Expansion Manager

Expansion Manager

We are looking for an Expansion Manager to join Bolt’s Market Central team on our journey to build our grocery vertical and dark stores all over our markets throughout Europe and Africa; and work both with local and HQ teams to achieve our ambitious delivery goals.

The Groceries Central team consists of individuals from all over the world who are closely working together on building the foundations for us to scale our operation globally.

The Expansion Manager will be one of the key employees at our HQ team and you will be responsible for getting things off the ground in your assigned markets, implementing our dark store operations framework and acting as a point of contact for local teams and supporting both Regional Managers and Country Managers.

To succeed in this role a person must be smart, work hard, and be focused on execution and achieving business results in a simple yet smart way.

Your daily adventures will include:

• Manage a team of Expansion Specialists that will be working cross functionally with many teams to get things off the ground across all markets.
• Implement the correct working operations strategy considering warehouse selection, product assortment, category management, operational excellence and picker operations.
• Support the deployment of proper frameworks, analytics, knowledge base, organizational structure and ownership for the local Operations teams and make sure everything is working correctly.
• Help train a strong local operations team and share best practices.
• Collaborate and partner with the Central team to ensure our efforts are resourced to maximize positive impact to the overall growth of the business on all fronts.
• Work and travel to local markets in order to improve both our operational KPIs as well as customers' success globally.

We are looking for:

• Travel 60-80% of the time.
• Bachelor degree in Business Administration or related field.
• 3+ years of previous relevant experience in management consulting, startups, venture capital, business analysis, or similar
• You have experience managing projects and obsess over getting every detail correct
• Experience in recruiting, coaching and leading teams.
• Be an owner and proactively find solutions to business problems.
• You are organised. You deliver stuff on time & handle stress well.
• You are social. You can easily network with people of all backgrounds.
• Excellent communication & written skills in English.
• Must be willing to travel across different markets throughout Europe & Africa and relocate to Estonia.

You will get extra credits for:

• Experience in sharing economy, tech business, transport industry, startup or dynamic high-growth company
• Experience in product launches or running a business
•  

Why you’ll love it here:

• Your daily duties will have a meaningful impact on millions of people all over the world.
• You’ll be surrounded by the most friendly, supportive colleagues you can imagine.
• As we grow, so will you! Bolt’s fast-paced, challenging environment offers you great opportunities for professional development.
• You’ll always be kept informed. Our bi-weekly All Hands meetings bring our global teams together, ensuring we’re all up to speed and moving forward as one.
• Switching off is important! At Bolt, we like to work hard and play hard. Enjoy our fun team events, office snacks, free merch and more!