Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, with a mission to deliver an amazing experience — fast, easy, and to your door. Talabat is hiring an Associate Quality Assurance professional in the United Arab Emirates, responsible for monitoring and ensuring the quality, freshness, safety, and compliance of fresh products including fruits, vegetables, and meat across stores, warehouses, and suppliers.
 About Talabat & Delivery Hero
Global Scale: Delivery Hero operates in around 65 countries worldwide
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Public Listing: Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017, part of the MDAX index
Mission: Delivering an amazing experience — fast, easy, and to your door
 Career Opportunity in UAE Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Strategic Location: United Arab Emirates — a fast-growing hub for quick commerce and fresh grocery delivery
Cross-Functional Role: Work across stores, distribution centers, and supplier locations
Compliance Focus: Ensure adherence to HACCP, GMP, and internal food safety protocols
Career Growth: Build a quality assurance career within a globally listed delivery platform
 Position Overview
This Associate Quality Assurance role at Talabat involves conducting routine quality inspections for fruits, vegetables, and meat products at stores, distribution centers, and supplier locations. You will verify product compliance with company specifications and food safety requirements, evaluate freshness, appearance, and cold chain compliance, identify quality deviations and defects, support corrective and preventive actions, and maintain accurate inspection records and documentation.
 Why This Role Matters: As Associate Quality Assurance at Talabat, you directly protect the freshness and safety of products delivered to customers across the UAE, work within a globally recognized, publicly listed delivery platform operating in 65+ countries, gain hands-on experience in HACCP and food safety compliance, build strong supplier and store relationships, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Inspection & Verification
- Conduct routine quality inspections for fruits, vegetables, and meat products at stores, distribution centers, and supplier locations
- Verify product compliance with company specifications, food safety requirements, and applicable regulatory standards
- Evaluate freshness, appearance, color, texture, ripeness, packaging condition, temperature, and shelf life
- Perform sampling and inspection activities using standard quality procedures and checklists
Compliance & Cold Chain Monitoring
- Monitor product handling, storage conditions, hygiene practices, and cold chain compliance
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, food safety standards, and internal quality protocols
- Identify defects, non-conformities, damages, contamination risks, or quality deviations and report findings
Corrective Action & Documentation
- Coordinate with operations, suppliers, and store teams to implement corrective and preventive actions
- Support product rejection and escalation processes when quality standards are not met
- Maintain inspection records, reports, and quality documentation accurately
- Support investigations related to customer complaints and quality incidents
Supplier Relations & Continuous Improvement
- Assist in supplier performance evaluations and quality improvement initiatives
- Build and maintain effective relationships with store employees, suppliers, and management teams
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Food Science, Agriculture, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, or related field
Experience Requirements
- Experience in quality assurance, fresh produce, meat inspection, or food retail operations is preferred
- Knowledge of fresh produce quality parameters, meat handling, and food safety practices
- Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, and food safety standards
Essential Skills
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Good communication and reporting skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment
About Working at Talabat
Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, 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. Joining Talabat’s Quality Assurance team means contributing directly to the mission of delivering an amazing experience — fast, easy, and to your door — for customers across the UAE.
Career Excellence: Safeguard fresh product quality and food safety for one of the world’s leading delivery platforms.
 Who Should Apply?
- Food Science & Agriculture Graduates:Â With a Bachelor’s or diploma in a related field
- Fresh Produce & Meat Inspectors:Â With experience in quality assurance or food retail operations
- HACCP/GMP-Trained Professionals:Â Familiar with food safety standards and cold chain compliance
- Detail-Oriented Analysts:Â Comfortable conducting inspections across stores, warehouses, and suppliers
- Fast-Paced Operations Professionals:Â Ready to work across a large-scale delivery and retail network
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