Senior Strategy Associate
About this role
đ Mission: At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious mission: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. More than 1/3 of all food produced in the world is wasted, which has a huge impact on our planet - 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, to be exact.
đąCompany: Too Good To Go operates the world's largest marketplace for surplus food, where we connect food businesses with consumers who can buy and enjoy it at 50 %+ off retail value. Alongside our app, we create educational tools, operate an end-to-end surplus food management solution, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste.
đ Scale: Weâre growing fast: Our community of 133 million registered users and 261,000+ active partners across 20 countries, have together already saved 517+ million meals from going to waste - avoiding over 1.4M tonnes of CO2e from entering the Earthâs atmosphere!
âď¸ Impact: We are a certified B Corp social impact company. Too Good To Go was named in Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies and World Changing Ideas. We are also honoured to be included in TIMEâs 100 Most Influential Companies.
Weâre incredibly proud of how far weâve come, but there is still a lot more we want to achieve - which is why weâre looking for an exceptional Senior Strategy Associate to join the Group Strategy team at Too Good To Go in Copenhagen or London.
About Group Strategy
Group Strategyâs purpose at Too Good To Go is to act as the forward-looking sparring partner for leaders across the organisation. Group Strategy contributes to the success of Too Good To Go by:
Facilitating and defining Corporate Strategy in collaboration with the Global Management Team - including internationalisation strategy and development of go-to-market strategy
Identifying, nurturing and leading Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Commercial Partnership processes across all markets - including market exploration, due diligence and integration processes
Managing and executing Group-level strategic initiatives commissioned by the Global Management Team
Defining and executing competitor and market analysis
Partnering with Product and Brand leaders to spar and co-create the exploration, development and commercialisation of new growth opportunities
Responsibilities
- The Senior Strategy Associate role reports to the VP of Strategy, and works closely with the Global Management Team and senior leaders across the organisation to set the long-term direction for the company. You will work across a range of strategic topics within the realm of Corporate Strategy, M&A, Commercial Partnerships, Market Intelligence, Monetisation and Growth Opportunity Exploration.
- Support the VP of Strategy with the development and maintenance of our Corporate Strategy across strategy cycles
- Support the exploration of international expansion opportunities, including market mapping, pre-launch research and business case development
- Lead competitor and market trend analysis to support the identification of potential new growth opportunities outside our current business areas
- Develop recommendations for new growth exploration areas aligned to the Corporate Strategy, and support the Product team with translating new ideas into executable products and services
- Ensure compliance to our company-wide OKR process through tracking, sparring with Functional leaders and progress reporting to the Global Management Team
- Support the VP of Strategy with M&A and Commercial Partnership processes, including market mapping, due diligence and integration
Requirements
- Experience working in strategy consulting, an internal strategy/business development function or a high-growth platform business
- Demonstrated ability to work and gain buy-in across all stakeholder levels
- Humbleness and confidence in presenting to senior level executives
- A doerâs mentality and proactive attitude to finding solutions for most complex challenges and situations
- Grit and determination to go the extra mile and deliver under pressure with relentless attention to detail
- A track record for translating strategic thinking into action plans and output
- A balance of IQ and EQ â and courage to use both in a professional setting
- Strong drive, sense of ownership and pride in delivering outstanding quality day-in-day-out
- Inspiring, engaging and motivating communication skills â in-person and online
- Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive team player, with the ability to motivate exceptional performance in others
- Our values
- We win together: Food waste is a big beast to fight. We believe in a #oneteam.
- We raise the bar: We always push for more. We work smart, smash barriers and elevate one another.
- We keep it simple: Our ambitions are bold but our solutions are simple.
- We build a legacy: Weâre proud of the change weâre driving.
- We care: We always look out for each other. Caring is also about the way we do business. We do the right thing.