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Operations Associate

Company Name: Careem
Employment Type:Full Time
Location: Dubai
Experience: 5+ years
Degree: Bachelor
Gender:Any
Age:Any  
Nationality: Any
Salary:Unspecified
No. Of Vacancies:1
Job Description:
At Careem we are led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve lives in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. We’re  pioneering the development of innovative services to aid the mobility of people, the mobility of things and the mobility of money.
We’re in the driving seat as we help to define how technology will shape progress in some of the fastest-growing countries in the world. Our teams are building tech to meet the needs of the future in areas including data and AI, e-commerce, technology-enabled logistics, maps, identity, and fintech. 
We’re well placed to solve complex and meaningful challenges at scale, with deep tech expertise, strong regulatory relationships, a local presence, and increasingly specialised global teams which are structured to operate as autonomous start-ups. Our team of over 400 engineers and developers are empowered to develop cutting-edge technology every day.
Careem was established in July 2012, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020, and today operates in over 100 cities across 12 countries.

About the team
Careem Grocery is a grocery delivery platform that offers customers access to a variety of supermarkets and convenience stores. As a Picker Supervisor, you will be responsible for managing teams of pickers and store support staff as they work to fulfill grocery orders for Careem.

What you’ll do
Initiating and leading logistics projects: defining current state and key challenges, designing, prioritizing, and implementing improvements
 Create and implement capacity and space optimization innovations such as store layout improvements
 Report, monitor, analyze and own KPIs such as Incident Rate, Picking time, Reliability, Found rate and Delivery Time
 Ensure the warehouse operates at peak efficiency by organizing, guiding, and training warehouse employees and managing operation goals.
 Communicate rules, guidelines, and SOPs in a clear and structured manner. Perform process confirmations to ensure adherence
 Strong process definition and optimization skills; proven ability to define effective, efficient, and scalable processes and drive continuous improvement through root cause identification and defect elimination.
 Coach and provide feedback to members of your team through structured, clear and efficient communication
 Proactive, process-oriented mindset with the ability to get your hands dirty when necessary
 You work well with other people and can handle engagement with multiple stakeholders from different teams

What you’ll need
 5+ years experience working within the e-commerce, retail, food or grocery industries
 A strong action bias and a desire to spend time in the field
 A detail and process oriented mindset and a strong ability to validate information through data
 Excellent prioritization, organizational and time management skills
 A high proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, V-look ups, Index and match, CSV, etc)
 Business fluency in Urdu and English