Thomas Ahle Jehn

Hi, i'm Thomas Ahle Jehn, and I'm seeking to engage with ventures focusing on sustainable growth.

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Thomas Ahle Jehn is interested in growth firms, or firms that want to grow. The field of operation isn't that important to him, as he's an easy learner and his passion is to develop and optimize the company that he works with. However, he does have an interest in software, technology and food industry related businesses.Thomas' nature is to try, and keep on trying, to do things differently to learn and reach the milestones. He believes that out-of-the box thinking is great, but at a certain point, focus is needed to create an action plan and start executing. His experience comes from a mix of working environments and positions. However, he has mainly been involved in business development and overall optimization.Thomas is working best within a set but somewhat loose framework and are good at seeing opportunities and coming up with innovative initiatives, when he just learns the basics about a business, product or process. He's generally very action-oriented and put a virtue to reach targets, professionally and personally. He has an opinion to almost anything, however, I'm not always the kind of guy that states his opinion after 2s, but he needs maybe 10s to reflect, to have a somewhat thought through comment or feedback.

Project Manager / Head of Nordics at Private Equity Conference

July 2013 - January 2014 | Kuala Lumpur

Responsibilities: • Build a solid organizational and business foundation and structure for the Nordics • Mentor and monitor a team on organization wide tasks and challenges • Build a strong database of limited partners, sponsors, delegates, etc. to create a good representation of the industry • Execute on strategies of development and growth Outcome: ✓ +280 participants from 8 different countries with 55 speakers ✓ Managed and coordinated an organizational division of 25 people ✓ Secured streamlined communication with stakeholders and shareholders ✓ Part of group management team with focus on aligned quality in the various regions ✓ The Nordics setup is a 'role-model' for the various regions of the PEC group ✓ Progressive and proactive approaches toward deadlines using software tools for optimized outcome ✓ Established partnerships and sold sponsorships (Ernst&Young, DanskeBank, Mercuri Urval, Bruun&Hjejle, Accura, etc.)

Business development at Worksy

September 2012 - June 2013 | Copenhagen

Responsibilities: • Research on key persons for potential enterprise business customers and for potential investors • Industry research about the current target market and the info those companies • Maintain and update the website content and layout • Have a critical eye for optimization and opportunities Outcome: ✓ Constructive approach to evaluate new ways of growth of Worksy as a white-label solution vs. standalone cloud solution ✓ Gathered a database of important persons for the CEO to engage with ✓ Cooperative in a small and dynamic team ✓ Supported the CEO with business plan writing and editing ✓ Co-wrote/edited and submitted applications for start-up conferences and competitions

Business analyst at Worksy

June 2012 - September 2012 | Copenhagen

Responsibilities: • Research about next market for expansion focus • Write how-to guidelines and quick guides about the software • Creating online activity and contacting some potential guest bloggers • Planning and updating FB and Twitter Outcome: ✓ Strategized with the founders about the business development ✓ Completed all the guides and implemented quick-guides online ✓ Updated the content of the website (in Joomla) ✓ Networking with many different people in an office hotel

Sales and business development at Different start-up projects

June 2010 - June 2012 | Copenhagen

Responsibilities: • Creating a sales plan and acquiring first customers • Establish and negotiate valuable partnerships • Evaluation of market readiness • Negotiation of holding structures Outcome: ✓ Networking with many different types of personalities and profiles ✓ Attending many start-up events and getting to know many different aspects of running a business ✓ Invoicing, documenting and simple accounting ✓ Getting a sense of which and why some projects will run and why others won't ✓ Social time matters and coffee meetings are fruitful

Business development manager at Røsler Distribution

September 2009 - April 2011 | Glostrup

Responsibilities: • Optimizing the portfolio of SKUs • Create C level relationships and develop accounts, especially new suppliers • Proactively identify and strategize a new procurement methodology • Training new colleagues to deliver high quality customer service, getting started with the ERP software as well as reaching out to new leads and how to handle technical requests Outcome: ✓ Optimized and improved the overall sourcing and procurement process to mainly focus on high turnover and/or high margin SKUs ✓ Increased avg. procurement order value by roughly 4 times ✓ The various initiatives resulted in 120+% increase of EBT from 2009-11 ✓ Quick learning and understanding of technical advanced systems ✓ Navigating between and modifying several technical IT hardware systems ✓ Developed a new extrinsic performance incentive and created stronger organizational profiles ✓ Building bridges with people on all levels

International Account Manager at Røsler Distribution

August 2008 - August 2009 | Glostrup

Responsibilities: • Managing a portfolio of existing customers; medium and large IT distributors and small / medium traders • Responsible for new customer acquisitions and portfolio growth through cold canvas, cross-selling and up-selling globally • Sourcing new possible suppliers that could sell high-ratio and/or 'bulk' batches • Solving customers’ challenges with general support about logistics, prices, etc. Outcome: ✓ Independently measurement of deals in a fast-paced environment and industry ✓ Stock-turnarounds for large distributors; buying their low-ratio product and swapping with high-ratio/high-profit products for a mutual gain ✓ Outperforming my sales budget contribution expectations for the year ✓ Working under constant pressure from customer demands and in the search of new purchasing solutions

Voluntary Project Leader at Danish Red Cross

March 2008 - February 2009 | Frederiksberg

Responsibilities: • Developing a project for youth in a suburb of Copenhagen, Tingbjerg • Enlighten and advocate education after secondary school • Presenting opportunities that further education can lead to Outcome: ✓ Preventing this group of youth from starting criminal acts ✓ Learning about working with criminally exposed youth ✓ Communication at a level fitting the target group

Trainee at Carlsberg Breweries

June 2006 - July 2008 | Copenhagen

A two year all-round practical education where my responsibilities were; Production Planning within Supply Chain • Responsible for procurement of production spare parts for the Valby plant • Administrating distribution of inventory to the main deposits and warehouses • Registration of quality assurance samples of beer, yeast, cereals, etc. for Carlsberg Group Personnel Administration within Logistics • Purchasing new and handling of work-wear and shoes • Daily bank reconciliation of direct-cash-payment to the trucks • System administration of fluctuation of contractual workers Compensations & Benefits within Human Resources • System administration of new office workers and contractual changes of current employees • Assisting Legal Services on a very important and big business project Miscellaneous • Helping three major product launches to market (Coke Zero + Somersby Cider + Carlsberg Sport) with sales meeting and field preparations • In the organizing team of two big Christmas parties for all office employees (350+ participants) • Supporting and co-organizing the biggest sales meeting and complete Carlsberg DK party (1500+ participants) Graduation project - in the field of Sales and Marketing: "How to re-brand an existing beverage brand: 'Kildevæld' - time to match evolving trends of flavored mineral water?"

Copenhagen Business School

2012 – 2014

Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration

Concentration: Management of Innovation and Business Development

Copenhagen Business School

2009 – 2012

Bachelor of Science

Concentration: Business, Language and Culture

Niels Brock, Kultorvet

2007 – 2008

Business administration

Activities: Different 1 week curses

Tietgen Business College

2003 – 2006

Higher commercial examination (HHx)

Concentration: International Business

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