Manager, Business Modelling & Strategy - Quick Commerce

Company Description

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Quick commerce sits at the heart of our organisation's strategy. This role supports the maths behind that growth. You will build the models that turn a wide set of initiatives & drivers - basket size, order frequency, cost per order, assortment mix, store throughput, promotional spend - into one cohesive narrative.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Own the numbers end to end. Build and maintain projections, unit economics, ROI cases and scenario plans for new initiatives, store formats and commercial levers.
• Break problems into levers and reconnect them. Size each driver individually, then wire them into a single output, so a change in any input flows through to contribution, margin or growth without manual rework.
• Pressure-test your own assumptions. Ground the model in real data, and be candid about which inputs are solid and which are educated guesses.
• Build workflows at scale. Deep Excel plus AI tooling - LLM-based automation, scripting, low-code - so recurring analysis runs itself.
• Turn output into a decision. Say what we should do, what it costs, what it returns, and what would have to be true for it to fail.
• Support budget planning and resource allocation discussions through analysis and recommendations to help meet growth and profitability targets
• Drive coordination, analysis, progress tracking, and follow-up for the company’s OKR process
• Actively engage and participate in key regular touchpoints: performance updates, financial reviews, budgeting & strategy, etc.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• 3–6 years in strategy, consulting, investment banking or private equity, commercial finance, or a modelling-heavy role in a high-growth operating business.
• Deep Excel knowledge - ability to build financial models & scenarios with logical assumptions.
• Hands-on use of AI tools to automate analytical work. SQL and/or Python is a strong plus.
• Structured problem solving: you can take a vague question and reach a defensible answer.
• The judgement to know when an estimate is good enough to decide on, and when it is not.
• Comfortable reading and interpreting financial documents, including country P&Ls and investment proposals, and deriving actions from them.

Additional Information

HOW WE WORK

• Quick commerce is at the heart of our strategy. It is one of the fastest-growing parts of our business, which brings a distinct set of problems - and the chance to shape answers that do not exist yet.
• Roll your sleeves up. This is a hands-on role. You will be in the detail as often as you are in the strategy.
• Ship fast. We would rather deliver a solid solution this month and improve it in the open than a perfect one next quarter.
• Ambiguity is the starting point. Problem statements arrive half-formed. You are expected to shape them, following a logical, well-reasoned path to an answer.
• Relationships are the key. Nothing gets done alone. Building trust with cross-functional stakeholders across markets, brands and functions.

Our promise: a fun ride and a deeply enriching professional experience.