Matthew Trim Has a Proven Ability to Market and Sell Products/Services to Diverse Stakeholders

Matthew Trim is a Senior Business Management professional who has proved his competency across various industries, including the service, food and beverage, retail, and many more. Apart from his excellent sales and closing skills with a proven ability to market as well as sell products/services to diverse stakeholders; he is known for his outstanding communication and presentation abilities, relationship management skills, and analytical skills.

Matthew Trim started his career in 1998 as a Retail Operations Manager with Trims Retail in Adelaide, SA. After working here for five years and executing commercial management strategies that drove growth within the group beyond $15m per annum, Matthew served as the Managing Director/Operations Director of Hospitality Group, Adelaide from 2003 to 2014. During this time, he managed operational planning, strategy, project management, operations, finance and people management across various group assets. His key achievements while serving this role include - successfully building Trim Hospitality from a start-up business to $5m within 3 years, and successfully acquiring and turning around poor performing businesses to become award winning restaurants.

In 2012, Matthew Trim purchased 131 Pizza and grew it to be the largest independent pizza group within Australia. As the Business Development Director of 131 Pizza, he managed business relationships, and led customer service, account management sales and staffing operations. He negotiated key contracts with suppliers across Australia, set up a new website and online ordering portal plus an ordering app, and worked with several restaurants to increase their revenue and profitability. Additionally, he successfully developed new business streams that aided organizational profitability, and implemented Salesforce CRM which increased business productivity. Matthew left 131 Pizza in 2017 and founded his commercial real estate agency – Commercial Adelaide Real Estate Group the same year.

Matthew Trim’s Outstanding Skills Enable Him to Drive High Levels of Sales, Client Retention, & High Value Negotiations

An accomplished real estate agent, senior business management professional, and the Founder/Director of one of Adelaide’s most respected commercial real estate agencies – Commercial Adelaide Real Estate Group; Matthew Trim is a well-rounded professional. His established background owning and operating businesses across various industries, including the service, food and beverage and retail speak volumes about his proficiency.

Apart from possessing outstanding communication and presentation abilities, Matthew Trim can effectively market products and services with his persuasive presentation. He has strong sales and closing skills with a proven ability to market and sell products and services to diverse stakeholders. He is a customer focused professional with strong relationship management skills that drive high levels of sales, client retention, & high value negotiations. Besides that, he is highly organized and has great analytical skills that enable him to easily identify commercial opportunities that drive organizational growth. Talking about Matthew’s key areas of expertise, they include strategy development, financial management, process improvement, sales/business development, client management, people leadership, marketing strategy, project management, operations management, and stakeholder liaison.

Matthew Trim is a well-educated professional with professional trainings from some of the leading institutes in the country. He received a Diploma of Property Services (Agency Management) from Real Estate Training College, South Australia in 2016, and completed Social Media Training from Glam Digital, South Australia in 2014. He has also done a MYOB Course in 2005 from MYOB Training Centre, and Accounting for Small Business – Short Course in 2001. Matthew started his career in 1998 as a Retail Operations Manager with Trims Retail, Adelaide. Later, he served as the Manager Director/Operations Director of Hospitality Group and as the Business Development Director of 131 Pizza for eleven and five years respectively.

Matthew Trim Played the Key Role In Building 131 Pizza To Become Australia’s Largest Independent Pizza Group (2012-2017)

The former Business Development Director of 131 Pizza, Melbourne, Victoria, Matthew Trim purchased the pizza group in 2012 and successfully built it to become the largest independent pizza group within Australia with more than 200 member stores nation-wide. During his service at 131 Pizza from 2012 to 2017, he led and managed continued growth, successfully maintained excellent client relationships, and negotiated key contracts with suppliers across Australia. He also set up a new website and online ordering portal plus ordering app. Apart from that, he worked with numerous restaurants to increase their revenue and profitability, successfully developed new business streams that aided organizational profitability, and implemented Salesforce CRM which increased business productivity. 

When it came to managing business relationships, Matthew Trim proactively developed solutions to meet consumer demands, and led the achievement of business objectives related to customer satisfaction and profitability. He actively promoted products and services to achieve sales growth, & also arranged as well as participated in internal and external customer debriefs. 

While leading customer service, account management sales, and staffing operations; Matthew Trim’s key responsibilities included the following:

• Identifying potential new customers
• Researching and building relationships with new customers
• Planning approaches and pitches to key stakeholders
• Engaging with customers to understand requirements and deliver solutions
• Satisfactorily resolving customer complaints
• Developing lasting and long term customer relationships 
• Ensuring and overseeing the consistent provision of outstanding customer service
• Managing staffing operations, including coaching, counseling and managing staff performance by sharing constructive feedback
• Training staff to induct into company systems and management programs

After serving as the Business Development Director at 131 Pizza for five years, Trim founded his commercial real estate agency – Commercial Adelaide Real Estate Group, Adelaide, SA, in 2017. In just three years of time-period, he has built his business to be one of the most respected boutique agencies in Adelaide.