Global Head of Merchant Marketing (w/m)

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Every day, we deliver innovative solutions to improve the life of millions of people, connecting employees, companies, and merchants all around the world.

We know there are hundred ways for you to grow. With us, you will expand your skills in a multicultural, challenging, and dynamic environment.**Dare to join Edenred and get ready to thrive in a global company that will offer you endless opportunities.**Edenred is all about meritocracy. You come as you are, and you contribute. Indeed, the Edenred Group recognizes, recruits and develops all talents and singularities.

We are committed to preventing all forms of discrimination and to providing all our candidates with equal opportunities regardless of their gender and gender expression, disability, origin, religious belief and sexual orientation or any other criteria.**Your role**We are looking for a Global Head for Merchant Marketing for the Benefit & Engagement Business Line to focus on the following areas:**1. Marketing & Communication**

• Define and implement a global merchant marketing and **communication strategy**, aligned with the broader Benefits & Engagement Business Line positioning
• Develop standardized marketing campaigns and **toolkits for local markets** leveraging digital platforms (web, social media, CRM) to strengthen merchant awareness and engagement. In particular, create and promote merchant success stories to showcase the impact of Edenred’s solutions, fostering stronger relationships and inspiring other merchants
• Establish best practices and guidelines for merchant retention, activation, and engagement campaigns
• Execute the merchant event strategy, supporting local teams in the organization of conferences, networking events, and training sessions for merchants
• Define and roll out CSR-driven merchant initiatives, reinforcing Edenred’s commitment to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and local economies**2. Relationship Marketing**
• Build a global **merchant engagement strategy** as part of our platform approach, ensuring scalability across Edenred geographies
• Develop and roll out relationship marketing programs **in partnership with product** teams
• Establish best practices and guidelines for merchant retention, activation, and engagement campaigns* **Market Positioning & Insights** + Define and roll out a **merchant marketing positioning** framework, ensuring alignment with new Benefits & Engagement positioning and overall business strategy + Implement a merchant brand and merchant engagement **tracking process** (including NPS and all perception measures), in coordination with Group Strategy, Marketing and Transformation teams + Develop and implement a Merchant **Insight Program** to collect, consolidate, and analyze merchant feedback across different geographies identifying key pain points, areas for improvement in Edenred’s merchant services and new business opportunities + Create merchant specific thought leadership**3. Institutional Communication**
• Collaborate with internal Public Affairs and Merchant teams and contribute to initiatives that support merchant ecosystem development
• Support BUs in **building relationships with key merchant stakeholders** and associations
• Build long term vision of external merchant community management**4. Content**
• Collect and scale **merchant** **content** (thought leadership studies, market research, whitepapers, articles, barometers etc.) produced either by BUs at local level or by the Business Line Marketing team**5. Internal Community Management**
• Regularly engage with the **Merchant Marketing community** to foster best practices sharing, build internal benchmarks, share studies and content, organize workshops and facilitate peer-to-peer knowledge exchange**Your profile**The successful candidate would be an experienced marketing professional with a track record in the Benefits & Engagement industry and a deep understanding of merchant relationship marketing, communication strategy, content management and community engagement. She/He will define and execute a marketing roadmap that enhances Edenred’s relationship with merchants and establish a growing marketing community across multiple geographies.

For this role, you will report to the Global Head of Marketing within the Benefits & Engagement Business Line, with dotted line reporting to the Business Line Merchant Director.**Apply now and Vibe with Us!**We are looking for new employees who will embrace the Edenred adventure with the same intensity and passion as we do. They will feel right at ease at Edenred because they like to push back the boundaries, try new things, constantly improve, win and grow. We need women and men who share our ambition, who are looking to perform, challenge us and themselves to move forward every day. We are looking for women and men who want to vibe with us.

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