Manthan Patel Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

London, England, United Kingdom

▪ Key finance lead for a fast-growth, $236MM personalised print-on-demand business at Amazon: EU Merch on Demand (“Merch”) for which I drive investment topology decisions and have saved $2.3MM in operating profit YTD in 2023.▪ Won an internal Data and Analytics Hackathon for developing a model to asses financial risks in our manual buying decisions providing vendor managers with guidance to ‘go ahead’ or ‘go back and renegotiate’. Vision is to embed this recommendation tool into Bento via… Show more ▪ Key finance lead for a fast-growth, $236MM personalised print-on-demand business at Amazon: EU Merch on Demand (“Merch”) for which I drive investment topology decisions and have saved $2.3MM in operating profit YTD in 2023.▪ Won an internal Data and Analytics Hackathon for developing a model to asses financial risks in our manual buying decisions providing vendor managers with guidance to ‘go ahead’ or ‘go back and renegotiate’. Vision is to embed this recommendation tool into Bento via API to smooth our manual processes.▪ Manage the financial performance of the EU Retail Jewelry, Watches and Luggage business which generates >$548M/yr in revenue through business partnering with Vendor Managers.▪ Automation Lead for EU softlines Finance team for 8 months during which I saved the team 70+ hours/month by automating manual reporting exercise increasing overall job satisfaction by +200 bps YoY▪ Owned scenario planning for a Purchase Price Variance payback with one of our largest jewellery vendors, Swarovski, leading to a successful dispute resolution.▪ Negotiated a new deal funding strategy with a Watches vendor, Invicta, in a manner that protected mazons' profitability but also supported the vendor to grow their topline & deal selection. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Daily Responsibilities:Currently undertaking my first rotation in Finance Operations, where I am responsible for owning Accounts Receivables for the GB org whilst supporting wider EU5 and NA big rocks projects. Key Accomplishments:- Reviewed 28 vendors with provision exceptions and collaborated with retail VMs to reduce all exceptions from 5 vendors and further lift 92% PMA HB exceptions (11/12) and 41% (5/12) PFA HB exceptions.- Responsible for a £40k PO for BPP resources… Show more Daily Responsibilities:Currently undertaking my first rotation in Finance Operations, where I am responsible for owning Accounts Receivables for the GB org whilst supporting wider EU5 and NA big rocks projects. Key Accomplishments:- Reviewed 28 vendors with provision exceptions and collaborated with retail VMs to reduce all exceptions from 5 vendors and further lift 92% PMA HB exceptions (11/12) and 41% (5/12) PFA HB exceptions.- Responsible for a £40k PO for BPP resources utilised by 19 graduate financial analysts- Resolved an ageing dispute with an EU5 vendor addressing an open statement reconciliation of 2,110 invoices with a value of 36MM EUR and identified a solution to prevent future provisions- Supported an investigation into aged ABNB balances by deep diving a sample of 223 agreements and collaborating across Accounting, Tech, Post-Audit teams and other SMEs to define 3 main root-causes; 2 of which were resolved for by the tech teams. Owned final investigation of 32 Agreements with a total ABNB balance of $1.1MM globally ($0.2K for the UK) to establish their potential for collectability/write-off.- Currently undertaking a graduate project to automate MBR Data decks using SQL to increase visibility on key metrics for senior leadership. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Daily Responsibilities:Provided analytical support to the Locker & Pick-up point business on an EU5 level to increase visibility of profitability impact and savings to Amazon due to new initiatives. Managed month end closing, reporting and highlighted required business interventions. Key accomplishments:- Built an automated macro-based profitability file to help determine the profitability of 14k+ counter locations across EU5 providing visibility into profitability trends by… Show more Daily Responsibilities:Provided analytical support to the Locker & Pick-up point business on an EU5 level to increase visibility of profitability impact and savings to Amazon due to new initiatives. Managed month end closing, reporting and highlighted required business interventions. Key accomplishments:- Built an automated macro-based profitability file to help determine the profitability of 14k+ counter locations across EU5 providing visibility into profitability trends by maturity and geography.- Created and defined the logic for a new 3P Pick-up Points P&L highlighting the profitability of 99k+ locations across EU5.- Supported business planning processes across EU5 in alignment with business stakeholder holders goals to forecast 1Y and 3Y goals. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Daily Responsibilities:Critically evaluating daily, weekly and monthly data to continuously improve the efficiency of delivery processes, ensuring that customers orders are delivered as quickly, accurately and as cost effectively as possible. On a daily basis I lead the same day delivery operations from order receipt to customer delivery, while monitoring on-road productivity of dispatched shipments.Key Accomplishments:- Introduced an analytical handover document highlighting… Show more Daily Responsibilities:Critically evaluating daily, weekly and monthly data to continuously improve the efficiency of delivery processes, ensuring that customers orders are delivered as quickly, accurately and as cost effectively as possible. On a daily basis I lead the same day delivery operations from order receipt to customer delivery, while monitoring on-road productivity of dispatched shipments.Key Accomplishments:- Introduced an analytical handover document highlighting key reasons to daily metric accomplishments or failures through deep dive reports. These help advise the key focuses of improvement or continual work required to achieve daily targets e.g. 98.75% delivery success rates and keep defect metrics low e.g. < 500 PNOV DPMO.- Trained and mentored operations supervisors and assistants to conduct daily analysis on key metrics to improve the same day operations.- Delivered an average of 105 extra shipments per day using a returns initiative and setting up flow meetings with Delivery Service Providers (DSPs) to focus on returning shipments, driving driving a 1.5% increase in delivery success rate.- Managed the practical implementation of a new project which virtually accounted for returned shipments sent back to fulfilment centres, while also supporting the technical team by collating feedback to improve the user experience.- Ensuring safety compliance daily and undertaking Fire Marshall training.- Pro-actively developed communication lines between the Same Day and Next Day operations team to improve the overall productivity of the whole Delivery station.- Responsible for dispatching the highest volume of Same Day shipments for our station during the 2019-20 peak period with 99.99% sort compliance and achieved a 99.01% delivery success rate. Show less

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Daily Responsibilities:Undertook and passed module A of Reserve Officer training modules as an extra-circular activity during the course of my degree. Key Accomplishments:- Developed the ability to lead others in stressful situations.- Treasurer of the NUOTC canoe club.- Undertook basic first-aid training exercises.

London, England, United Kingdom

Daily Responsibilities:Participated in warehouse operations and ensured that receipt and suppliers orders met the daily sales demands. Also, planned and coordinated efficient delivery of goods to customers within allocated time frames. Key Accomplishments:• Increased sales across the assigned customer base by 17.6%, enhanced products availability by 11%, and was awarded and recognised as the “Best Salesman” based on a quarterly profit of £23,000.• Developed presentation… Show more Daily Responsibilities:Participated in warehouse operations and ensured that receipt and suppliers orders met the daily sales demands. Also, planned and coordinated efficient delivery of goods to customers within allocated time frames. Key Accomplishments:• Increased sales across the assigned customer base by 17.6%, enhanced products availability by 11%, and was awarded and recognised as the “Best Salesman” based on a quarterly profit of £23,000.• Developed presentation skills by explaining the particulars and answering general Q&A’s about different industrial heaters, air conditioning machines and various garage equipment during meetings with customers.• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to ensure approachability and was equipped with subject-specific expertise to meet the demands of both the customers and my team successfully.• Promoted strong relationships with the Special Orders and Purchasing teams to ensure efficient sourcing of products which were not locally stocked and liaised with customers on reaching an agreeable competitive price.• Arranged the purchases of special-order parts and ensured timely deliveries of each order while maintaining full compliance with customers’ specifications and H&S standards.• Updated stock control systems to ensure daily stock statistics were correct and organised stock for future requirements, while monitoring the quality of current, incoming, and outgoing stock.• Attended internal training and coaching programs which imparted technical skills for a role in paint distribution and manufacturing.• Resolved mathematical calculations to accurately determine the ratios of specific chemicals to formulate the unique paint colour and viscosity to meet requirements of each customer effectively.• Provided advisory services to the clients on coating specifications, and controlled agitation speeds and residence times of mixers to obtain the correct car paint colour Show less