Amelie Girard

Co-founder & COO at Beacon Commerce · marketing, supply chain

Beacon Commerce

Paris, France · CET (UTC+1)

12+ years experience

Humboldt University of Berlin

English, French

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Overview

Founder of Beacon Commerce (D2C food brands). 12 years of building before that. Signed 74 paying customers, 25 of them enterprises. Took Beacon Commerce from zero to $1 million ARR. Most at home with supply chain and marketing.

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Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
Investors who back our stage and sector
Early customers and design partners
Working sessions on supply chain

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Generic networking requests
SEO and link-building offers
Crypto token projects

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills

growthconsumer brandsmarketingsupply chain

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Series B round open - cash-flow forecasting for landlords, $8M ARR

Stage: Series B
Raising: $8M
Instrument: Convertible note
Committed so far: $370k from an existing fund
Lead investor: Lead in place
Traction: $8M ARR after 12 months
Use of funds: 18 months of runway to Series A milestones

$8M ARR after 12 months. Looking for investors who know proptech and can help with pricing.

Paris, France · remote OKsupply chaingrowthconsumer brands

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HiringHiring for a role

closes in 3 months

Beacon Commerce is hiring 3 founding engineers in Paris

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $122k-$171k
Team: Founding team, 8 people
Start: Within a month
Must have: Production experience with supply chain Production experience with consumer brands Good judgment about what not to build
Process: Two interviews and a paid trial day

Comp €89k-€127k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Paris, France · remote OKsupply chainconsumer brandsgrowth

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Experience

Co-founder & COO
Mar 2022 - Present
Beacon Commerce · 4 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
- Grew the team to 74 people across 5 countries.
- Raised $16 million across 3 rounds.
- Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company.
Enterprise Account Executive
May 2020 - Mar 2022
Mercedes-Benz · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
- Closed 160% of quota two years running.
- Opened 9 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.
Enterprise Account Executive
Sep 2016 - May 2020
IKEA · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
- Shortened the channel sales cycle from 8 months to 3.
Regional Sales Director
Oct 2014 - Sep 2016
UniCredit · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
- Built the mid-market team from 3 to 24 reps.

Projects

Side project: a habit tracker

2024

Built with growth and consumer brands. 1770 people used it last year.

Conference talk: lessons from company

2023

What went wrong and what worked while scaling D2C food brands.

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Education

Humboldt University of Berlin
BA, Economics
2010 - 2013

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