KIVANC ARKAC, CEO

KIVANC ARKAC

CEO

FoodOnClick.com

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and PR
Experience
2 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :2 years, 3 Months

CEO at FoodOnClick.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to November 2015

Create operational excellence:
• Improved GMV by 5x within two years while keeping the profitability constant.
• Boosted the number of orders by 5, 3x
• Increased restaurant network by 153% and user numbers by 155% with a successfully managed marketing budget of +$3M/year.
• Led a high performing team of 45 people, inspired them for long term focus and created a fun culture that resulted in high satisfaction.
Manage expansion strategy:
• Ran the acquisition process of ifood.jo, Jordan’s leading food ordering platform, from deal identification to closing and integration.
• Built the systems, teams and processes to efficiently manage an operation handling 130K orders per month.
• Developed product according to different needs in the major markets the company operated while keeping the infrastructure scalable.
Operate in competitive, emerging markets:
• Moved the company to #1 position in both UAE and Qatar, highly competitive markets. Defended this position without hurting margins.
• Organized the team structure to operate in 7 different countries in a scalable way. Hired the leadership team of the company.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and PR
  • at Marmara University
  • June 2004

Languages

English
Expert
Turkish
Native Speaker