About Benjamin
Experienced and entrepreneurial leader in mobility and tech with more than 14 years of experience. Worked in Europe, Middle East and Asia with startups and large groups which makes me the well-rounded leader that I am today. Generalist with experience leading teams, managing P&L and working with internal and external stakeholders. I like outdoor sports like golf, surf and snowboard. I'm a French native fluent in English.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- DottVP of B2BTRANSPORTATIONOctober 2021 - September 2022 (1 year)Amsterdam, NetherlandsFounded in 2018 and built with purpose, Dott is a VC backed shared micromobility operator that’s on a mission to free our cities with clean rides for everyone. Dott operates more than 50,000 e-scooters/e-bikes and raised more than $200M from Aberdeen, Sofina, EQT Ventures and Naspers among other investors.- Hired by the founders and reporting to the CEO with full P&L ownership for the Business Unit- Responsible to build from scratch a new business unit for last miles logistics starting with grocery and food delivery companies- Define the vision, strategy and lead the entire operations for B2B customers (in-house and 3PL mix)- Source hardware (e-bike) and develop partnerships with suppliers- Steer software (product operations) business requirements
- SwapfietsGeneral Manager Southern Europe & UKRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)September 2020 - September 2021 (1 year)Amsterdam, NetherlandsSwapfiets is the leading bike subscription service in Europe operating in 60+ cities across 9 countries and with more than 265,000 members.- Responsible to deliver the P&L for France, Italy, Spain & UK, from 0 to 7k subscriptions in 1y- Lead a team of 10 direct reports and 50 indirect reports across 8 cities (4 countries) including local operation teams, brand managers, the customer service manager & HR advisor- Defined performance targets and strategic objectives for the 7 Warehouses and Logistic teams for the 8 Store & Field team- Defined commercial market plans that lead to growth strategy execution in conjunction with global operations & commercial teams- Part of Management Team for all strategic decisions ( C-level) and the Executive Leadership Team
- STEP MobilityCo-founder & CEOTRANSPORTATIONMay 2019 - August 2020 (1 year and 3 months)Brussels, BelgiumSTEP is a subscription service for personal light electric vehicles, starting with e- scooters. We helped commuters living in suburbs of major cities or in Tier-2 cities save time in their daily commute by delivering an electric kick scooter that always works.- Delivered 25% m-o-m growth on revenues since the start of the project- Implemented standard operating procedure- Developed, rolled out marketing and sales strategy across different channels- Lead a team of experienced people using lean and agile methodologySTEP graduated from Antler.co, a startup generator and early-stage VC enabling a selected group of founders to build global businesses from the ground up.
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Education
- Master of BusinessToulouse School of Management2008Master's Degree , Business and Law
- Master's Degree, Strategic Management and InnovationToulouse School of Management2007Master's Degree, Strategic Management and Innovation