Product Data Consultant, Taxonomy Consultant (Contract)

Product Catalogue Data/Taxonomy Consultant (Contract) Location: (London, remote and hybrid) A leading multi-market retail B2C corportation is undertaking a ground-up redesign of its product catalogue and is seeking an experienced Product Catalogue Architect 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 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 ..... full job details .....