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Manny Knubel

E-commerce Ops Consultant | Smooth & Scalable Ops

€650/day
Bern, CH
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Manny

I help e-commerce businesses improve operations, processes and execution, which allows teams to move faster, launch on time and scale efficiently.

I have worked in large organizations such as eBay.com and Swiss Post, as well as in growing SMBs such as Klara.ch and Luxoia.com, combining enterprise complexity with hands-on execution.

Across my roles, I have:
  • delivered large-scale projects and rollouts
  • improved operational performance (e.g. SEO, cost efficiency, process optimization)
  • driven measurable impact (cost savings, KPI improvements, scaling operations)

What I help with

🛒 E-commerce operations (end-to-end)
  • Identify bottlenecks and fix operational inefficiencies
  • Ensure smooth day-to-day execution across teams
  • Bring structure into fast-growing or complex setups
📊 Project management (Agile & Waterfall)
  • Lead projects from planning to execution
  • Ensure timelines, scope and outcomes are met
  • Bridge business, product and technical teams
⚙️ Process optimization (Lean Six Sigma)
  • Analyze and improve inefficient processes
  • Design scalable workflows
  • Document and implement sustainable improvements

How I work

  • Fast onboarding and quick understanding of your setup
  • Focus on practical solutions (not theory)
  • Clear communication and transparent progress tracking

Typical missions

  • Fixing operational bottlenecks in e-commerce teams
  • Delivering projects and product initiatives (launches, migrations, improvements)
  • Improving internal processes and team efficiency

Languages & Availability

  • 🇬🇧 English and 🇩🇪 German (fluent)
  • 🇫🇷 French (professional / B2)
  • 🇪🇸 Spanish and 🇮🇹 Italian (basic)
  • 🌍 Available for remote projects worldwide
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Basic

Can work on-site
Bern (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Luxoia Webshop AG
    Platform Manager (E-commerce Operations & Strategy)
    E-COMMERCE
    July 2024 - October 2025 (1 year and 3 months)
    Rotkreuz, ZG, Switzerland
    Owned E2E e-commerce ops for Luxoia, driving performance improvements, strategic initiatives & platform evolution across ops, marketing & technology.

    Key Responsibility

    • Led E2E e-commerce ops, covering day-to-day execution, performance management & strategic initiatives
    • Established & delivered weekly & monthly performance reporting to CEO, executive management & investors
    • Acted as a strategic partner to leadership, supporting decision-making & alignment across business priorities
    • Managed external partnerships across payments, marketing, dev & logistics, incl. coordination & negotiations
    • Facilitated ops planning with internal teams, setting priorities & aligning business needs with dev backlog

    Key achievements

    • Improved SEO: avg. ranking 169, CTR 0.9%1.2%
    • Delivered webshop ownership transfer (Helen Kirchhofer → Luxoia) within 3 months
    • Established revenue forecasting & KPI reporting, providing weekly updates to CEO/investors
    • Implemented CSS-based Google Shopping via Channable, reducing CPC (~15–20%)
    • Evaluated & selected a new webshop ecosystem (Magento 2, Microsoft Dynamics) and an implementation vendor
    • Built business case for PHP 8.2 upgrade, enabling compliance & future integrations (e.g. Google & Meta APIs)
    • Strengthened operational alignment by introducing structured planning & prioritization
    • Implemented TWINT BNPL, expanding checkout flexibility
    • Scaled content creation with AI (product descriptions, meta data, brand pages)
    • Contributed to the rebranding from Helen Kirchhofer to Luxoia, participating in workshops to define brand identity (name, logo, colors, slogan)
    • Identified slow-moving & inactive inventory (up to 7 years without sales) and proposed processes to remove non-performing SKUs
    • Benchmarked brand portfolio against competitors (105 vs. 66–80 brands) and advised leadership to reduce complexity & improve focus
    Project Management Operational Excellence Commercial strategy SEO E-commerce
  • Moyyn
    AI Product Manager Training Bootcamp
    E-COMMERCE
    November 2023 - November 2024 (1 year)
    Completed an AI Product Management Bootcamp, covering AI fundamentals, product strategy and core machine learning concepts (supervised & unsupervised learning)
  • eBay GmbH
    Process Manager Robotic Process Automation
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    April 2022 - December 2022 (8 months)
    Bern, Switzerland
    Automated accounting and payroll processes using RPA (Alteryx), improving efficiency and reducing manual workload during a paternity cover assignment

    Key responsibilities

    • Led workshops with outsourced accounting teams (India) to analyze and improve existing processes
    • Mapped end-to-end workflows and defined requirements in Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
    • Coordinated with international development teams (India & US) to ensure smooth implementation
    • Defined test cases and acceptance criteria for successful project delivery
    • Performed testing, identified issues and ensured resolution before go-live
    • Documented processes in Confluence and trained teams for long-term adoption

    Key Achievements

    • Successfully delivered 5 RPA projects for accounting & payroll processes
    • Re-designed and documented 20+ processes, improving clarity and efficiency
    • Built a centralized process documentation repository in Confluence
    Requirements specification User Testing RPA Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence

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Education

  • Betriebswirtschafter HF
    HF Wirtschaft Bern
    2010
    Betriebswirtschafter HF
  • Diploma, Project Management
    IPMA D
    2008
    Diploma, Project Management

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