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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟱𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟮𝟱-𝟱𝟱 𝗟𝗣𝗔)
Experience: 10+ yrs
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Type: Full-time
We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Regional Head – South to build and lead a high-growth consumer food business across South India. This is a senior leadership role with complete responsibility for regional P&L, operations, market expansion, team building, and business profitability.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in food, QSR, cloud kitchens, bakery, cafés, food retail, or another operationally intensive consumer business. The role requires an entrepreneurial, hands-on leader who can establish operations from the ground up, build high-performing teams, and scale a successful operating model across multiple markets.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Own the complete South India P&L, with accountability for revenue, operating costs, contribution margins, unit economics, and profitability.
- Lead the setup, launch, and commercial ramp-up of the Bengaluru central kitchen and supporting dark-store network.
- Build the regional operating structure across production, operations, procurement, supply planning, workforce planning, and recruitment.
- Develop and execute a repeatable market-entry and expansion strategy for Hyderabad, Chennai, and other South Indian markets.
- Make commercially sound decisions regarding market entry, capacity creation, infrastructure, investments, and resource deployment.
- Translate operating standards into consistent execution across product quality, food safety, availability, service levels, and customer experience.
- Manage perishable-product operations with strong control over food costs, wastage, inventory, fulfilment, capacity utilisation, and productivity.
- Establish operating reviews and track key metrics covering revenue, outlet economics, productivity, payback periods, ramp-up performance, and profitability.
- Partner closely with central teams across Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, People, Product, and Technology.
- Build strong local networks of vendors, suppliers, partners, and talent to support regional expansion.
- Recruit, structure, mentor, and lead regional leadership and operating teams with clear accountability and performance expectations.
- Establish strong operating systems that enable the South India business to function with high ownership and limited dependence on head office.
- Ensure consistent execution of operational, commercial, quality, and customer-experience standards across the region.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, scalability, margins, and overall regional performance.
What Makes You a Great Fit
- 10+ years of experience in regional, city, business, or operations leadership roles within food, QSR, cloud kitchens, bakery, cafés, food retail, or operationally intensive consumer businesses.
- Proven experience owning a regional, city, or business P&L, including revenue, costs, contribution margins, and profitability.
- Demonstrated experience launching a new market, central kitchen, operating cluster, dark-store network, or multi-unit business rather than only managing an established operation.
- Strong understanding of South Indian markets, particularly Bengaluru; exposure to Hyderabad and Chennai is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of food operations, perishable supply chains, central kitchens, store/dark-store economics, and multi-unit operations.
- Hands-on experience managing procurement, inventory, food costs, wastage, fulfilment, capacity planning, and operational productivity.
- Proven ability to build and lead cross-functional teams in high-growth environments.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect operational decisions to revenue, margins, and profitability.
- Entrepreneurial and hands-on approach with the ability to move effectively between strategic planning and ground-level execution.
- Comfortable operating with significant ownership and autonomy while maintaining alignment with senior leadership.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Excellent people leadership skills with the ability to recruit, develop, motivate, and retain high-performing teams.
- Strong execution discipline and the ability to manage multiple priorities during rapid business expansion.
- High ownership mindset with a strong focus on business growth, operational excellence, customer experience, and sustainable profitability.
