Commercial Development Manager

Salary Competitive

About Carla
We believe that more people should be able to drive electric. Therefore, we have set out to build the safest, most convenient and transparent way to sell, buy, or lease an electric car. Carla was founded in 2020 in Stockholm, with strong VC backing.

About our investors
Carla is backed by some of the most renowned and forward-thinking investors in Europe. These investors share our belief that the future of mobility is electric and have provided us with the resources to grow rapidly and build a transformative customer experience in the automotive industry. Our investors include firms with deep expertise in scaling technology-driven companies and a strong track record of supporting sustainable, high-growth ventures. With their backing, Carla has access not only to financial capital but also to strategic networks, guidance, and expertise that help us navigate the competitive and ever-evolving mobility market. Example of Carla's investors include Verdane, Bonnier Capital, Luminar Ventures, Inbox Capital and Sophie Stenbecks Max Ventures.

This strong VC support allows us to:

  • Invest in technology and analytical capabilities to make buying and selling electric cars seamless
  • Develop new offerings to accelerate growth, profitability and safeguard long term competitiveness
  • Build and refine a robust physical infrastructure

Carla is growing at the speed of light, and we are currently looking for a Commercial Development Manager to join our growing Commercial function. It consists of teams connected to sales, purchasing and valuation but also commercial development. To succeed in this role, you must love numbers and also possess the ability to work with complex and cross functional projects.

Your mission at Carla 
Carla’s mission is to make more people drive electric cars. Everything we do is built upon combining customer obsession, technology, and physical infrastructure. Your mission will be to support our CCO and the commercial teams to make the best possible commercial decisions based on data. You will also drive high impactful projects cross-functionally with other teams such as Product & Tech, Operations and Marketing to mention a few. You will report directly to our CCO and Co-founder.

Concrete examples of work tasks connected to responsibilities:

  • Set, keep track of and follow up on purchasing and sales goals, make sure they are aligned with other teams
  • Secure accurate numbers and material to business decision meetings
  • Recurring analytics work connected to purchasing, selling and valuation but also to our partner service business (B2B)
  • Ensure we have the best possible processes, tools and way of working within purchasing, selling and valuation.
  • Secure we have the right capacity and staffing plans within the commercial teams
  • Drive and participate in commercial projects within purchasing, selling and valuation, with high impact on Carla’s business. The projects may be related to pricing strategies, margins and/or process development.

The ideal candidate has:

  • Up to 2 years experience from a high-end consultancy firm
  • Academic examination or university degree, preferably in business, economics and/or data
  • Highly skilled in Excel / Google Sheets
  • Experience working with project management, data and analytics in a commercial environment. It’s very relevant if you also have skills within Big Query/SQL
  • Data driven, always with thoughtful and methodical approach, experienced in field of data analytics, dynamic pricing or similar
  • Capable of working autonomously and proactively
  • Able to interpret and present data and driven solution to any given problem
  • Strong team-player with ability to work effectively across different functions
  • Target-oriented with a precise approach to all challenges

Personal characteristics:

  • Strong communication skills
  • Detail-oriented
  • Highly analytical
  • Teamplayer
  • Prestigeless
  • Proactive do:er

Language skills:

  • Fluent in English and Swedish

What is in it for you?

Most of all, this is a fantastic opportunity to work for a category-defining company, with great values, and a business model that doesn't talk about sustainability - but is based on it.

Apart from that, we offer:

  • Joining one of Sweden’s LinkedIn 2022 and 2023 Top 10 Startups
  • A career-defining role at an early-stage startup and an opportunity to grow and learn from knowledgeable co-workers
  • We’re a start-up, which means we work smarter, not harder. Life-work balance still plays an important role in creating long-lasting productivity and output
  • A workplace that believes strength is found in diversity. We hire people regardless of background, education, experience or gender
  • Market competitive salary, and stock option program

We’re fast, both in terms of car delivery, price-setting process and when it comes to growing our business. We have no plans on stopping anytime soon, and hopefully, this is where you come in!

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Skill development
Skill development

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

Central office
Central office

Equity package
Equity package

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Working at
Carla

We are passionate about creating the most simple, safe and convenient way to buy or lease an electrified vehicle online. Our desire is to make life radically easier for consumers making the second biggest financial decision in life while also contributing to a more sustainable mobility. Carla was founded in 2020, with strong VC backing.

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