Field-Screen EV Charging Partners for Numbat's Nordic Push
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Screen EV charging partners for Numbat’s Nordic push, rank 8–10 brands, and recommend top alliances. Get a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
Numbat operates fast-charging stations that pair a high-power charger with a large digital advertising screen, turning each forecourt into both an energy point and a media surface; this dual-revenue design makes high-traffic, parking-rich host sites unusually valuable. Its expansion into Benelux and the Nordics depends on bolting onto networks that already own such locations rather than acquiring land alone.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Which three site-network partners should Numbat prioritize for its 2025 Benelux and Nordic expansion, and on what deal terms?
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Translate a company's value proposition and capacity constraints into weighted, defensible partner-selection criteria
- Investigate publicly observable site networks and convert raw observations into structured, comparable evidence
- Distinguish genuine complementarity from surface-level fit, and surface conflict and channel-overlap risks
- Structure deal logic into recognizable archetypes with concrete entry points
- Communicate a screening result as a decision-ready memo backed by a transparent model
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Partner Screening
Apply partner screening to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Alliance Strategy
Apply alliance strategy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Competitive Analysis
Assess competitor strategies and positioning to inform business decisions.
- Deal Structuring
Apply deal structuring to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Market Entry
Apply market entry to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles:
Corporate Strategy Analyst
This challenge mirrors the core analyst task of turning a company's strategy into screening criteria and defending a shortlist to leadership, building the judgment to assess partners and structure alliances under real capacity constraints.
This challenge sharpens
- partner-screening
- alliance-strategy
- deal-structuring
Business Development Associate
By naming concrete entry points and deal archetypes for prioritized partners, the work rehearses how BD teams qualify targets, map relationships, and frame an opening offer before any outreach begins.
This challenge sharpens
- partner-screening
- deal-structuring
- market-entry
Market Entry Consultant
Screening site networks across Benelux and Nordic markets replicates the consultant's job of recommending how a scale-up should enter new geographies through the right local alliances and a clear competitive read.
This challenge sharpens
- market-entry
- competitive-analysis
- alliance-strategy