Felix Schneider

Building platforms with ❤️ since 2012 - Marketplace & Platform Business | B2B Partnerships | Integrations, Automation & AI

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

About

I build and scale marketplace businesses across partnerships, integrations and commercial operations. Since 2012, I have been helping companies turn platform ideas into scalable business models and operational reality. My core strength is building strong B2B partnerships: from commercial setup and business development to technology alignment, integrations and long-term operational collaboration. I combine a solid understanding of platform technologies, APIs, process automation and ecosystem architecture with hands-on experience in B2B sales, aftersales, contract management and the legal realities of marketplace business. Over the years, I have worked across strategy, platform integration, partner onboarding, operational scaling and cross-functional execution for companies such as Zalando, Douglas, Nocibé and Fressnapf/Maxizoo

Experience

  • Lead Platform & Integration @ Fressnapf Maxizoo at Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    Building and scaling a modern online marketplace by developing the needed to grow 3P business across the platform. My role combines platform strategy, partnership development, integration setup and cross-functional execution. The focus is on creating scalable structures that connect merchants and technology partners with our eCommerce platform as well as developing a State of the art technology backbord to enable sustainable marketplace growth.

  • Founder & Managing Director at Platform People!
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    At Platform People!, we help leading commerce companies to build and scale marketplace and platform businesses. My work spans marketplace strategy, partnership models, platform integrations, operating model design, ecosystem development and onboarding of teams and sellers. I typically work where commercial complexity meets operational and technical reality. Because successful platform businesses are not built by slide decks alone — they are built through strong partnerships, clear processes and execution that actually works.

  • Founder & Managing Director at MARKETPLACE EXPERTS - a member of Fortunageno Group
    Aug 2018 - Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    Founded Marketplace Experts in 2018 as a SaaS business to help brands and retailers connect to closed and curated marketplaces faster, reduce time-to-online and build sustainable marketplace operations. The company was successfully sold to the market-leading competitor in 2022.

  • Marketplace Integration Consultant at GOLDNER GmbH
    Jan 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    In my role I supported the brand in starting their marketplace business from scatch. That involved business strategy preperation, technical system setup, marketplace integration, training of involved teams and departments on the new sales channels as well as further internationalizing the business on serveral online marketplaces.

  • Interim Manager - Marketplace Operations at Douglas
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr

    As an Interim Manager within Douglas E-Commerce Team I was responsible for further technical and conceptual development of the Douglas Partner Program (Marketplace), mainly focussed on SaaS Partner Integration and extending their Middleware Provider network, the onboarding and integration of several external merchants and the connection of Douglas to other external sales platforms/channels.