Contract Product Information Management Lead

Spectrum IT's London client are looking to recruit a Contract Product Information Management (PIM) Lead to join them on an initial 6 month contract, this is a hybrid working role with 3 days onsite in London per week (2 days remote) and is via umbrella engagement (Inside IR35). Working across a portfolio of global brands and supporting a global project of reviewing and optimising processes on how best to manage and share online product data across the Brand.co.uk, Retailer.com and Pure Play partners and the implementation of brand-new product management system.

Key Responsibilities

• Document regional process workflows for the company website product data as well as current processes with their Retailer.com and Pure Play partners.
• You will identify areas of improvements and make actionable recommendations on how to streamline and make efficiencies to current ways of working. With the overall aim of increasing speed to market for new product launches
• Support the creation of new & updates to existing product launch templates for the Retailer.com and Pure Play partners and establishing efficient processes to minimise manual work
• Support content syndication to all retail partners & channels (Brand.co.uk, Retailer.com, Pure Plays) including basic product content, retailer attributes, images, 360 spins, videos and enhanced/A+ content
• Create, track and report on the status of product data/product launches
• Create new processes for product data management (with retailers and on internal processes)
• Validate that mandatory product data across several core systems are fully complete and accurate
• Identify new attributes, build technical requirements while mapping to the business context and usage of the attribute and work with Global technical & product teams to implement changes to data model
• Capture and maintain region specific documentation related to product and images set up
• Gather regional requirements for PIM solution based on internal processes and requirements driven by Brand.co.uk, 3rd party Retailers and Pure Plays
• Act as a key point of contact for product data & PIM solution and work with Global and Regional Teams to drive improvements and future state
• Support establishing and localising governance on online processes and data models
• Work with the Global Team to review product attributes and catalogue hierarchy, making recommendations and identifying opportunities to improve product set up and management efficiencies to support developing business needs
• Work with closely with UK and Global Project team to support onboarding of new product management system and manage transition with key stakeholders
• Work with Business Tool Specialist & Trainer to organise a robust new system training plan for UK teams, support them through the transition and empower all users to be experts

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience with Product Information Management (PIM) systems - Experience of InRiver is highly beneficial
• Experience managing projects related to business-facing content or data tools
• Previous experience in PIM implementation
• Good understanding of product attribution and taxonomy development and impact on other areas (SEO, product feed, etc.)
• Ability to leverage multiple tools to create and maintain necessary data stewardship inputs and outputs
• Experience working with a multi brand/stakeholder business
• Good communication skills with both business and technical audiences
• Detail-oriented; ability to work in multitask dynamic environment
• Highly collaborative
• Energetic, enthusiastic and a proven ability to work in a team-based environment

For more information and to submit your interest, please apply with an updated CV. Candidates for this role MUST have previous PIM systems experience in a commercial setting. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.