Product Catalogue Architect​/Taxonomy Consultant

Position: Product Catalogue Architect / Taxonomy Consultant (Contract)
Product Data Consultant, Taxonomy Consultant (Contract)

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[London, remote and hybrid) A leading multi-market B2C retailer is undertaking a ground-up redesign of its product catalogue and is seeking an experienced Product Data / Taxonomy Consultant to lead the structural design. This is not a tidy-up exercise. You will rethink the catalogue model from first principles, optimising for the operations that genuinely matter, while working within real multi-country, multi-proposition complexity and legacy constraints.

The business is prepared to make significant changes and clean-up, so this is a genuine opportunity to shape the foundations. What you will do Design the structure of the product catalogue Hierarchies (products, bundles, add-ons) Attributes (entitlements, pricing, geo rules, content) Relationships (inheritance, compatibility) Leverage the existing product hierarchy and product vision as your starting point Target the common, high-frequency operations that currently create pain, such as repetitive product creation and slow, manual catalogue tasks Balance first-principles thinking with pragmatic handling of legacy and migration realities What we are looking for Proven experience as a Taxonomy Consultant, Information Architect or Global Product Data Specialist Track record on large-scale commerce or content platforms Strong grasp of catalogue modelling: hierarchies, attributes, entitlements, pricing and geo rules Comfortable redesigning models rather than only optimising existing tooling Platform experience (any of the following an advantage) Catalogue-driven business support systems and commerce platforms, PIM and MDM tools such as Stibo Systems, Akeneo, Salsify, in River or Informatica Salesforce Industries/Vlocity Enterprise Product Catalog (EPC)

To apply Please send your CV, availability and outside IR35 expectations London & remote working 3-6 months initial, likely extension market rates, outside IR35