Internet ride-sharing app Uber is looking to branch out from transporting passengers in South Africa to delivering take-away food parcels as well.<\/p>\n
Job ads on the Uber website indicate that the company is looking for the likes of a marketing manager, general manager and restaurant operations manager for UberEATS in South Africa.<\/p>\n
UberEATS is an on-demand service that taps Uber\u2019s network of drivers to deliver meals from restaurants.<\/p>\n
UberEATS is also its own standalone app and to date has only been available in London, Melbourne, Paris, Singapore and multiple cities in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n
The job posts for UberEATS in South Africa are for Johannesburg and Cape Town based candidates, indicating that these two cities could form part of the service\u2019s global expansion.<\/p>\n
Uber did not immediately comment on the local launch of UberEATS but the job post for the general manager role in Johannesburg briefly reveals some details about the venture.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an intense business side startup role, and you will work with the UberEATS operations teams along with headquarters-based engineering, product, and process teams,\u2019\u2019 reads the job advertisement.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will have direct responsibility for the growth of the UberEATS business,\u201d adds the job advertisement.<\/p>\n
UberEATS is also advertising job posts in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the imminent launch of UberEATS in South Africa comes after Uber launched its ride-sharing app in South Africa in 2013.<\/p>\n
Since then, the service has grown to have over 4 000 partner drivers across Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n
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