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.
Sales/Accounts internship
About Careem
Careem is the leading technology platform in the greater Middle East region, spanning from Morocco to Pakistan. A pioneer of the region’s ride-hailing economy, Careem is now expanding its services across its network to include payments, delivery of food and grocery and quickly becoming the region’s everyday Super App. Established in July 2012, Careem operates in more than 100 cities across 13 countries, has created more than one million job opportunities in the region, and hosts over 30 million customers. Careem became a wholly owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020. Our team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for talented colleagues to help us in our mission to simplify and improve the lives of people and build a lasting institution that inspires.
Why join our journey
When you start your journey at Careem, you’ll be empowered to drive impact across a region of 600 million people, supported by our community of colleagues from over 75 nationalities. Whether you’re creating codes for our Super App or finding new ways to bring our platform to the people in your city, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow every day to develop alongside talented and inspiring people from around the world. As a colleague at Careem, you’ll be empowered to take ownership of your work, be of service to our Captains, customers and partners as we build the region’s Super App, all while shooting for the moon to create impact across the region.
About the team
Careem Shops is on a mission to reinvent the way people shop for groceries, pharmacies, flowers, and much more. As an exciting new vertical within Careem (a startup within a startup).
As a Sales Executive, you’ll be responsible for filling the selection gaps based on the directional strategy of the department and ensure the best offering to the customers along with the best quality of brands by hunting and onboarding new merchants and stores within Careem Shops & Box
What you'll do
- Work with the team on defining the selection gaps based on the department & business strategy.
- Work with the team to achieve the objectives and the targets of the department from a sales perspective.
- Identify and source key consumer trends in the market.
- Source & negotiate deals with merchants to onboard them on Careem’s platform.
- Ensure a proper onboarding for the merchants in coordination with the other functions.
- Handle merchants accounts and respond to their requests.
- Collaborate with the other teams to ensure a smooth onboarding experience for the merchants, operations, training, account management , legal and finance teams
- This role is a hybrid role where you should expect to spend 50% of your time on the field and 50% at the office.
What you'll need
Successful candidates will have a passionate commitment to improving the lives of people, an insane focus on excellence and customer centricity, and a strong alignment with our core values and purpose.
- Bachelor degree in any field, sales experience is a plus.
- Good communication skills in both Arabic and English.
- You are an excellent communicator with strong influencing skills.
- Driving license and own car.
- Grittiness. You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and address something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away
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:
- Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
- Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
- Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
- Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.