Senior Supply Planning Lead

About the Company

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.

About The Role

We are looking for a Supply Planning Lead to join the Careem Quik team. This person will be responsible for

ensuring optimal stock levels across dark stores through efficient replenishment from Distribution Centers,

cross-dock centers, and direct-to-store shipments and restock the DC to maintain sufficient days of cover. This is

a data-driven, high-impact role critical to achieving our goal of 100% item availability across all dark stores.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee replenishment operations from warehouse to dark store, cross-dock from distribution centers, and direct-to-store shipments
• Oversee supplier fill rates for all warehouse shipments coming from the sellers
• Ensure accurate and timely inventory movements to maintain 100% product availability across all dark stores and define strategies to improve the in-stock % in dark stores
• Identify and resolve stock discrepancies and proactively manage stock-outs or overstock situations.
• Analyze replenishment KPIs such as Instock % to identify trends and opportunities for process improvement.
• Collaborate with the supply chain, planning, and store operations teams to streamline replenishment cycles.
• Continuously suggest ways to refine inventory planning models using historical data and current sales trends.
• Leverage dashboards and SQL/Python tools to provide deep visibility into stock levels, forecast accuracy, and operational bottlenecks.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Strong command of SQL, Python, and Excel
• Hands-on and confident in pulling and analyzing large datasets.
• Proven ability to break down complex data into actionable insights and communicate them effectively.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a numbers first mindset.
• Background in quick commerce (Q-commerce) / E-commerce, FMCG, retail replenishment, or inventory planning is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage supply chain or operations projects independently.
• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree from a Tier 1 college preferred.
  
  

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.