Talabat Hiring for Specialist Real Estate & Facilities Kuwait Full Time

Job Description

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we’d be pretty surprised if talabat didn’t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we’ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.

Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!

Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem – our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce. Role Summary The role will be focused on finding Real Estate for our kitchens & maintaining our existing ones. Candidate is expected to visit different units on a daily basis throughout the country and assess the right ones for construction and operations. Understanding the business requirements and sources Real Estate agents all over the country Having regular contact with multiple Real Estate agents Arranging site visits to assess locations in Kuwait Shortlist locations according to technical and commercial requirements Provide shortlisted locations to the technical team for a full assessment and add recommendations Always on the look-out for new locations which meet our requirements Negotiating with the landlords on the best commercial terms Handling lease agreement verification in coordination with the legal team Handling lease agreements attestation within the respective authorities Handling maintenance of all existing kitchens by coordinating with all relevant stakeholders Highlighting issues arising by the operations team on all existing kitchens & liaising with the technical team to implement solutions without hindering the live operations

What Did We Order?

2-4 years of relevant work experience in a similar setting

Knowledge of Commercial Real Estate (including F&B)

Understanding of technical requirements and assessment (power, gas, ventilation etc.)

Prior experience in reviewing lease agreements and providing feedback where necessary

Ability to manage coordination with the relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth maintenance for the existing kitchens in line with the operational requirements

Ability to solve standard problems and propose suitable solutions.

Good negotiation skills

Full time

JR0017636