Director of Vendor Operations
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About the Role
HungerStation seeks a Director of Vendor Operations to build and scale the vendor lifecycle including onboarding, compliance, performance, and support. The role requires strong leadership in marketplace or logistics operations.
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Responsibilities
- Drive the overall vendor operations strategy, cascading Hungerstation’s business goals into actionable vendor performance initiatives
- Lead cross functional collaboration with local and global teams to improve vendor experience, customer satisfaction, and rider efficiency
- Establish benchmarks and KPIs such as reliability, availability, order timing, and seamless experience metrics
- Analyze data, spot trends, and generate actionable insights to optimize vendor performance & platform growth
- Own the delivery of premium vendor experiences across all operational touchpoints
- Manage service levels, NPS, CSAT, and vendor satisfaction metrics
- Build and maintain the knowledge base and SOPs as the source of truth for vendor operations
- Lead the technical backbone of vendor operations, managing configurations, integrations, zoning, pricing, and marketing systems
- Oversee a high performing support function that delivers first contact resolution (FCR) across all vendor touchpoints
- Ensure seamless onboarding, menu setup, working hours configuration, and ongoing vendor maintenance
Requirements
- 10+ years in vendor/supplier operations, marketplace management, or logistics/e commerce, with 4+ years in senior leadership
- Proven success in scaling vendor operations in high growth environments
- Experience managing multi vertical ecosystems (food, grocery, retail, pharmacy)
- Fluency in both English and Arabic language
- Strong analytical and data driven decision making skills
- Process design and optimization mindset
- Excellent cross functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
- Inspirational leadership, capable of attracting and retaining top talent
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a visionary, high bar leader to build and scale Hungerstation’s Vendor Operations function.
- The Director of Vendor Operations will own the entire vendor lifecycle — onboarding, compliance, performance management, quality, experience, and support — across restaurants, groceries, convenience stores, pharmacies, and other verticals.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the overall vendor operations strategy, cascading Hungerstation’s business goals into actionable vendor performance initiatives.
- Lead cross functional collaboration with local and global teams to improve vendor experience, customer satisfaction, and rider efficiency.
- Establish benchmarks and KPIs such as reliability, availability, order timing, and seamless experience metrics.
- Analyze data, spot trends, and generate actionable insights to optimize vendor performance & platform growth.
- Use controlled testing and market feedback to design and launch enhancements to vendor operations.
- Provide senior management with regular performance reports, insights, and recommendations.
- Own the delivery of premium vendor experiences across all operational touchpoints.
- Manage service levels, NPS, CSAT, and vendor satisfaction metrics.
- Build and maintain the knowledge base and SOPs as the source of truth for vendor operations.
- Conduct regular audits, RCAs, and calibration sessions to drive quality improvements.
- Implement continuous feedback loops between vendors and internal teams.
- Design quality scorecards, surveys, and feedback tools to capture the voice of the partner.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in vendor/supplier operations, marketplace management, or logistics/e commerce, with 4+ years in senior leadership.
- Proven success in scaling vendor operations in high growth environments.
- Experience managing multi vertical ecosystems (food, grocery, retail, pharmacy).
- Fluency in both English and Arabic language.
- Strong analytical and data driven decision making skills.
- Process design and optimization mindset.
- Excellent cross functional collaboration and stakeholder influence.
- Inspirational leadership, capable of attracting and retaining top talent.
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable with high pace, ambiguous environments.
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