The
UAE-based retail major Fathima Group will invest Dh200 million and hire nearly
900 employees for its expansion across the UAE, GCC and India.
“With
over 4,000 employees, now we plan to give employment opportunities to 900
people for the upcoming seven outlets across the GCC and India. When it comes
to hiring for the UAE expansion, we would employ approximately 250 to 300
people in our new outlets across different categories,” said EP Moosa Haji,
Chairman of Fathima Group.
Out
of Dh200-million investments, the retail major aims to invest Dh140 million in
the UAE market alone, he said after the opening of new hypermarket in Al Ain.
The
new outlets will come up in Bur Dubai, Dubai Waterfront, Sharjah and Ras Al
Khaimah in the UAE; Jeddah Haramain and Al Safa in Saudi Arabia; and Sobha City
- Thrissur in India in the next few months.
Haji
said the group has a strong human resources department and is constantly
hunting for good talents and caliber of different levels.
Interested
candidate can apply online on its website www.fathimagroup.com or via Fathima
Group LinkedIn page.
Apart
from the retail investments, the group is also setting up food manufacturing
facilities in Dubai.
Spanned
over an area of 100,000 sqft, it is developing a major food manufacturing
facility at Dubai Investment Park (DIP) at an estimated investment of Dh70
million for production of drinking water and processing of spices, pulses and
catering services.
Fathima
Group is also setting up a corporate office and logistics centre with a cold
storage facility at Dubai Investment Park (DIP). Covering over an area of
500,000 sqft, the facility is under construction at an estimated investment of
Dh180 million.
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