Head of Food & Beverage Strategy

Job description / Role

Head of Food & Beverage Strategy - MENA - Dubai

Salary: 40,000 AED pm 50,000 AED pm + bonus & benefits

Instantly recognisable, market leading food & beverage brand requires an exceptional Food Product Manager to oversee one of its fastest growing regions. Tax free salary and excellent working environment on offer.

It is essential that you will have experience of leading and delivering development projects for F&B ranges, within a branded environment alongside the management of external suppliers. Ideally, you will have worked within an international position previously but this is not essential.

Our client is known for delighting its customers with market leading food & beverage products across the globe. As industry leaders within its category this business attracts some of the globes finest talent, across all functions. You will be surrounded with high calibre colleagues, who help foster a work atmosphere and culture which champions teamwork, accountability, innovative thinking and passionate learning. Globally known as a top employer our client has a rich history of developing its people and jointly celebrating successes. This company is passionate about its products and equally, if not more so, about its people and will spend time investing in your professional growth who wouldnt want to work for a business such as this?

Whilst the business is already experiencing significant success across the Middle East & North African regions it has identified that in order to allow the business to achieve the targets it has set across this region, there must be an investment in an exceptional Head of Food Strategy who; through a clearly defined and compelling product strategy will expertly influence business partners in providing a product offering that will delight the businesses customers.

Although you will not have any direct report, you will have project management leadership and will be expected to work cross-functional and across multiple geographies, to ensure that the product strategy for the MENA region is executed effectively.

If, as you have been reading this description, and you believe we have been talking about you then we would love to hear from you. Dont delay in applying for this Head of F&B strategy role today!

Requirements

This role requires you to have an excellent food product development background, ideally within the food service/ HORECA business channel. You will also have some procurement & technical food experience as well as managing a cost budget.

About the Company

Why Focus International?

Firstly, we know our market and we deliver. Based in the UAE & The United Kingdom we have a track record of developing long term relationships with candidates & clients over the last 10 years who see the benefit of strategic Talent Management, from Graduates to Main Board appointments.

Our main areas of expertise lie within the following:

Functions:
Production & Engineering Food Technology Sales & Marketing Product Development Supply Chain & Logistics Human Resources
Finance
Purchasing

Channels: Manufacturing Retail Foodservice Distribution Ingredients Packaging
Hospitality
Equipment & Services

Categories: Bakery Dairy Grocery Added value chilled foods Frozen foods Fresh Produce Meat, Poultry & Fish Drinks and Beverages

To support our work, we have an extensive database of internationally based food, drink & FMCG professionals. We advertise on all relevant websites, we network constantly and with a team of experienced Search Consultants we know the people you will want to talk to.

We are the regions largest and only dedicated Food and Drink recruiter complimented by a number of excellent relations within many non food FMCG companies across the MEA who see the value our approach offers. Born out of a strategic vision from our parent group Focus Management Consultants Ltd to be closer to our international partners across the MEA region, we have rapidly become one of the premier FMCG recruitment consultancies working with both large multinational businesses and local operations. Supporting our consultative recruitment activity we utilise the most optimised and developed web and social media engagement techniques available in the market allowing our team of specialist consultants to engage with candidates & clients on many different media platforms. As innovative leaders of our sector, we are constantly investing in creative ways to source and attract candidates and add value to the recruitment process for our clients.

Our business approach is ethical and honest, and it is our clear objective to maintain integrity with both clients and candidates at all times.

The aim is to become your preferred recruitment contact who will work in partnership with you, assisting and advising at all times your search for that next career opportunity. We also desire to become the preferred partner of choice to FMCG businesses for your ongoing and long term recruitment needs. We will achieve this by delivering you highly effective solutions and committing to you for both your immediate and future business needs.