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Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Regional Head - South to build and lead a high-growth consumer food business across South India. This is a senior leadership role with complete responsibility for regional P&L;, operations, market expansion, team building, and business profitability .

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in food, QSR, cloud kitchens, bakery, cafés, food retail, or another operationally intensive consumer business. The role requires an entrepreneurial, hands-on leader who can establish operations from the ground up, build high-performing teams, and scale a successful operating model across multiple markets.

Requirements Key Responsibilities

- Own the complete South India P&L;, with accountability for revenue, operating costs, contribution margins, unit economics, and profitability
- Lead the setup, launch, and commercial ramp-up of the Bengaluru central kitchen and supporting dark-store network
- Build the regional operating structure across production, operations, procurement, supply planning, workforce planning, and recruitment
- Develop and execute a repeatable market-entry and expansion strategy for Hyderabad, Chennai, and other South Indian markets
- Make commercially sound decisions regarding market entry, capacity creation, infrastructure, investments, and resource deployment
- Translate operating standards into consistent execution across product quality, food safety, availability, service levels, and customer experience




- Manage perishable-product operations with strong control over food costs, wastage, inventory, fulfilment, capacity utilisation, and productivity
- Establish operating reviews and track key metrics covering revenue, outlet economics, productivity, payback periods, ramp-up performance, and profitability
- Partner closely with central teams across Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, People, Product, and Technology
- Build strong local networks of vendors, suppliers, partners, and talent to support regional expansion
- Recruit, structure, mentor, and lead regional leadership and operating teams with clear accountability and performance expectations
- Establish solid operating systems that enable the South India business to function with high ownership and limited dependence on head office
- Ensure consistent execution of operational, commercial, quality, and customer-experience standards across the region
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, scalability, margins, and overall regional performance

What Makes You a Great Fit
- 10+ years of experience in regional, city, business, or operations leadership roles within food, QSR, cloud kitchens, bakery, cafés, food retail, or operationally intensive consumer businesses
- Proven experience owning a regional,



city, or business P&L;, including revenue, costs, contribution margins, and profitability
- Demonstrated experience launching a new market, central kitchen, operating cluster, dark-store network, or multi-unit business rather than only managing an established operation
- Strong understanding of South Indian markets, particularly Bengaluru; exposure to Hyderabad and Chennai is highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of food operations, perishable supply chains, central kitchens, store/dark-store economics, and multi-unit operations
- Hands-on experience managing procurement, inventory, food costs, wastage, fulfilment, capacity planning, and operational productivity
- Proven ability to build and lead cross-functional teams in high-growth environments
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect operational decisions to revenue, margins, and profitability
- Entrepreneurial and hands-on approach with the ability to move effectively between strategic planning and ground-level execution
- Comfortable operating with significant ownership and autonomy while maintaining alignment with senior leadership
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder-management capabilities
- Excellent people leadership skills with the ability to recruit, develop, motivate, and retain high-performing teams
- Strong execution discipline and the ability to manage multiple priorities during rapid business expansion
- High ownership mindset with a strong focus on business growth, operational excellence, customer experience, and sustainable profitability

📌 Regional Head (Bengaluru)
🏢 Weekday AI (YC W21)
📍 Bengaluru