Associate - Purchasing and Planning

1 day ago


Doha, Qatar Kitopi Full time

Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.

Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.

With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.

**What You'll Do**:

- Sourcing for the high-quality supplies with the most economic packaging whilst obtaining the freshest produce at the most competitive prices.
- Drawing up plans for purchase of equipment, services, and supplies while maintaining the quality and consistency of Kitopi.
- Managing contracts and strong relationships with company’s vendors and suppliers to ensure best prices, negotiate supplier agreements and contracts.
- Managing external and internal stakeholders while coordinating with Kitopi Kitchen Managers.
- Supervising budgets set by the finance team and utilizing your numbers to obtain from your suppliers.
- Assisting in regional sourcing and data analysis.
- Communicating with executives to acquire approval for purchasing contracts with new vendors and suppliers.
- Conducting continuous shop and negotiation to ensure Kitopi gets the best possible prices on required supplies.
- Oversee the ordering of materials to keep our supply chain in a synchronized flow.
- Provide an efficient experience from order to delivery of goods.
- Manage purchase orders and track their progress to ensure orders are fulfilled and delivered correctly.
- Perform frequent supplier contract evaluations and prepare procurement contract related letters.
- Improving purchasing methods to reach the highest levels of efficiency to boost our supply chain operations.

**Who We Look For**:

- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Supply Chain.
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain or stock management within the F&B, FMCG, or hospitality industry.
- Proven track record in sourcing and vendor management with food distribution firms and international suppliers.
- Strong analytical and Excel skills required.
- Extensive experience in developing business specific contracts and agreements.
- Familiarity with purchasing fundamentals and ERP systems.
- Energetic and motivational leaderships focused on personal influence.
- Experience working directly with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage expectations against rapid growth deadlines.

**Recruitment Process and Timeline**

**Benefits**
- Extensive learning opportunities - we offer many hard and soft skills training to help you improve and challenge yourself
- You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and Mindvalley where you can choose over thousands of courses to satisfy your hunger for knowledge.
- You'll be involved in customized workshops run by Kitopi Academy
- You’ll have a chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment
- You’ll be part of one of the most caring communities out there.
- Finding a chance to become a shareowner with our ESOP plan
- Free and unlimited access to a nutritionist because we care about you
- No Dress Code
- Extended maternity and parental leave
- The infamous team activities and social events are bursting with fun
- Inclusive Private Health Insurance
- Up to 50% discount from Kitopi brands
- 30 calendar days annual leave
- Work from anywhere policy

**So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?**
- We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.

Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a “work from anywhere” policy - you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you’re proud of.

Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite.


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