clear, measurable success criteria tied to the tribe's north star.</p><br><br><p> - Own the team's technical roadmap: prioritise high-impact work across data enrichment, business automation, self-serve tooling, and agentic product features.</p><br><br><p> - Champion harness-first thinking, ensure evaluation pipelines, LLM observability, tooling, and infrastructure are in place before agent logic is built on top.</p><br><br><p> - Embed evaluation into every product iteration: golden datasets, stakeholder-aligned metrics, and weekly eval jobs that guide what gets built, fixed, or retired.</p><br><br><p> - Oversee the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, feature engineering, model training, production deployment, serving, and monitoring.</p><br><br><p> - Drive adoption of LLMs and generative AI for data enrichment, smart content understanding, and automated decision-making at scale.</p><br><br><p> - Design and analyse experiments (A/B and multivariate) to rigorously measure model and product impact.</p><br><br><p> - Elevate ML and engineering standards across the team, improving MLOps, code quality, tooling, and internal learning programmes.<br> <br> Cross-functional Partnership:</p><br><br><p> - Partner with product managers and business teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and shape them into the team's roadmap.</p><br><br><p> - Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, from problem framing through to results and recommendations.</p><br><br><p> - Collaborate with engineering teams to understand data systems, build reliable data models, and ensure smooth production integration.</p><br><br>What you need to be successful<br><p><strong>What Did We Order?</strong></p><br><br><p><strong>Technical Experience</strong></p><br><br><p> - Deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, deep learning, NLP, recommendation systems, and data mining.</p><br><br><p> - Hands-on knowledge of ML and GenAI frameworks: Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, and LLM fine-tuning.</p><br><br><p> - Proficiency with the OpenAI SDK and familiarity with major LLM provider APIs for building and orchestrating production AI systems.</p><br><br><p> - Hands-on experience with LangGraph for building stateful, multi-step agentic workflows and complex agent orchestration patterns.</p><br><br><p> - Experience with Hugging Face (Transformers, Hub, Inference API) for model sourcing, fine-tuning, and deployment.</p><br><br><p> - Solid understanding of embeddings, dense and sparse retrieval, vector databases, and semantic search, for building RAG pipelines and similarity-based applications.</p><br><br><p> - Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean production code, data structures and algorithms, ML system design.</p><br><br><p> - Proven experience shipping and monitoring ML models in production, with a solid grasp of MLOps practices.</p><br><br><p> - Strong data and ML engineering skills: building and orchestrating data pipelines (e.g., Airflow) and robust feature engineering.</p><br><br><p> - Excellent SQL and Python; solid statistical foundations including experiment design, causal inference, and predictive methods.</p><br><br><p> - Familiarity with agentic system design (harness-first thinking, LLM observability, evaluation pipelines, and production feedback loops) is a strong plus.</p><br><br><p> - Experience with BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>Qualifications&nbsp;</strong></p><br><br><p> - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. A postgraduate degree is a plus.</p><br><br><p> - 6+ years of experience in data science, ML engineering, and/or generative AI, including shipping models to production.</p><br><br><p> - 2+ years managing or leading a data science or ML team, with a track record of developing talent and delivering through others.</p><br><br><p> - Experience building ML systems in an online consumer product environment is a strong plus.</p><br><br>Who we are<br><p>Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.</p><br><br><p>We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.</p><br><br><p>Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.</p><br><br>What's in it for you<br><p>Mindset &amp; Ways of Working</p><br><br><p> - Curiosity over certainty: you're excited to try the new model or framework this week.</p><br><br><p> - Ownership: you treat cost, latency, and business impact as your problem, and your team's.</p><br><br><p> - Bias to build: a prototype in a real workflow beats a perfect design doc every time.</p><br><br><p> - Comfortable with ambiguity: most of what we build has no playbook yet, and you help write it.</p><br><br><p> - Keep it simple: pick the approach that delivers the most value with the least complexity, and #makeithappen.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>At talabat, your success is defined by both results and behaviors. We hire for excellence in craft and for the Leadership Principles that shape how we think, decide, and collaborate. What you achieve matters, and how you achieve it defines us. Together, they move the business forward and deliver great experiences. Learn more about our Leadership Principles here.</strong></p><br><br> <br><br> </div>

Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.<br><br>We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.<br><br>Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.<br><br><strong><strong>Job Description<br><br></strong></strong><strong>About the Applied AI Tribe<br><br></strong>The Applied AI Tribe is talabat's internal AI engine, a team obsessed with turning cutting-edge AI into genuine, measurable business value. We don't build AI for its own sake. Our north star is Net AI Value Delivered.<br><br><strong>We have shipped 40+ AI products across four strategic streams:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Product &amp; Tech Platform - AI capabilities embedded into talabat's core product and engineering platform.</li><li> Business Automations - streamlined workflows that save real time and money across operations.</li><li> Self-Serve AI Tools - empowering talabatis to build and use AI without needing to raise a ticket.</li><li> Training &amp; Onboarding - upskilling the tribe so every team can participate in the AI era.<br><br></li></ul>Our engineering approach is built around shipping agentic AI systems at scale, with a harness-first philosophy, evaluation embedded into every product iteration, and production feedback loops that drive the roadmap.<br><br><strong>The Role<br><br></strong>As Manager, Data Scientist - AI within the Applied AI Tribe, you will lead a team of data scientists building and shipping the ML and generative AI systems that power decisions across talabat's product and business. You are equally a people leader and a technical practitioner, close enough to the work to make great technical decisions and grow your team, while owning the roadmap and delivery.<br><br>Your team's work spans the full AI lifecycle: from framing ambiguous business problems through data modelling, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and production monitoring. A significant focus will be leveraging LLMs, agentic systems, and generative AI to automate decisions, enrich data, and build intelligent experiences at scale, all measured against Net AI Value Delivered.<br><br><strong>What's On Your Plate?<br><br></strong><strong>People Leadership:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Lead, grow, and retain a team of data scientists, setting a high bar for technical quality, fostering a culture of ownership, and supporting each person's career development.</li><li> Partner with recruiting to attract top data science and ML talent as the tribe scales.</li><li> Mentor team members in ML best practices, agentic system design, production engineering, and stakeholder communication.</li><li> Run effective team rituals, planning, design reviews, retrospectives, that keep the team aligned and moving with pace.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Technical Strategy &amp; Delivery:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML and AI solutions with clear, measurable success criteria tied to the tribe's north star.</li><li> Own the team's technical roadmap: prioritise high-impact work across data enrichment, business automation, self-serve tooling, and agentic product features.</li><li> Champion harness-first thinking, ensure evaluation pipelines, LLM observability, tooling, and infrastructure are in place before agent logic is built on top.</li><li> Embed evaluation into every product iteration: golden datasets, stakeholder-aligned metrics, and weekly eval jobs that guide what gets built, fixed, or retired.</li><li> Oversee the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, feature engineering, model training, production deployment, serving, and monitoring.</li><li> Drive adoption of LLMs and generative AI for data enrichment, smart content understanding, and automated decision-making at scale.</li><li> Design and analyse experiments (A/B and multivariate) to rigorously measure model and product impact.</li><li> Elevate ML and engineering standards across the team, improving MLOps, code quality, tooling, and internal learning programmes.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Cross-functional Partnership:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Partner with product managers and business teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and shape them into the team's roadmap.</li><li> Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, from problem framing through to results and recommendations.</li><li> Collaborate with engineering teams to understand data systems, build reliable data models, and ensure smooth production integration.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong></strong><strong>What Did We Order?<br><br></strong><strong><strong>Technical Experience<br><br></strong></strong><ul><li> Deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, deep learning, NLP, recommendation systems, and data mining.</li><li> Hands-on knowledge of ML and GenAI frameworks: Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, and LLM fine-tuning.</li><li> Proficiency with the OpenAI SDK and familiarity with major LLM provider APIs for building and orchestrating production AI systems.</li><li> Hands-on experience with LangGraph for building stateful, multi-step agentic workflows and complex agent orchestration patterns.</li><li> Experience with Hugging Face (Transformers, Hub, Inference API) for model sourcing, fine-tuning, and deployment.</li><li> Solid understanding of embeddings, dense and sparse retrieval, vector databases, and semantic search, for building RAG pipelines and similarity-based applications.</li><li> Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean production code, data structures and algorithms, ML system design.</li><li> Proven experience shipping and monitoring ML models in production, with a solid grasp of MLOps practices.</li><li> Strong data and ML engineering skills: building and orchestrating data pipelines (e.g., Airflow) and robust feature engineering.</li><li> Excellent SQL and Python; solid statistical foundations including experiment design, causal inference, and predictive methods.</li><li> Familiarity with agentic system design (harness-first thinking, LLM observability, evaluation pipelines, and production feedback loops) is a strong plus.</li><li> Experience with BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Qualifications <br><br></strong></strong><ul><li> Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. A postgraduate degree is a plus.</li><li> 6+ years of experience in data science, ML engineering, and/or generative AI, including shipping models to production.</li><li> 2+ years managing or leading a data science or ML team, with a track record of developing talent and delivering through others.</li><li> Experience building ML systems in an online consumer product environment is a strong plus.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Additional Information<br><br></strong></strong>Mindset &amp; Ways of Working<br><br><ul><li> Curiosity over certainty: you're excited to try the new model or framework this week.</li><li> Ownership: you treat cost, latency, and business impact as your problem, and your team's.</li><li> Bias to build: a prototype in a real workflow beats a perfect design doc every time.</li><li> Comfortable with ambiguity: most of what we build has no playbook yet, and you help write it.</li><li> Keep it simple: pick the approach that delivers the most value with the least complexity, and #makeithappen.<br><br></li></ul><strong>At talabat, your success is defined by both results and behaviors. We hire for excellence in craft and for the Leadership Principles that shape how we think, decide, and collaborate. What you achieve matters, and how you achieve it defines us. Together, they move the business forward and deliver great experiences. Learn more about our Leadership Principles here.</strong>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <br>About the opportunity<br><p><strong>About the Applied AI Tribe</strong></p><br><br><p>The Applied AI Tribe is talabat's internal AI engine, a team obsessed with turning cutting-edge AI into genuine, measurable business value. We don't build AI for its own sake. Our north star is Net AI Value Delivered.</p><br><br><br><p><strong>We have shipped 40+ AI products across four strategic streams:</strong></p><br><br><p> - Product &amp; Tech Platform - AI capabilities embedded into talabat's core product and engineering platform.</p><br><br><p> - Business Automations - streamlined workflows that save real time and money across operations.</p><br><br><p> - Self-Serve AI Tools - empowering talabatis to build and use AI without needing to raise a ticket.</p><br><br><p> - Training &amp; Onboarding - upskilling the tribe so every team can participate in the AI era.</p><br><br><p>Our engineering approach is built around shipping agentic AI systems at scale, with a harness-first philosophy, evaluation embedded into every product iteration, and production feedback loops that drive the roadmap.</p><br><br><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><br><br><p>As Manager, Data Scientist - AI within the Applied AI Tribe, you will lead a team of data scientists building and shipping the ML and generative AI systems that power decisions across talabat's product and business. You are equally a people leader and a technical practitioner, close enough to the work to make great technical decisions and grow your team, while owning the roadmap and delivery.</p><br><br><p>Your team's work spans the full AI lifecycle: from framing ambiguous business problems through data modelling, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and production monitoring. A significant focus will be leveraging LLMs, agentic systems, and generative AI to automate decisions, enrich data, and build intelligent experiences at scale, all measured against Net AI Value Delivered.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>What's On Your Plate?</strong></p><br><br><p>People Leadership:</p><br><br><p> - Lead, grow, and retain a team of data scientists, setting a high bar for technical quality, fostering a culture of ownership, and supporting each person's career development.</p><br><br><p> - Partner with recruiting to attract top data science and ML talent as the tribe scales.</p><br><br><p> - Mentor team members in ML best practices, agentic system design, production engineering, and stakeholder communication.</p><br><br><p> - Run effective team rituals, planning, design reviews, retrospectives, that keep the team aligned and moving with pace.</p><br><br><p>Technical Strategy &amp; Delivery:</p><br><br><p> - Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML and AI solutions with clear, measurable success criteria tied to the tribe's north star.</p><br><br><p> - Own the team's technical roadmap: prioritise high-impact work across data enrichment, business automation, self-serve tooling, and agentic product features.</p><br><br><p> - Champion harness-first thinking, ensure evaluation pipelines, LLM observability, tooling, and infrastructure are in place before agent logic is built on top.</p><br><br><p> - Embed evaluation into every product iteration: golden datasets, stakeholder-aligned metrics, and weekly eval jobs that guide what gets built, fixed, or retired.</p><br><br><p> - Oversee the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, feature engineering, model training, production deployment, serving, and monitoring.</p><br><br><p> - Drive adoption of LLMs and generative AI for data enrichment, smart content understanding, and automated decision-making at scale.</p><br><br><p> - Design and analyse experiments (A/B and multivariate) to rigorously measure model and product impact.</p><br><br><p> - Elevate ML and engineering standards across the team, improving MLOps, code quality, tooling, and internal learning programmes.<br> <br> Cross-functional Partnership:</p><br><br><p> - Partner with product managers and business teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and shape them into the team's roadmap.</p><br><br><p> - Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, from problem framing through to results and recommendations.</p><br><br><p> - Collaborate with engineering teams to understand data systems, build reliable data models, and ensure smooth production integration.</p><br><br>What you need to be successful<br><p><strong>What Did We Order?</strong></p><br><br><p><strong>Technical Experience</strong></p><br><br><p> - Deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, deep learning, NLP, recommendation systems, and data mining.</p><br><br><p> - Hands-on knowledge of ML and GenAI frameworks: Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, and LLM fine-tuning.</p><br><br><p> - Proficiency with the OpenAI SDK and familiarity with major LLM provider APIs for building and orchestrating production AI systems.</p><br><br><p> - Hands-on experience with LangGraph for building stateful, multi-step agentic workflows and complex agent orchestration patterns.</p><br><br><p> - Experience with Hugging Face (Transformers, Hub, Inference API) for model sourcing, fine-tuning, and deployment.</p><br><br><p> - Solid understanding of embeddings, dense and sparse retrieval, vector databases, and semantic search, for building RAG pipelines and similarity-based applications.</p><br><br><p> - Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean production code, data structures and algorithms, ML system design.</p><br><br><p> - Proven experience shipping and monitoring ML models in production, with a solid grasp of MLOps practices.</p><br><br><p> - Strong data and ML engineering skills: building and orchestrating data pipelines (e.g., Airflow) and robust feature engineering.</p><br><br><p> - Excellent SQL and Python; solid statistical foundations including experiment design, causal inference, and predictive methods.</p><br><br><p> - Familiarity with agentic system design (harness-first thinking, LLM observability, evaluation pipelines, and production feedback loops) is a strong plus.</p><br><br><p> - Experience with BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>Qualifications&nbsp;</strong></p><br><br><p> - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. A postgraduate degree is a plus.</p><br><br><p> - 6+ years of experience in data science, ML engineering, and/or generative AI, including shipping models to production.</p><br><br><p> - 2+ years managing or leading a data science or ML team, with a track record of developing talent and delivering through others.</p><br><br><p> - Experience building ML systems in an online consumer product environment is a strong plus.</p><br><br>Who we are<br><p>Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.</p><br><br><p>We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.</p><br><br><p>Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.</p><br><br>What's in it for you<br><p>Mindset &amp; Ways of Working</p><br><br><p> - Curiosity over certainty: you're excited to try the new model or framework this week.</p><br><br><p> - Ownership: you treat cost, latency, and business impact as your problem, and your team's.</p><br><br><p> - Bias to build: a prototype in a real workflow beats a perfect design doc every time.</p><br><br><p> - Comfortable with ambiguity: most of what we build has no playbook yet, and you help write it.</p><br><br><p> - Keep it simple: pick the approach that delivers the most value with the least complexity, and #makeithappen.<br> </p><br><br><p><strong>At talabat, your success is defined by both results and behaviors. We hire for excellence in craft and for the Leadership Principles that shape how we think, decide, and collaborate. What you achieve matters, and how you achieve it defines us. Together, they move the business forward and deliver great experiences. Learn more about our Leadership Principles here.</strong></p><br><br> <br><br> </div>

Since launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabat’s local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.<br><br>We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.<br><br>Here at talabat, we are building a high performance culture through engaged workforce and growing talent density. We're all about keeping it real and making a difference. Our 6,000+ strong talabaty are on an awesome mission to spread positive vibes. We are proud to be a multi great place to work award winner.<br><br><strong><strong>Job Description<br><br></strong></strong><strong>About the Applied AI Tribe<br><br></strong>The Applied AI Tribe is talabat's internal AI engine, a team obsessed with turning cutting-edge AI into genuine, measurable business value. We don't build AI for its own sake. Our north star is Net AI Value Delivered.<br><br><strong>We have shipped 40+ AI products across four strategic streams:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Product &amp; Tech Platform - AI capabilities embedded into talabat's core product and engineering platform.</li><li> Business Automations - streamlined workflows that save real time and money across operations.</li><li> Self-Serve AI Tools - empowering talabatis to build and use AI without needing to raise a ticket.</li><li> Training &amp; Onboarding - upskilling the tribe so every team can participate in the AI era.<br><br></li></ul>Our engineering approach is built around shipping agentic AI systems at scale, with a harness-first philosophy, evaluation embedded into every product iteration, and production feedback loops that drive the roadmap.<br><br><strong>The Role<br><br></strong>As Manager, Data Scientist - AI within the Applied AI Tribe, you will lead a team of data scientists building and shipping the ML and generative AI systems that power decisions across talabat's product and business. You are equally a people leader and a technical practitioner, close enough to the work to make great technical decisions and grow your team, while owning the roadmap and delivery.<br><br>Your team's work spans the full AI lifecycle: from framing ambiguous business problems through data modelling, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and production monitoring. A significant focus will be leveraging LLMs, agentic systems, and generative AI to automate decisions, enrich data, and build intelligent experiences at scale, all measured against Net AI Value Delivered.<br><br><strong>What's On Your Plate?<br><br></strong><strong>People Leadership:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Lead, grow, and retain a team of data scientists, setting a high bar for technical quality, fostering a culture of ownership, and supporting each person's career development.</li><li> Partner with recruiting to attract top data science and ML talent as the tribe scales.</li><li> Mentor team members in ML best practices, agentic system design, production engineering, and stakeholder communication.</li><li> Run effective team rituals, planning, design reviews, retrospectives, that keep the team aligned and moving with pace.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Technical Strategy &amp; Delivery:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML and AI solutions with clear, measurable success criteria tied to the tribe's north star.</li><li> Own the team's technical roadmap: prioritise high-impact work across data enrichment, business automation, self-serve tooling, and agentic product features.</li><li> Champion harness-first thinking, ensure evaluation pipelines, LLM observability, tooling, and infrastructure are in place before agent logic is built on top.</li><li> Embed evaluation into every product iteration: golden datasets, stakeholder-aligned metrics, and weekly eval jobs that guide what gets built, fixed, or retired.</li><li> Oversee the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, feature engineering, model training, production deployment, serving, and monitoring.</li><li> Drive adoption of LLMs and generative AI for data enrichment, smart content understanding, and automated decision-making at scale.</li><li> Design and analyse experiments (A/B and multivariate) to rigorously measure model and product impact.</li><li> Elevate ML and engineering standards across the team, improving MLOps, code quality, tooling, and internal learning programmes.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Cross-functional Partnership:<br><br></strong><ul><li> Partner with product managers and business teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and shape them into the team's roadmap.</li><li> Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, from problem framing through to results and recommendations.</li><li> Collaborate with engineering teams to understand data systems, build reliable data models, and ensure smooth production integration.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong></strong><strong>What Did We Order?<br><br></strong><strong><strong>Technical Experience<br><br></strong></strong><ul><li> Deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, deep learning, NLP, recommendation systems, and data mining.</li><li> Hands-on knowledge of ML and GenAI frameworks: Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, and LLM fine-tuning.</li><li> Proficiency with the OpenAI SDK and familiarity with major LLM provider APIs for building and orchestrating production AI systems.</li><li> Hands-on experience with LangGraph for building stateful, multi-step agentic workflows and complex agent orchestration patterns.</li><li> Experience with Hugging Face (Transformers, Hub, Inference API) for model sourcing, fine-tuning, and deployment.</li><li> Solid understanding of embeddings, dense and sparse retrieval, vector databases, and semantic search, for building RAG pipelines and similarity-based applications.</li><li> Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean production code, data structures and algorithms, ML system design.</li><li> Proven experience shipping and monitoring ML models in production, with a solid grasp of MLOps practices.</li><li> Strong data and ML engineering skills: building and orchestrating data pipelines (e.g., Airflow) and robust feature engineering.</li><li> Excellent SQL and Python; solid statistical foundations including experiment design, causal inference, and predictive methods.</li><li> Familiarity with agentic system design (harness-first thinking, LLM observability, evaluation pipelines, and production feedback loops) is a strong plus.</li><li> Experience with BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Qualifications <br><br></strong></strong><ul><li> Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. A postgraduate degree is a plus.</li><li> 6+ years of experience in data science, ML engineering, and/or generative AI, including shipping models to production.</li><li> 2+ years managing or leading a data science or ML team, with a track record of developing talent and delivering through others.</li><li> Experience building ML systems in an online consumer product environment is a strong plus.<br><br></li></ul><strong><strong>Additional Information<br><br></strong></strong>Mindset &amp; Ways of Working<br><br><ul><li> Curiosity over certainty: you're excited to try the new model or framework this week.</li><li> Ownership: you treat cost, latency, and business impact as your problem, and your team's.</li><li> Bias to build: a prototype in a real workflow beats a perfect design doc every time.</li><li> Comfortable with ambiguity: most of what we build has no playbook yet, and you help write it.</li><li> Keep it simple: pick the approach that delivers the most value with the least complexity, and #makeithappen.<br><br></li></ul><strong>At talabat, your success is defined by both results and behaviors. We hire for excellence in craft and for the Leadership Principles that shape how we think, decide, and collaborate. What you achieve matters, and how you achieve it defines us. Together, they move the business forward and deliver great experiences. Learn more about our Leadership Principles here.</strong>

Role Description We are seeking a dedicated and results-oriented Logistics & Warehouse Supervisor to lead warehouse operations and logistics activities while ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and operational excellence. The role is responsible for overseeing inventory management, warehouse workflows, transportation coordination, and process optimization to support the effective movement of goods throughout the supply chain. The Logistics & Warehouse Supervisor will work closely with warehouse teams, logistics providers, suppliers, and internal departments to ensure smooth day-to-day operations. Responsibilities include supervising receiving, storage, inventory control, order fulfillment, shipping activities, and warehouse resource allocation. The role requires strong leadership, planning, and organizational skills to maintain high operational standards and achieve performance objectives. Key responsibilities include monitoring warehouse productivity, maintaining inventory accuracy, coordinating inbound and outbound shipments, and ensuring efficient utilization of warehouse space and resources. The role involves reviewing operational processes, identifying inefficiencies, implementing improvements, and supporting business objectives through effective logistics management. The successful candidate will oversee stock movement, manage warehouse documentation, monitor logistics performance, and ensure timely execution of operational activities. Responsibilities include preparing reports, tracking key performance indicators, analyzing operational data, and recommending strategies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service quality. The Logistics & Warehouse Supervisor will play a critical role in maintaining organized storage systems, supporting inventory audits, optimizing warehouse layouts, and ensuring products are handled, stored, and distributed efficiently. The role also involves coordinating with transportation providers, monitoring delivery schedules, resolving operational issues, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. Additionally, the role requires maintaining compliance with operational procedures, safety standards, and quality requirements while fostering a productive and collaborative work environment. The Logistics & Warehouse Supervisor will contribute to supply chain effectiveness by ensuring operational consistency, process reliability, and customer satisfaction. This position offers an opportunity to lead warehouse and logistics operations, drive process improvements, and contribute to the success of a fast-paced and dynamic supply chain environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership abilities, operational expertise, analytical thinking, and a commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence. Qualifications Strong understanding of logistics operations, warehouse management, inventory control, and supply chain processes. Ability to supervise warehouse teams and coordinate daily logistics activities effectively. Knowledge of receiving, storage, picking, packing, shipping, distribution, and stock management procedures. Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and coordinate operational teams. Ability to monitor inventory levels, stock accuracy, and warehouse performance metrics. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to improve operational efficiency. Understanding of warehouse optimization techniques, inventory tracking, and logistics planning. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy. Familiarity with warehouse management systems, inventory software, and logistics reporting tools. Ability to coordinate with suppliers, transportation partners, and internal stakeholders. Understanding of logistics documentation, shipment tracking, and operational compliance requirements. Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across departments. Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and implement effective solutions. Commitment to safety standards, quality control, and operational excellence. Ability to support business growth through efficient warehouse and logistics management practices.

<p>We are hiring a Sr Operation In-Charge – Fulfillment & Delivery for e&'s Logistics & Delivery Division, based in Dubai, UAE. Reporting to the Head of Logistics, you will own end-to-end logistics operations across inbound/outbound transport, warehousing, last-mile delivery, distribution, and customer service. You will lead a team of 30–80 people (supervisors, drivers, riders, warehouse staff) and be accountable for the operational KPIs that keep e&'s customers connected — on-time delivery, fill rate, SLA compliance, customer satisfaction, cost-to-serve, and inventory accuracy.</p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lead and oversee all logistics operations — inbound/outbound transportation, </p></li></ul><p>warehouse management, last-mile delivery, distribution & customer service</p><ul><li><p>Develop and implement strategic plans, policies, and procedures to optimize</p></li></ul><p>logistics operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs</p><ul><li><p>Manage transportation services: negotiate carrier contracts, select carriers,</p></li></ul><p>optimize routes to minimize transit times and costs</p><ul><li><p>Oversee warehouse operations: inventory management, storage, picking, packing,</p></li></ul><p>shipping, and order fulfillment</p><ul><li><p>Monitor inventory levels, prevent stockouts, optimize inventory turnover</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with procurement, sales, and customer service teams to coordinate</p></li></ul><p>logistics activities</p><ul><li><p>Establish and maintain relationships with carriers, vendors, and 3PL partners</p></li><li><p>Own operational KPIs: OTIF, fill rate, SLA compliance, customer satisfaction</p></li><li><p>Supervise operational teams: drivers, riders, warehouse staff, and 3PL partners</p></li><li><p>Analyze operational data, prepare reports, identify performance gaps</p></li><li><p>Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize cost, productivity, and</p></li></ul><p>customer experience</p><ul><li><p>Lead inventory planning, stock forecasting, replenishment, and annual stock-take</p></li><li><p>Handle customer complaints, escalations, and service recovery actions</p></li><li><p>Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, safety standards, and company</p></li></ul><p>policies</p><ul><li><p>Provide leadership, guidance, and support to logistics team members</p></li></ul><p><br>Requirements</p><ul><li><p>Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field</p></li><li><p>Minimum 4 years of experience in Logistics (Last-Mile Delivery & Warehouse)</p></li></ul><p>Management & Fleet Management in large reputable organizations</p><ul><li><p>Strong leadership and management skills — ability to motivate and develop a</p></li></ul><p>high-performing team</p><ul><li><p>Fluent in Arabic and English (written and spoken)</p></li><li><p>In-depth knowledge of logistics processes, transportation modes, and supply</p></li></ul><p>chain management principles</p><ul><li><p>Proficiency in logistics management systems (WMS, TMS, ERP)</p></li><li><p>Analytical mindset with strong data-driven decision-making skills</p></li><li><p>Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically</p></li><li><p>Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced environments and adapt to changing</p></li></ul><p>priorities</p><ul><li><p>Valid UAE driving license </p></li></ul>

<strong>Overview<br><br></strong><strong>Role : <br><br></strong>We’re looking for a DevEx / DevOps Engineer to join the Infrastructure team to evolve our build, test, and deployment systems. You’ll design scalable pipelines, reduce cycle time, and raise the bar on security and observability across our delivery workflows. You’ll collaborate with engineers across the company to understand their tech stack challenges and deployment requirements and improve processes to make shipping feel effortless<br><br><strong>Responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for microservices (Python / Go / Java / Kotlin / TypeScript) and Unity applications</li><li>Implement pipeline templates and reusable workflows to minimize pipeline duplication across repos</li><li>Integrate security into delivery (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secret scanning, SBOM generation).</li><li>Improve build performance (caching, parallelization)</li><li>Improve release automation (versioning, approvals, migrations, feature flags, release notes)</li><li>Partner with engineers to improve developer experience (local dev parity, preview environments, PR checks, AI-driven workflows)</li><li>Build observability around pipelines and deployments (metrics, logs, alerts, dashboards)</li><li>Support incident response for deployment and release issues</li><li>Continuously evaluate tools and practices to keep our delivery stack modern and cost-effective<br><br></li></ul><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>3+ years in DevEx, DevOps, SRE or Platform Engineering</li><li>Strong hands-on experience with scripting and automation (Bash plus one of Node, Go, or Python)</li><li>Strong knowledge of GitHub and GitHub Actions</li><li>Strong debugging skills across CI logs, build systems, and runtime environments</li><li>Strong knowledge of containers (Docker)</li><li>Hands-on experience with Kubernetes</li><li>Hands-on experience deploying to cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), including IAM and networking</li><li>Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform preferred)<br><br></li></ul><strong>Nice to Have<br><br></strong><ul><li>Experience with monorepos and advanced build systems (Bazel, Nx, Turborepo, Pants)</li><li>Experience administering GitHub Enterprise Server (self-hosted)</li><li>Experience administering self-hosted JFrog Artifactory (and related JFrog tooling)</li><li>Supply chain security (SLSA, Sigstore, provenance, signing, attestations)</li><li>Observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry)</li></ul>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <span></span><p>We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring on behalf of our client for the position of <b>Logistics Coordinator in Dubai, UAE</b>. Our client, MasTec, operates in the infrastructure engineering and construction sector and is seeking skilled, motivated professionals. If you meet the requirements below, apply early as positions are limited.<br></p><br>Key Responsibilities<br><ul><li>Coordinate day-to-day logistics activities to support timely movement of materials, equipment, and supplies.<br></li><li>Track incoming and outgoing shipments and maintain accurate logistics status records.<br></li><li>Coordinate with suppliers, transport providers, warehouses, and internal project teams.<br></li><li>Prepare and verify delivery notes, shipping documents, purchase-related records, and logistics documentation.<br></li><li>Monitor delivery schedules and proactively follow up on delays or discrepancies.<br></li><li>Maintain accurate inventory and material movement records using spreadsheets or logistics systems.<br></li><li>Support site and project teams with material availability and delivery coordination.<br></li><li>Ensure logistics activities comply with organizational procedures and applicable documentation requirements.<br></li></ul>Required Skills<br><ul><li><b>Logistics Coordination:</b> Ability to organize material movements, deliveries, and shipment schedules.<br></li><li><b>Shipment Tracking:</b> Ability to monitor deliveries and maintain accurate shipment status updates.<br></li><li><b>Documentation:</b> Strong working knowledge of logistics, delivery, and inventory documentation.<br></li><li><b>Vendor Coordination:</b> Ability to follow up effectively with suppliers, transporters, and service providers.<br></li><li><b>MS Excel / Reporting:</b> Ability to maintain trackers, schedules, inventory records, and logistics reports.<br></li></ul>Preferred Skills<br><ul><li>Exposure to construction, infrastructure, engineering, or project-based logistics.<br></li><li>Familiarity with ERP, warehouse, procurement, or supply-chain systems.<br></li><li>Knowledge of import/export or UAE logistics procedures.<br></li></ul>Work Experience Requirements<br><p>The source does not specify an experience requirement. <b>Typical profile:</b> candidates for Logistics Coordinator roles commonly have prior hands-on experience in logistics, supply chain, transportation, warehousing, or project-material coordination. Experience supporting construction or infrastructure operations would be particularly relevant.<br></p><br>Education<br><b>Minimum:</b> Typical — Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline<br><br> <b>Preferred:</b> Typical — Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain / Logistics<br><br> <b>Additional:</b> Relevant logistics, supply-chain, ERP, or inventory-management certifications are advantageous.<br><br>Contact No - 97868 88866 <br><br><br> </div>

<ul><li><p>Prepare RFQs/RFPs, float tenders, and evaluate commercial and technical bids.</p></li><li><p>Negotiate pricing, payment terms, and delivery schedules with suppliers.</p></li><li><p>Coordinate with project teams to forecast material requirements based on BOQ and schedules.</p></li><li><p>Ensure procured materials meet ASTM, BS, ACI, and UAE regulatory standards.</p></li><li><p>Prepare material submittals (datasheets, samples, test certificates) for consultant approval.</p></li><li><p>Conduct vendor performance evaluations and maintain an updated approved vendor list.</p></li><li><p>Issue purchase orders and track order status from placement to delivery and inspection.</p></li><li><p>Inspect materials upon delivery for quality, quantity, and compliance with approved samples.</p></li><li><p>Manage logistics for imported materials (shipping, customs clearance, port storage).</p></li><li><p>Reconcile delivered quantities against BOQ and purchase orders.</p></li><li><p>Resolve supplier disputes, quality issues, and delivery delays promptly.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p><strong>Job Summary:</strong><br>We are hiring a&nbsp;<strong>Procurement Engineer</strong>&nbsp;who has a strong background in the&nbsp;<strong>Civil Construction field from the UAE</strong>. Experience must be with construction projects dealing with the&nbsp;<strong>commercial sector</strong>&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<strong>Shopping Malls, Branded Outlets, Office Buildings, High-Rise Buildings, and Low-Rise Business/Commercial Towers</strong>&nbsp;—and&nbsp;<strong>NOT Villas or Residential Houses</strong>. The ideal candidate must be&nbsp;<strong>proficient in working independently</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>capable enough to be a Leader soon</strong>.</p><br><p><strong>What We Are Looking For in a Candidate for this Role:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Experience:</strong>&nbsp;With a minimum of 5 years in procurement within the UAE civil construction sector.</p></li><li><p><strong>Education:</strong>&nbsp;Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Materials Science, or Supply Chain Management.</p></li><li><p><strong>Type of Construction:</strong>&nbsp;Must have prior experience working on&nbsp;<strong>High-Rise Commercial Towers, Shopping Malls, Office Complexes, or Mixed-Use Developments</strong>&nbsp;with bulk material quantities exceeding 50,000 tons of rebar and 200,000 m³ of concrete.</p></li><li><p><strong>Software Proficiency (Role-Specific):</strong></p><ul><li><p>ERP Systems (SAP/Oracle/Maximo/Or any other similar for purchase orders and inventory)</p></li><li><p>Advanced MS Excel (cost analysis, budget tracking, vendor scorecards)</p></li><li><p>MS Word and Outlook (for correspondence and documentation)</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Additional Skills:</strong>&nbsp;Strong negotiation skills, commercial acumen, vendor relationship management, and knowledge of local market rates and import procedures.</p></li></ul>

<p>A growing Freight Forwarding & Shipping company in Dubai is looking for a detail-oriented and motivated Junior Shipping Accountant to join its finance team. The ideal candidate must have hands-on accounting experience within the Freight Forwarding, Shipping, or Logistics industry, with a good understanding of shipping-related financial transactions and day-to-day accounting operations.</p><p>• 2–4 years of relevant accounting experience in Freight Forwarding, Shipping, or Logistics is mandatory. • Practical experience in AR/AP, bank reconciliation, and shipping-related payments. • Familiarity with shipping line invoices, port charges, and freight forwarding transactions. • Good knowledge of accounting software and MS Excel.</p>