About Foodics
Proudly voted the best place to work in 2021-2022, Foodics, one of the most promising SaaS companies in MENA, was founded in 2014 in KSA with headquarters in Riyadh and offices in the United Arab Emirates Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Pakistan, and the Netherlands.
FOODICS is the leading Restaurant-Tech company in MENA and a pioneer in the regional Famp;B industry. Foodics is currently undergoing rapid expansion across MENA, Pakistan, Africa and Asia, servicing over 20,000 brands , and has achieved three rounds of funding, with the latest raising $170 million in the largest SaaS funding round in MENA, boosting its innovation capabilities to better serve business owners.
We provide a cloud-based point-of-sale SaaS ecosystem with tools that help Famp;B, and retail businesses start, track and grow. Our customers use Foodics to accept payments, track inventory, monitor sales, process orders, digitize menus, manage employees, create analytics and smart reports, provide secure cloud storage and enable the integration of third-party apps.
We pride ourselves on recognizing and retaining talent while promoting creativity and efficiency. We are constantly looking for people to help shape and be a part of our bright future!
Our Purpose: To create a growth-accelerating platform that enables the restaurant ecosystem to achieve the most remarkable performance
Our Vision: To be the most trusted one-stop-shop software amp; financial platform for restaurants
Our Mission: to empower every person who contributes to the success of a restaurant business and provide finance to fuel its growth
About The Role:
Hi all! We are looking for a CEO Assistant to perform various tasks and activities working closely with our CEO, including managing calendars, making travel arrangements, and preparing expense reports. To be successful in this role, you should be well-organized, have great time management skills and be able to act without guidance. Ultimately, you will contribute to the efficiency of our business by providing personalized and timely support to the CEO and C-suit as needed.
If this opportunity excites you, hop on and apply now!
Main task and responsibilities
- Manage the CEO's schedule, including scheduling meetings and planning travel
- Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients, and other external partners
- Scheduling board meetings, handling logistics of board meetings, sending materials for review before the meetings, taking and distributing notes, and fielding general queries from board members
- Manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner
- Manage CEO’s calendars and set up meetings
- Coordinate conference calls, transcribe notes and type correspondence/meeting minutes.
- Make travel and accommodation arrangements.
- Format information for internal and external communication memos, emails, presentations, reports
- Respond promptly to CEO’s queries
- Facilitate internal communication (e.g., distribute information and schedule presentations
Requirements
- Graduate of a bachelor's degree in Education, English, Business Administration, or any relevant course
- Minimum two years of experience in a similar role
- Solid experience with office management systems MS Office
- Familiarity with online calendars and cloud systems
- Strong communication and interpersonal abilities (via phone, email, and in-person)
- Experience exercising discretion and confidentiality with sensitive company information
- Outstanding organizational skills with an ability to think proactively and prioritize work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills both in English and Arabic
- Fluent in English and Arabic is a must.
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently across functional groups and on multiple initiatives simultaneously
Benefits
- We offer a people-focused culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, innovation, and a flexible work setup: remotely, in-office, and hybrid models.
- A performance-based company that offers 30 calendar days of vacation, 30 days of work from anywhere, excellent career advancement opportunities, and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and company shares potential
- Working in a hyper-growth environment, you will enjoy numerous learning and career development opportunities.
- Accelerated learning opportunities - attending training, conferences, and events as needed
- An excellent opportunity to grow and work with the most amazing people in the industry
- Being part of an environment that offers challenging goals, autonomy, and mentoring creates incredib