Website Careem
Careem is the technology platform for our region. A region of over 600 million people that extends from Morocco to Pakistan, Turkey to Sudan. It’s an area of the world that up until now, has largely missed out on the transformational power of the internet revolution – but through its ambition and focus is catching up fast. Half of the population are under 25, and the same amount are connected to the internet yet only a small proportion have bank accounts, access to public transport and critical infrastructure.
Sales Team Lead – Abu Dhabi
Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.
As the Sales Team Lead for Careem, you will be responsible for driving new restaurant partnerships across Abu Dhabi. Your leadership will be instrumental in motivating and guiding our sales team to achieve ambitious growth targets. Your expertise in sales strategy, team management, and market insights will play a pivotal role in shaping our success across these key markets.
About the Team
You will get to be part of a dynamic team composed of Careem veterans to new tigers who joined on a mission to build and propel Careem Food to become the market leader. We strive to embody our values of ownership, shooting to the moon, and being of service to customers, partners, colleagues, and captains. As a Sales Team Lead you will have the essential role of managing the team responsible for executing our sales strategy and vision by successfully signing and onboarding new partners and improving the customer experience through an increased restaurant supply for our customers.
What you’ll do
Leadership and Team Management:
- Lead, inspire, and manage the sales team to achieve ambitious sales targets
- Provide guidance, training, and support to ensure the team’s success and professional development
- Pipeline management and driving efficiency
- Support the team in closing deals when needed as well as taking some key negotiations personally
- Collaborate with the Director of Sales to develop sales strategies and priorities
- Creative and data driven in order to pitch and build supporting materials to close deals
- Create, implement and improve new and existing processes
- 3-5 years of experience managing sales team(s)
- Proven track record of success in direct sales as well as managing teams
- Track record in team transformations from strategy to management
- Building a culture of high performance, momentum and joint sense of purpose
- Food delivery/tech experience experience is a plus
- Proficient in data analysis, excel, etc.
- Experience with CRM tools
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 Careem 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 & 1 day from home, and 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.
To apply for this job please visit boards.greenhouse.io.