Senior Commercial Excellence Manager

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.

About Careem

Careem is building the Everything App for the Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Since 2012, we have simplified the lives of millions of customers, created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, and built a vibrant platform for talent and entrepreneurs to thrive. Today, we operate in 10 countries and 70+ cities, with the ambition to transform daily life in our region. About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Category Manager Excellence to join our Quick Commerce (Q-Commerce) team. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for setting the bar for category excellence across multiple markets. You will design and scale frameworks for assortment, pricing, and promotions, while driving collaboration across Product, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain.

As a strategic leader, you will shape Careem’s grocery and essentials offering, build strong supplier partnerships, and mentor category teams to deliver consistent growth, profitability, and customer delight.

What You’ll Do

Category Strategy & Leadership

• Define the regional category excellence strategy for Q-Commerce, setting best practices for assortment, pricing, and promotions.
• Lead annual category planning with clear KPIs for growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Build scalable playbooks that can be localized and executed across markets.

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Excellence & Capability Building

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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 :

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