Melbourne, Australia — (Business Wire— Shipbob, a global end-to-end platform and US-based supply chain technology unicorn, today announced the appointment of Guillaume ‘G’ Deront as General Manager for Australia. He will lead ShipBob’s current and future business operations in Australia and New Zealand. Deront comes to ShipBob from ShipBob, leading the sales and success teams, working with omnichannel retailers to optimize their last mile strategy.
“Australia is a hotbed for successful ecommerce brands, and ShipBob is uniquely positioned to help businesses expand their footprint across multiple sales channels and geographies,” Deront said. “At a time when many Australian and New Zealand brands are looking to reach a global customer base, ShipBob continues to set the industry standard by providing best-in-class fulfillment services and logistics platform in Australia and I’m delighted to be a part of it. from him. I can’t wait to build on the future success of Australian Ship Bob Bureau.
According to the World Trade Association, Australia’s ecommerce sales are growing rapidly, increasing by 15.5% per year, making it the eleventh largest ecommerce market in the world. With revenue expected to reach AUD 46.44 million by 2024, this hire of Deront will be critical to driving ShipBob’s potential as the market continues to expand rapidly.
In the year In the 2022 edition of ShipBob’s Ecommerce Fulfillment Report, ShipBob revealed that more than 70% of eCommerce brands surveyed plan to add a new sales channel by 2022, and nearly 32% plan to begin physically fulfilling orders in new countries by 2022. Despite supply chain challenges, expansion and globalization are top priorities for ecommerce brands looking to get in front of new audiences and deliver a positive customer experience.
Deront, who most recently worked at Shippit and previously held executive positions at Google and Gleam Futures, will be responsible for ShipBob’s technology futures end, advanced analytics, no minimum, transparent billing and pricing structure, product integration and global expansion capabilities. Australia, EU, UK, USA and Canada, by Australian dealers. The ShipBob platform integrates with many of the top ecommerce tools in Australia, including Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon, Clavio and Georgias, providing best-in-class ecommerce solutions.
“It’s exciting for our company to have Derront leading ShipBob Pay in Australia,” said ShipBob President and Co-Founder Davi Gulati. “Australia is a key global market for ShipBob, and we’re thrilled to have Deront and his many years of leadership and experience front and center with us, especially as ShipBob continues to grow throughout Australia. With Derront’s help, we’re excited to help Australian brands scale locally and globally with our network and capabilities.
To learn more about ShipBob, please visit shipbob.com/au.
About ShipBob
ShipBob is a leading global comprehensive platform designed to provide leading-edge supply chain and fulfillment capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses. The ShipBob platform gives merchants a single view of their business and customers across all their sales channels, and enables them to manage products, inventory, orders and shipments, and manage analytics and reporting to run their business more effectively.
In the year Based out of Chicago in 2014, ShipBob was launched through Y Combinator by co-founders Dhruv Saxena and Divya Gulati, two entrepreneurs who saw the need for more efficient shipping for e-commerce businesses. Today, the company has raised $330.5 million in funding and operates a global logistics network with 30 fulfillment centers in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Learn more by visiting shipbob.com/au
