Simon D. Trimborn

Director Commercial Development (Europe Central)
2024
Member Leadership Team Europe Central 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: • Develop & implement Integrated Commercial Plan / Joint Business Plans (JBP) • Portfolio deployment, revenue management, and channel-agnostic planning • Strategic sparring partner for the General Manager and leadership team • Translating global / regional commercial strategies into execution • Evolve Regional Commercial Development organization
Director Sales, B2B E-Commerce Channel - D-A-CH (Interim)
2024 - 2025
• Team of 13 professionals with different scopes and areas of commercial responsibility • Sales strategy ensuring business delivers against sales & profitability target '24 & '25 • Manage annual business plans, in-year negotiations and course correction plans • Develop LEGO® business in the E-Commerce channel

2023 - 2024

Strategy & Transformation
2023 - 2024
Dispatched to The Body Shop by leading mid-market buy out PE fund to build full potential plan and execute value creation. • Build full value creation plan to inform future funding decision • Developed „Future Go To Market Strategy“ • Results: Showed potential to significantly increase EBITDA (6-10x) until 2028. Key project value measures: Retail footprint optimization, review of current channel mix prioritization (FTE & Budgets), channel steering (Customer cohorts & Customer Life time Value view), category mgmt. - and marketing spent optimization. Implementation of omni-channel capabilities (tech stack & skills), Organizational cost out; working capital, procurement and logistics optimization

2021 - 2023

Managing Director (Operations & Platform)
2021 - 2023
Pre-seed fund with a founder-first mindset. We've helped create over 40 companies to date, with the likes of Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Insight Partners, Addition, Tiger Global & NEA investing in our companies. Operational support for portfolio founders (GTM, Operating Model, Hiring, Fundraising) Investment: Pre-seed Investments DACH, Leading COO Office at Flash (8 Offices, 34 FTEs) First check Fund: 46 Investments, 7.5x, 120% IRR, €300m NAV

2018 - 2021

Founding Team Member (Growth, GTM, Construction & Project Development)
2018 - 2021
4 x-consultants with macbooks to 10,000 apartments/ hotel rooms across 150 cities in 13 countries limehome is a leading tech-enabled operator in the hospitality industry offering functional, design accommodations across Europe. Using proprietary technology, limehome delivers comfortable and convenient stays with a seamless digital guest experience for business and leisure travellers. Our vision is to be the first choice in travel for everyone, everywhere. By now, our portfolio consists of more than 10,000 apartments and hotel rooms under contract across 150 cities in 13 European countries. Started the company as founding team member to build up the real estate supply side from 0 to 3000. Define, test and scale GTM (win first significant customers and scale growth departments on supply side). First Buy and Build M&A transactions. Management Board Member.

2015 - 2019

Associate, Consultant promoted to Project Leader
2015 - 2019
Mostly worked in business model change situations, value creation and growth plans.

2012 - 2012

Large Customer Sales (Online Media Associate)
2012 - 2012
Strategic account management for Google's leading retail clients: - Analysis of general portfolio performance - Revenue potential analysis for new Google advertising products - Selling selected products to large retail clients

Commercial Leader | PE/VC | Startup | BCG