
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Paris
The European launcher builds high performing Upcenters from scratch in record times. This means that he/she oversees warehouse selection, negotiation, entity creation, hiring, process building and general management from 0 to a robust engine that pushes +$30M in a 6 month timespan.
Upway Launchers are best-in-class business builders, that develop a 360° skillset in Operations, legal, finance and leadership. They have a unique opportunity to shape the core foundation of our European success story. Their mission is to build greatness out of nothingness.
What you will do
- Identify, negotiate and lock-in strategic locations in Europe
- Design & Build warehouse operations
- Hire, grow and coach a 50 FTE talent team of agents, mechanics, operations specialists and managers.
- Implement best practice operational processes and performance monitoring systems.
- Shape, track and adjust operations against financial performance.
- Champion operational excellence
- Manage relationships with suppliers, manufacturers and partners
- Build and optimise a blueprint for future launches
- Work closely with the regional UpCenter Operations team and leadership for future handover.
What you will need
- Profound bias for action and rapid thinking.
- Strong academic background in engineering, finance, business or similar
- 3+ years of experience in Operations, Finance, Consulting or equivalent
- Fluency in German or french, proficiency in English
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Outstanding problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail, root cause analysis and entrepreneurial thinking
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Eagerness to work in a very fast-paced and changing environment
- Energized by change and dynamic work settings
- Readiness to fully work on-site on temporary projects across Europe.
Benefits
- You will receive equity shares in the form of stock options
- You will operate in an environment, where you can take as much responsibility as you are able to handle. This will present great learning and growth opportunities.
- You’ll work in a fast paced environment, where we favor quick decision making and getting things done
- You’ll work on a great product. Electric and sustainable mobility will be ever present in your day-to-day, and you’ll become an expert in these topics.
- You'll travel and build teams in different European cultures and languages.