At least 6 years of experience in Operations, Consulting, Finance, or an equivalent field.
Fluency in German and English.
Ability to lead, motivate, and inspire a large team.
Ability to manage details, establish root causes, and analyze data.
Comfort working in a fast-paced and changing environment.
Attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence.
Readiness to be fully accountable for a complex operational scope.
Responsibilities
Own the entire operational flow of the Stuttgart UpCenter, including managing teams and Operations Managers.
Build and lead a team of managers, operations associates, and bike mechanics.
Define targets, priorities, and strategy.
Own the UpCenter profit and loss (P&L) and budget, ensuring targets are met.
Analyze operational data to identify optimization opportunities and bridge gaps.
Design and implement processes to optimize operational flow and financial efficiency.
Set up tools and dashboards to provide an accurate view of operations.
Work closely with other company teams to support rapid growth and expansion.
About us:
Upway is a fast growing startup building the largest marketplace for refurbished e-bikes globally. We have refurbished over 100,000 e-bikes in just four years and are growing fast! Upway's mission is to make e-mobility accessible to a wide range of people. Our goal is to build the largest and highest quality e-bike range by sourcing and reconditioning the best e-bikes.
Germany has become our largest market, and to support our growth we are looking for an Operations Lead. The Operations team’s role is to create the largest and highest-quality e-bike offering for Upway shoppers, by sourcing the best e-bikes, refurbishing them and delivering them to their new owner in a seamless customer experience.
The Operations Lead, Stuttgart, will be responsible for owning the etnire operational flow of our UpCenter in Stuttgart, our - to be - largest UpCenter globally. This includes managing all the teams in our UpCenter, including middle management of Operations Managers, setting the priorities for the teams, managing the UpCentrer P&L and operational targets, building processes to optimize operations, analyzing data to understand and bridge gaps, and working closely with the rest of the company to provide best in class experiences to customers.
If you thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial D2C environment and are ready to scale our operations, we want you to be part of our exciting growth journey!
Build and lead a strong team of managers, operation associates and bike mechanics
Define targets, priorities and strategy
Own the UpCenter P&L/budget, ensuring targets are met
Go deep into the data to find optimization opportunities
Design and implement processes to optimize operational flow and financial efficiency
Set up tools and dashboards to get an accurate view on operations
Work closely with the rest of the company to support an extremely fast paced growth and expansion
Strong academic background
6+ years of experience in Operations, Consulting, Finance, or equivalent
Fluency in German & English
Possess strong communication and leadership skills, able to lead, motivate and inspire a large team
Superior problem solving skills: able to manage details, establish root causes, and to analyse data
Comfort with working in a fast-paced and changing environment
Attention to details and obsession for operational excellence
Readiness to be fully accountable for a complex operational scope