JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
About the team
The Groceries team is on a mission to reinvent how people shop for everyday essentials across the region. Within this team, the Fresh & Ultra Fresh vertical plays a pivotal role in driving selection, availability, and service experience for perishable goods. We are passionate about delivering high-quality produce and perishables with speed, accuracy, and reliability.
What you’ll do
- Lead end-to-end supply planning for the F&V Private Label category, ensuring optimal freshness and availability across stores.
- Source high-quality F&V products from multiple suppliers in the Riyadh wholesale market, balancing quality, cost, and reliability.
- Build and maintain a stable and diversified supplier network to ensure continuous supply throughout the year.
- Oversee the packing process to ensure all private-label produce meets quality, hygiene, and presentation standards.
- Plan and coordinate the distribution and replenishment process from the packing site to all stores, maintaining sufficient stock levels while minimizing waste.
- Develop demand forecasts that incorporate seasonality, promotions, and historical sales trends.
- Manage short shelf-life inventory with a focus on reducing wastage and markdowns.
- Collaborate closely with category, sourcing, and operations teams to align on demand, pricing, and logistics priorities.
- Build and maintain tracking dashboards and reports to monitor supply chain KPIs, including fill rates, wastage, and freshness scores.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives in sourcing, packing, and distribution efficiency.
What you’ll need
- 3–5 years of experience in supply planning, sourcing, or demand planning — ideally within fresh food, F&V, grocery, or retail industries.
- Strong understanding of perishable supply chains, shelf-life dynamics, and quality control processes.
- Hands-on experience with sourcing from local F&V markets and managing supplier relationships.
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets; experience with SQL, BI tools, or ERP systems is a plus.
- Strong coordination skills to manage cross-functional stakeholders (sourcing, warehouse, last-mile, and category).
- Highly analytical, proactive, and adaptable in fast-changing market environments.
- Fluent in English; Arabic proficiency is a strong advantage.
What we’ll provide you
- We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full-time colleague, you will be able to:
- Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
- Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
- Work 4 days a week in office and 1 day from home.
Remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year.
(If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.) - Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
We are a brand that aims to simplify people's lives by revolutionizing the transportation industry. A brand that strives to inspire everyone it interacts with, and supports every single person who dares to believe. #BeCareem
Careem is the MENA region's leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 50+ cities across 11 countries and host over 6 million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.