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What Are We Looking For?
Benefits
So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?
Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.
Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.
As a leading food-tech business, Kitopi’s growth has been largely fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) – an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real-time. As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry as we know it today.
With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, its robotics hub in Denmark, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.
We are looking for a Design Manger to oversee the new builds and uplifts for all Kitopi acquired brick and mortar restaurants, dark kitchens, as well as moving brands from online only presence to a physical presence. The ideal candidate is a real multitasker who can organize a team of in-house designers and external design agencies to deliver kitchen designs, concept designs and detailed designs in time in line with the project timelines. Strong communication skills are key given the multidisciplinary impact of the design on the overall business, moreover an energetic personality with a strong drive to continuously deliver is essential to thrive at Kitopi!
In this role he/she will design projects internally with a team of designer from various backgrounds as well as manage outsourced designers to complete projects at target dates and within predefined budgets
What You’ll Do
- Defining project requirements and schedule during the “brief”
- Attending all meetings and site visits with clients and coordinating with other parties
- Extracting relevant information efficiently from various stakeholders (operations, brand managers, etc. and taking appropriate actions and decisions to instruct the relevant design team
- Managing a team of designers to deliver submission of design packages on time:
- Ensure the various design packages (kitchen, ID, MEP, etc) are coordinated and integrated when necessary
- Manage the filing of all design deliverables for ongoing and completed projects
- Develop and maintain the Kitopi Design library with design standards (equipment set-ups, kitchen blueprints, typical joinery details, agile design details, etc.)
- Knowledgeable on site with contractor and construction methods to assure that construction matches design intent
- Suggest solution to safeguard design intent when clashes occur
- Preparing and reviewing a high level BOQ and FFE schedules
- Preparing and reviewing RFQ, & Cost Comparisons
- Suggest value engineering solutions to ensure designs are on budget in line with the project requirements
- Preparing and maintaining project design programs.
- Selecting reviewing and approving materials and furniture, contacted suppliers and prepared FF&E schedules and specifications
- Producing and reviewing detailed drawings and knowledgeable in Joinery shop drawings
- Red marking detailed design packages and shop drawings from contractors
- Preparing high level Capex’s and budgets and tracking them throughout project timeline
- Supervising site visits, comparing construction drawings with on site, noting discrepancies, and preparing snag reports
Kitchen Design is managed in-house
Concept interior design is managed both in-house as well as through agencies
MEP Design is managed through outsourced MEP designers
What Are We Looking For?
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Interior
- 10+ years of experience in a related field of F&B design
- Very strong administrative, organizational and planning skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Critical thinking, coaching, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, Sketch up and Adobe programs
- Expertise in layout, color, lighting, materials selection, custom furniture and all installations
- Experience with kitchen design (preferred)
- Communication and presentation skills
- Creative talent, imagination and eye for design
- Ability to plan for and keep track of multiple projects and deadlines
- The ability to work within a team and lead a team
Recruitment Process and Timeline
First, you apply and let our recruiters review your profile. After reviewing, you will receive a link to book a meeting with a recruiter at your convenience to share more about yourself and for us to get to know you better. If you have been shortlisted, you will have the opportunity to meet our hiring managers. Depending on the scope of the role and the function, you may need to attend 2-3 rounds (which might include case study, role-play, trial, or live coding – this will be communicated to you in the initial conversation). Upon successful completion, your recruiter will get in touch with you to discuss the offer. We aim to take you through this process within 2-3 weeks.
Benefits
– Extensive learning opportunities – we offer many hard and soft skills training to help you improve and challenge yourself
- You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and Mindvalley where you can choose over thousands of courses to satisfy your hunger for knowledge.
- You’ll be involved in customized workshops run by Kitopi Academy
- You’ll have a chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment
- You’ll be part of one of the most caring communities out there.
- Finding a chance to become a shareowner with our ESOP plan
- Free and unlimited access to a nutritionist because we care about you
- No Dress Code!
- Extended maternity and parental leave
- The infamous team activities and social events are bursting with fun
- Inclusive Private Health Insurance
- Up to 50% discount from Kitopi brands
- 30 calendar days annual leave
- Work from anywhere policy
So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?
We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.
Kitopi is an equal opportunity employer. While we currently operate in 6 countries, we are over 70 different nationalities of talented Kitopians. We celebrate our rich diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures and have a 0 tolerance policy towards racism, bigotry, and hate. Please apply if you see a position that makes your heart skip a beat and help us build a company where we’re all proud to work for.
Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a “work from anywhere” policy – you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you’re proud of.
Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite.
