Product Category Merchandiser

Mission

Findel and Manutan Group are embarking on a landmark programme to create a common educational product offer across Europe.

This is a rare opportunity to join the founding team as a Product & Category Intelligence Analyst where you will be responsible for designing, analysing, validating, and recommending the future educational product ecosystem across two leading education businesses.

This is a high-impact fixed-term appointment (6 months initially) supporting a strategically important transformation programme with direct visibility to senior leadership and Board stakeholders.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Can operate at pace.
• Are highly analytical and commercially minded.
• Can challenge constructively.
• Understand product, category management, merchandising, or compliance.
• Produce actionable recommendations, not simply analysis.
• Are available for an immediate start.

Responsibilities and missions

What you'll do

• Analyse thousands of products and categories.
• Build the future common educational product offer.
• Influence strategic product decisions.
• Work directly with UK and European stakeholders.
• Shape the next generation of educational supplies across Europe.

Qualities and skills needed

What you’ll bring:

Essential

• Product analysis experience.
• Category management experience or Retail merchandising experience.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Strong understanding of product range architecture and assortment planning.

Desirable

• Retail buying or merchandising background.
• Private label experience.

What makes this different?

This is not business as usual.

Successful candidates will join at the very beginning of a high-profile transformation programme and play a direct role in defining the future educational product strategy across Europe.