MIKE PALMER.
HELLO, I'M MIKE

MIKE
PALMER.

I grow ecommerce businesses — and build the systems that make them work.

I’ve grown multichannel sales, built Shopify stores and led the systems and operations behind them. Today I lead UK and US marketplace trading, combining commercial judgement with hands-on delivery.

Portrait of Mike PalmerCOMMERCIAL THINKING. PRACTICAL DELIVERY.
OPERATIONSPEOPLE & CHANGEBUSINESS SYSTEMSPRODUCT DELIVERY
01 / VERIFIED RESULTS
£3m+
MULTICHANNEL BUSINESS

Led B2C trading across Amazon, DTC and other marketplaces.

02 / VERIFIED RESULTS
£1m+
ECOMMERCE SALES GROWTH

Delivered at Pyramid through trading and channel development.

03 / VERIFIED RESULTS
40%
B2B ACCOUNTS MAPPED

Repeat-order automation across 1,000+ customers; all key accounts.

FIND THE RIGHT EVIDENCE.

Explore the evidence that matters to your role. Pick a route, then open the work behind it.

COMMERCIAL / MARKETS01—04

Commercial ownership, backed by digital delivery.

PYRAMID / £3M+ B2CFull digital trading ownership

Led £3m+ B2C trading across Amazon, DTC and marketplaces; delivered £1m+ growth.

PYRAMID / SHOPIFYBuilt and optimised ecommerce stores

Designed and coded Shopify stores, improving mobile journeys, checkout and conversion.

NEMESIS NOW / UK & USMarketplace leadership and channel expansion

Lead UK and US marketplace trading and assess opportunities including Wayfair and Faire.

KHOO COMMERCE / AMAZON VENDORPractical customer and systems outcomes

Helped automate collection evidence; one customer recovered tens of thousands in chargebacks.

PREPARING FOR AN INTERVIEW?
I ask “Why are we doing it this way?” — and work with the people involved to build a better answer.

I’ve owned the sales target, customer journey, product range and fulfilment — and worked out how the systems behind them need to connect.

I start with the people doing the work, find the friction and design a solution they’ll actually use. My projects are proof of that approach.

FOUR DISCIPLINES.
ONE WAY OF WORKING.

From commercial priorities to the systems and people that deliver them.

HOW I WORK.

Four steps I use across ecommerce, systems and side projects.

01

Understand
the problem

Watch the work. Talk to users. Find the real friction.

02

Design
the solution

Map the journey and build for the business need.

03

Bring people
along

Involve the team early; adoption starts before launch.

04

Make change
happen

Ship, support, measure and keep improving.

COMMERCIAL RESULTS.
PRACTICAL CHANGE.

From growing a £3m+ consumer business and building ecommerce websites to leading marketplace expansion, integrations and business change.

MAR 2026 — PRESENTNemesis NowMarketplace Manager

UK/US marketplace trading, channel expansion and connected reporting.

Role detail

Lead UK and US marketplace trading, including merchandising, advertising, pricing and promotions. Evaluate and onboard new channels such as Wayfair and Faire; develop MP Desk to connect marketplace APIs, reporting, stock and operational workflows.

JUN 2025 — FEB 2026KhooCommerceKey Account Manager

Amazon Vendor client delivery, EDI, chargebacks and warehouse solutions.

Role detail

Worked directly with Amazon Vendor customers on EDI, order flow, chargebacks and warehouse issues. Scoped improvements with developers, managed implementation and training, and supported a customer trading approximately £100m through Vendor.

FEB 2023 — JUN 2025Pyramid InternationalDirector of Systems

Digital systems, B2B Shopify and operational transformation.

Role detail

Led cross-functional ERP, digital and operational improvements. Built and improved B2B Shopify ordering journeys, introduced repeat-customer order mapping and delivered changes with commercial, finance and warehouse teams.

APR 2021 — FEB 2023Pyramid InternationalHead of B2C & Digital Trading

£3m+ ecommerce trading, £1m+ growth and multichannel fulfilment.

Role detail

Owned a £3m+ B2C operation, growing ecommerce sales by £1m+. Personally designed and tested Shopify stores, ran merchandising, SEO and paid media, expanded marketplaces and launched dedicated ecommerce fulfilment.

AUG 2016 — APR 2021Earlier careerPyramid International / De Montfort Students' Union

400+ events a year and 50+ student-led projects supported.

Role detail

Events and projects leadership, including coordination of 400+ annual events across 100+ venues and support for 50+ student-led projects.

MY VALUE IS IN THE CONNECTIONSBetween the commercial question, the systems underneath it, and the people who need to use them.

I've been accountable for the operation, worked with technical teams and built solutions myself. That combination influences how I approach change.

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01
PYRAMID / COMMERCIAL LEADERSHIP

Growing a £3m+ multichannel business.

£3m+ operation. £1m+ growth. End-to-end trading leadership.

See what I delivered

Owned product range, merchandising, pricing, promotions, budgets, suppliers, marketing, customer service and fulfilment, leading a team of 10+ people.

Digital tradingP&L thinkingCommercial leadership
02
PYRAMID / SHOPIFY & DTC

Building the storefront, not just running it.

Designed, coded and tested Shopify B2B and DTC stores.

See what I delivered

Worked across Shopify and Magento; built campaign-specific stores including Disney-linked May4th.shop, and led SEO, Google and Meta advertising, email and conversion optimisation.

Shopify / MagentoUI/UX & CROMarketing
03
PYRAMID / PLATFORMS

Bringing marketplace operations together.

Selected Linnworks to connect channels, stock and dispatch.

See what I delivered

Assessed channel requirements, compared the practical options and shaped a common operational approach rather than letting each sales channel develop its own process.

Platform selectionSystems integrationEcommerce
04
PYRAMID / AUTOMATION

Reworking how B2B orders flow.

Automated repeat orders for 40% of B2B accounts.

See what I delivered

Worked with the ERP provider to implement reusable mappings and standardise the remaining order processes. The goal was less manual interpretation and better operational visibility.

Order mappingWorkflow designAutomation
05
PYRAMID / UI & UX

Making B2B ordering easier.

Simplified navigation, product language and checkout.

See what I delivered

Connected backend naming to customer-friendly product labels and addressed friction that left customer service chasing payment completion.

UI/UXCheckoutCustomer journey
06
KHOO / EDI

Keeping Amazon Vendor messages moving.

Worked through AS2, POs, ASNs and invoice issues.

See what I delivered

Coordinated configuration, partner communications and troubleshooting across customers, internal teams and Amazon. Worked with ORDERS, acknowledgements, stock feeds, shipment notices and invoice exceptions in the operational flow.

EDI / AS2PO / ASN / invoiceRoot-cause analysis
07
KHOO / CHARGEBACK AUTOMATION

Turning chargeback disputes into recoverable evidence.

Automated collection evidence helped a client recover significant charges.

See what I delivered

Scoped and helped deliver automated carrier collection documentation. One customer used it to challenge charges and save tens of thousands of pounds over a year.

Amazon VendorAutomationCustomer outcomes
08
NEMESIS NOW / CONNECTIVITY

Connecting new sales channels.

Scoped stock, orders and onboarding across Wayfair and Faire.

See what I delivered

Worked through what data each platform needs, how stock should be supplied, how orders are retrieved and what needs to happen once an order reaches the business.

APIsStock / ordersIntegration planning
09
NEMESIS NOW / DATA SYSTEMS

Turning scattered information into decisions.

Built product, performance and rebate workflows in MP Desk.

See what I delivered

Translated day-to-day marketplace problems into linked workflows and reporting views, with a focus on data consistency and how people actually act on the information.

Product ownershipData & reportingWorkflow design
Another example: challenging an ERP replacement decision

At Pyramid International I assessed whether targeted enhancements to the current ERP could meet the business requirements instead of funding a full replacement. The option adopted addressed the priorities at substantially lower cost. It remains a useful example of commercial judgement — but it is only one part of my experience.

SKILLS, WITH
RECEIPTS.

Explore an area and see a real career example alongside something I’ve built or worked through. No invented proficiency scores.

13 CAPABILITIES

Commercial, operational and technical — select any area to explore the evidence.

THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THE SKILL01 / 12

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Find the real friction before designing the fix.

WHERE IT SHOWS UP

MAPPING / ROOT CAUSE / IMPLEMENTATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEPyramid International

Standardised B2B customer-order routing through reusable mappings, reducing dependence on manual interpretation.

IN THE PROJECTSFFN App

Combined separate availability, payments and statistics workflows into a mobile-first club system.

FROM SYSTEMS TO DECISIONS

NOT JUST AN API CONNECTION.
A WORKING BUSINESS PROCESS.

01 / SOURCES
Where data starts.
AmazonShopifyFaireWayfair
02 / TRANSLATE
Make it reliable.
EDI / AS2REST APIsMappingValidation
03 / OUTCOMES
Turn it into action.
OrdersStockDashboardsWorkflows

Illustrative pattern from work across different systems — not a claim that every tool shares the same architecture.

Business-first integration experience: EDI/AS2, APIs, mapping and workflow change. I define requirements, troubleshoot failures and build practical tools — bringing in specialist engineering where needed.

PROBLEMS SOLVED.
NOT JUST PRODUCTS BUILT.

Three very different examples of the same principle: start with the problem and the people, then create the right solution.

01FFN APPCOMMUNITY · OPERATIONS

One club.
One connected system.

A single mobile app replacing separate availability, payments and spreadsheet statistics.

THE PROBLEM

Repeated admin, disconnected information and too many places to manage the same player journey.

THE RESPONSE

Design a joined-up, mobile-first experience around how players and club administrators really work.

The result is a single platform for matchday availability, balances, fitness progress, statistics and club management — evolving with feedback from the people using it.

MY CONTRIBUTION

Planned the player and admin journeys, unified fragmented processes, designed mobile interfaces and iterated the system through live usage.

Explore the relevant skills ↗
STRIPE WEBHOOKSBARCODE / OPEN FOOD FACTSMARIADBMOBILE UX
FFN weekly journey with fictional sample progress data
PLAYER PROGRESS
FFN home screen with fictional user Alex and sample values
PLAYER HOME
FFN administration dashboard
CLUB ADMIN

Real application screens; personal details and health figures replaced with fictional examples.

02MFFL PORTALLEAGUE OPERATIONS

From league rules
to real workflows.

League rules, registrations, results and graphics — one connected operating platform.

The portal brings those processes into one place, with connected administration, team workflows and automatically generated content.

MY CONTRIBUTION

Turned league rules into repeatable workflows and connected the database, role-based admin tools and public-facing content.

Explore the relevant skills ↗
MYSQL / DATA MODELELIGIBILITY RULESGRAPHICS HUBPUBLIC DATA FEED
03MP DESKMARKETPLACES · BUSINESS SYSTEMS

Less chasing data.
More useful decisions.

Joined-up product, marketplace and commercial data for better decisions.

MP Desk is designed as a connected workspace for marketplace management, product information, performance visibility and operational workflows. An example of building around the real needs of the job.

MY CONTRIBUTION

Defined the information architecture and business logic for product, performance and rebate views, alongside marketplace data flows and operational use cases.

Explore the relevant skills ↗
API / MARKETPLACE DATAPRODUCT MASTERREBATE ANALYTICSRETURNS WORKFLOWS

CURIOSITY DOESN'T
CLOCK OFF.

Not everything needs to be a commercial project. Sometimes the best way to understand a challenge is to build something.

Football, games and home technology have become useful testing grounds for the same skills I use at work: questioning assumptions, working through edge cases, learning tools and turning ideas into something tangible.

EXPERIMENTS / SIDE PROJECTS / PROTOTYPES
01

SQUADLAB

GAME DATA · DECISION SUPPORT

A game companion for comparing players, wages and squad decisions.

What it shows Data modelling · Decision logic · UX
How I approached it

Built around the decisions a player actually needs to make: compare ratings, match a role, stay within wage limits and save a shortlist. The challenge is translating game data into useful filters without overwhelming the user.

02

CM 01/02
REMASTERED

DESIGN · LEGACY SOFTWARE

Updating a classic football-management interface without breaking its identity.

What it shows Design systems · Iteration · Legacy constraints
How I approached it

Focused on visual consistency and reversible changes. Refined navigation, tactical pitch markers, club imagery and player views while maintaining compatibility with the original game's structure.

03

SHIELDNET

HOME NETWORK · MONITORING

Turning an NVIDIA Shield into an always-on network monitor.

What it shows Technical curiosity · Troubleshooting · Monitoring
How I approached it

Reused an NVIDIA Shield as a monitoring device rather than buying another box. Worked through network signals, connectivity alerts, home hardware limitations and a dashboard that can be checked from elsewhere.

TWO WAYS
TO WORK TOGETHER.

One way of thinking. Different contexts. I enjoy both leading change from inside a business and taking on a well-defined problem independently.

01 / FOR EMPLOYERS

Need ecommerce leadership that understands systems?

Ecommerce growth, trading strategy, UX and the operations behind performance — with the systems knowledge to deliver change.

Ecommerce & marketplacesDigital trading & CROSystems & integrationsPeople & change
Explore my experience ↗
02 / FOR BUSINESSES

Got a process that needs fixing?

Disconnected spreadsheets, unreliable feeds or difficult workflows? I can help find the cause and build a workable improvement.

Workflow mappingUI/UX improvementsData & integrationsOperational tools
Discuss a project on LinkedIn ↗
WHAT TO EXPECT

I start with discovery and a clear problem statement. I can help map the current process, shape a practical solution and deliver a focused tool or improvement where it's within my experience. I work hands-on with modern tools, including AI-assisted development; I don't claim to be an all-purpose engineering agency.

01 / DIAGNOSEUntangle the workflow

Find the friction, map the process and agree what better should look like.

02 / DESIGNMake a usable plan

Translate real requirements into clear decisions, roles and screens.

03 / DELIVERTurn it into change

Build or improve the tool, involve users and refine after launch.

GOOD PROBLEMS
DESERVE BETTER
SOLUTIONS.

Hiring for an ecommerce, marketplace, digital trading or systems leadership role? Or want help simplifying an operational problem? Message me directly on LinkedIn — I’m happy to discuss the work and what I could bring to your business.