Strategy & Planning Manager, Europe

**Description**:
Upway is the leading platform selling refurbished e-bikes in Europe and the US. Our mission is to make electric mobility accessible to everyone.

With a very ambitious plan for 2025 and beyond, we are looking forward to reinforcing our Strategy & Planning team to continue piloting our expansion.

The Strategy & Planning team is dealing with a wide range of topics, such as Business Planning, Financial Performance Monitoring, Pricing, and some more Operational projects across Europe.

The Strategy & Planning Manager will work closely with our General Managers as well as functional Leads, taking ownership of multiple workstreams, and bringing his/her analytical and problem solving skills to help us build the global leader in light electric mobility.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Business Planning**: Strategize, forecast, and create robust business plans for Upway Europe, constantly evaluating and recalibrating against results, ensuring adaptability and agility as needed.
- **Financial Performance Monitoring**: Monitor, understand, and interpret financial and operational metrics to shape strategic direction and actionable plans. Deepen the comprehension of the key drivers of our business.
- **Pricing Strategy**: Refine and enhance Upway's pricing model, integrating and optimizing essential variables to fuel growth and profitability.
- **Cross-functional Collaboration**: Foster collaborative relationships across teams, driving Operational projects and initiatives forward (e.g., cost optimization, quality standards improvement), guaranteeing alignment with the organization's overarching strategic objectives.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:

- **Experience**: 4-6 years of experience in business strategy, management consulting, or related roles.
- **Analytical Skills**: Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, adept at extracting actionable insights from data.
- **Data Mastery**: Proficiency with data analysis tools (GSheets, SQL) is a must.
- **Project & Stakeholders Management**: Excels in planning and executing initiatives of varying durations and scales while effectively managing stakeholders.
- **Innovation and Autonomy**: Displays proactive, innovative, and self-reliant qualities in identifying and implementing process improvements and standard methodologies.
- **Adaptability**: Ability to adapt to a dynamic and evolving business environment, demonstrating flexibility and resilience.
- **Language Proficiency**: Fluency in English is essential for this role.

**Benefits**:

- Being part of a fast-growing startup
- Being surrounded by a talented and ambitious team that wants to build something big together
- Freedom to take on as much responsibility as you dare, which will allow you to develop quickly
- Opportunity to own a piece of the company - competitive equity package
- 15% off any e-bike you purchase with Upway

**About Upway**:
At Upway, we are committed to making electric mobility accessible to everyone. We are in the process of building the largest patform for brand-new and certified pre-owned e-bikes. Our goal is to offer consumers the broadest selection of e-bikes at competitive prices, all while providing the peace of mind that comes with professional reconditioning and warranties. By rapidly advancing our mission, we aim to accelerate the transition to more sustainable and efficient modes of transportation. This includes reducing waste through the extension of e-bikes' lifecycles and returning urban space to the community. We are enthusiastic about bringing this vision to life and playing our part in addressing some of today's most significant environmental and urban challenges.

Upway was launched in France at the end of 2021, and we are now a global business, operating in 7 countries across Europe and the US. We are a series B startup, raised 60M$+ and are backed by prestigious investment funds such as Sequoia Capital.