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Chief Executive Officer

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The Opportunity

We are looking for a bold, entrepreneurial Chief Executive Officer to lead our company from Dubai and shape the next chapter of its growth. We operate at the heart of the value chain that serves retail and food-service players — connecting products, brands, and distribution to supermarkets, convenience, HORECA, and food-service operators across the region. We want a leader who thinks beyond the obvious: someone who can reinvent the way we create value for our customers, open new markets and channels, and build a company that is as agile as it is ambitious.

The Mandate

  • Vision & strategy: Own the vision: define and drive a clear, ambitious strategy for a business serving retail and food-service customers.
  • Growth & P&L: Deliver sustainable revenue, margin, and cash-flow growth while building long-term enterprise value.
  • Reinvention: Think out of the box: identify new business models, channels, partnerships, categories, and revenue streams beyond the current core.
  • Leadership: Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing executive team and a winning company culture.
  • Stakeholders: Represent the company to the board, shareholders, key customers, suppliers, and partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Set the overall strategic direction and translate it into clear, measurable business plans and targets.
  • Own full P&L responsibility — revenue growth, profitability, cost discipline, and capital allocation.
  • Strengthen and expand relationships with retail chains, distributors, and food-service / HORECA customers.
  • Drive commercial excellence across sales, pricing, category, and route-to-market strategy.
  • Lead operational and supply-chain performance to ensure service, quality, and efficiency at scale.
  • Identify and execute growth opportunities: new markets, new channels, partnerships, M&A, and innovation.
  • Build, mentor, and hold accountable a strong executive leadership team.
  • Shape a performance-driven, entrepreneurial, and customer-obsessed culture.
  • Ensure sound governance, risk management, and compliance across all operations.
  • Report transparently to the board on performance, risks, and strategic progress.

Required Experience & Background

  • Experience: Minimum 10 years of professional experience, with a strong track record of increasing leadership responsibility.
  • Executive tenure: At least 4 years in a CEO, General Manager, or equivalent top-executive role.
  • Industry: Proven experience in, or serving, the retail and/or food-service sectors (FMCG, distribution, food supply, or related B2B).
  • P&L track record: Demonstrated success growing revenue, profitability, and enterprise value.
  • Business acumen: Strong commercial, financial, and operational acumen.
  • Language: Fluent English with excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.

Advantage (Not Mandatory)

  • Knowledge of the UAE / GCC market, customers, and business environment.
  • Existing network across regional retail, distribution, and food-service players.
  • Arabic language skills.
  • Experience scaling a business, entering new markets, or leading transformation / turnaround.

Leadership Profile — What Sets You Apart

  • Visionary yet hands-on: you set bold direction and stay close to execution.
  • Creative and unconventional: you challenge the status quo and see opportunities others miss.
  • Decisive under uncertainty, with strong judgement and a bias for action.
  • Inspiring communicator who builds trust with teams, customers, and the board.
  • Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving regional market.
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