Talabat — part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform operating in around 65 countries worldwide and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange — is hiring an Associate Quality Assurance in Dubai, UAE. This operational quality role monitors and ensures the quality, freshness, safety, and compliance of fresh products including fruits, vegetables, and meat across stores, warehouses, and supplier locations — conducting inspections, identifying quality deviations, supporting corrective actions, and ensuring full compliance with food safety standards. A valid UAE Driving License is strictly required for independent travel across operational sites, dark stores, and retail locations.
Strictly Required: A valid UAE Driving License is a non-negotiable requirement for this role. Candidates must be willing and able to travel independently across operational sites, dark stores, and retail locations across Dubai. Applications without a UAE driving licence will not be considered.
About Talabat — Delivery Hero Group UAE
Company: Talabat — part of Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform
Scale: Operations in ~65 countries worldwide — Delivery Hero listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017, MDAX index
Mission: Deliver an amazing experience — fast, easy, and to your door
Quality Scope: Fresh products — fruits, vegetables, and meat — across dark stores, warehouses, and supplier sites in Dubai
Role Type: Mobile, multi-site quality inspection and assurance — requires UAE driving license and independent travel
Career Opportunity & Why Talabat Dubai UAE
Global Platform: Join a Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed global delivery leader operating in 65+ countries
Fresh Food Focus: Specialism in fresh produce and meat quality — one of the most in-demand food safety expertise areas in UAE retail
Dynamic Operations: Mobile, multi-site role — daily variety across dark stores, distribution centres, and supplier facilities
Career Growth: Real food safety career development opportunity within a globally recognised tech-driven food delivery company
Position Overview
The Associate Quality Assurance at Talabat in Dubai is an active, mobile, multi-site quality inspection role covering the freshness, safety, compliance, and quality standards of fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat products across Talabat’s dark stores, distribution centres, and supplier locations in Dubai. You will conduct routine quality inspections, evaluate freshness and appearance parameters, monitor cold chain compliance, identify non-conformities and contamination risks, support corrective and preventive actions, assist with supplier performance evaluations, maintain inspection documentation, and support customer complaint investigations. This role requires daily independent travel across Dubai operational sites and is only open to candidates holding a valid UAE Driving License. Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, and food safety standards is essential — as is a hands-on, detail-oriented approach to protecting the quality and safety of food products delivered to Talabat’s customers every day.
Why This Role Matters: As Associate Quality Assurance at Talabat Dubai, you are the eyes and hands of food safety across the company’s entire fresh product supply chain. Millions of UAE customers order fruits, vegetables, and meat through Talabat trusting that what arrives at their door is fresh, safe, and exactly as described — and you are directly responsible for making that trust justified. Your inspections determine which products reach customers and which don’t. Your cold chain monitoring keeps temperature-sensitive meat and produce safe from warehouse to doorstep. Your corrective action support helps suppliers and store teams continuously improve the freshness and quality performance that keeps Talabat’s customers happy, loyal, and ordering again tomorrow.
Key Responsibilities
Fresh Product Quality Inspections
- Conduct routine quality inspections for fruits, vegetables, and meat products at Talabat’s stores, distribution centres, dark stores, and supplier locations across Dubai — independently and using standard quality checklists
- Evaluate freshness, appearance, colour, texture, ripeness, packaging condition, temperature compliance, and shelf life of fresh products — ensuring all assessed items meet Talabat’s defined specifications and quality standards
- Perform sampling and inspection activities using standard quality procedures — maintaining consistent, objective assessment criteria across all product categories and inspection sites
- Verify product compliance with company specifications, food safety requirements, and applicable UAE regulatory standards — identifying any non-compliant products immediately and initiating the appropriate quality response
Cold Chain, Storage & Hygiene Monitoring
- Monitor product handling, storage conditions, hygiene practices, and cold chain compliance across Talabat’s dark stores and distribution centres — ensuring temperature-sensitive fresh products are handled safely throughout the supply chain
- Identify defects, non-conformities, damages, contamination risks, or quality deviations in fresh produce and meat products — reporting findings accurately and promptly to operations, store teams, and quality management
- Support product rejection and escalation processes when quality standards are not met — acting decisively and professionally to remove non-compliant products from the supply chain before they reach customers
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, and internal food safety protocols across all inspected sites — contributing to a consistent, high-standard food safety culture across Talabat’s operational network
Corrective Actions & Supplier Engagement
- Coordinate with operations, suppliers, and store teams to implement corrective and preventive actions — ensuring identified quality issues are addressed promptly and that root causes are eliminated rather than just managed
- Assist in supplier performance evaluations and quality improvement initiatives — contributing field inspection data and observations that support structured supplier quality development programmes
- Build and maintain effective, professional working relationships with store employees, suppliers, and management teams — being trusted as a fair, knowledgeable, and constructive quality partner at every site visited
- Support investigations related to customer complaints and quality incidents — providing inspection data, site observations, and corrective action recommendations that resolve issues and prevent recurrence
Documentation & Quality Reporting
- Maintain accurate, complete, and well-organised inspection records, quality reports, and food safety documentation — ensuring all findings are captured clearly and are retrievable for management review and audit purposes
- Report inspection findings to management in a clear, structured, and timely manner — providing actionable insights that enable operational and supplier teams to address quality issues without delay
- Ensure all inspection documentation meets Talabat’s internal quality standards and applicable food safety compliance requirements — supporting both internal quality reviews and external regulatory interactions
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Food Science, Agriculture, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, or a closely related field — required for this Associate Quality Assurance position at Talabat Dubai
Experience
- Experience in quality assurance, fresh produce inspection, meat inspection, or food retail operations is preferred — with direct exposure to fresh produce quality parameters and meat handling practices
- Practical knowledge of fresh produce quality assessment — including visual grading, temperature monitoring, shelf life evaluation, and cold chain compliance verification
- Familiarity with food retail, dark store, or FMCG supply chain operations is an advantage — particularly in a fast-paced, multi-site environment similar to Talabat’s Dubai operational network
Technical Knowledge
- Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, and food safety standards — practical understanding of how these frameworks are applied in fresh produce and meat handling environments
- Knowledge of fresh produce quality parameters — appearance, colour, texture, ripeness, packaging integrity, shelf life, temperature requirements for fruits, vegetables, and perishable food categories
- Knowledge of meat handling, storage temperature requirements, hygiene standards, and quality inspection parameters applicable to retail meat products in the UAE
Mandatory Requirement
- Valid UAE Driving License — strictly required: The role demands daily independent travel across Talabat’s operational sites, dark stores, distribution centres, and supplier locations across Dubai — candidates without a valid UAE driving licence will not be shortlisted
Essential Skills
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills — essential for identifying quality deviations, contamination risks, and non-conformances in fresh produce and meat products during site inspections
- Good communication and reporting skills — able to present inspection findings, escalate quality issues, and coordinate corrective actions clearly with operations, suppliers, and management stakeholders
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, mobile operational environment — comfortable managing multiple site visits, documentation tasks, and quality investigations simultaneously across Dubai
About Talabat — Delivery Hero Group
Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group — the world’s pioneering local delivery platform — on a mission to deliver an amazing experience: fast, easy, and to your door. Operating in around 65 countries worldwide and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. In the UAE, Talabat is one of the most recognised and trusted food delivery brands — serving millions of customers with groceries, fresh produce, restaurant meals, and everyday essentials through a network of dark stores, retail partnerships, and a technology-driven logistics operation that is redefining how people access food. The Associate Quality Assurance role is at the operational heart of ensuring that every fresh product order Talabat delivers meets the quality, freshness, and food safety standards its customers rightly expect.
Career Excellence: Join Talabat and the Delivery Hero Group in Dubai as Associate Quality Assurance — protecting fresh produce and meat quality across dark stores and supplier sites, building a meaningful food safety career with a globally listed, 65-country delivery platform.
Who Should Apply?
- UAE-Licensed Food Safety Inspectors: With fresh produce or meat inspection experience and HACCP/GMP knowledge — ready to conduct multi-site quality inspections independently across Talabat’s Dubai network
- Food Science or Agriculture Graduates in UAE: With a valid UAE driving licence and practical knowledge of fresh produce quality parameters and food safety standards applicable to retail and dark store operations
- Fresh Produce or Meat QA Specialists: With hands-on grading, temperature monitoring, and cold chain compliance experience — seeking a dynamic, mobile quality role with a globally recognised food delivery platform
- Retail Food Safety Professionals: With FMCG, supermarket, or food retail QA experience — comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-site operational environment where accuracy and responsiveness are paramount
- Mobile, Driven Quality Professionals: Who combine food safety knowledge with the independence, initiative, and driving capability to represent Talabat’s quality standards across Dubai’s dark stores and supplier sites every day
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