Global merchants strategy & new service development intern

Edenred; France; Hybride; EUR 13 000 - 20 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Edenred is seeking a Global Merchants strategy and new service development intern to join the Benefits & Engagement unit at Edenred HQ in Issy-les-Moulineaux. You will perform analyses, market research, and value-added service ideation to support merchant growth.

You will collaborate with Product, Marketing, IT, Operations and Finance, delivering actionable insights and piloting scalable solutions across multiple countries while building a strong merchant community.

Qualifications

• Master from a top business or engineering school.
• A first successful internship in consulting, e-commerce payment, or similar fast-paced environment is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Support the Merchants team with analyses, benchmarking, and data-driven insights.
• Lead end-to-end ideation and deployment of value-added merchant services.
• Animate the merchant community across 30+ countries and share best practices.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Team player

Autonomous

Business sense

Formation

Master from a top business or engineering school

Description du poste

Take a step forward and let Edenred surprise you.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.**Benefits & Engagement Business Line**Global merchants strategy & new service development internABOUT EDENREDEdenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments and the everyday companion for people at work, connecting over 50 million users and 2.2 million partner merchants in 46 countries via more than 950,000 corporate clients.Edenred offers specific-purpose payment solutions for food (such as meal benefits), mobility (such as multi-energy, maintenance, toll, parking and commuter solutions), incentives (such as gift cards, employee engagement platforms) and corporate payments (such as virtual cards).True to the Group's purpose, \"Enrich connections. For good.\", these solutions enhance users' well-being and purchasing power. They improve companies' attractiveness and efficiency. They nurture over 2.2 million merchants in the world with incremental consumers spending.Edenred's 12,000 employees are committed to making the world of work a connected ecosystem that is safer, more efficient and more responsible every day.In 2023, thanks to its global technology assets, the Group managed close to €50 billion in business volume, primarily carried out via mobile applications, online platforms and cards and directly spent within our merchants and partners network.Edenred is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and included in the following indices: CAC 40 ESG, CAC Next 20, FTSE4Good and MSCI Europe.ORGANIZATION & ROLEEdenred's Benefits & Engagement (B&E) Business Line serves millions of users and a vast global network of merchants. It is Edenred's largest business line, representing around 65% of Group revenue, and combines meal vouchers, gift cards, and employee engagement platforms... Today, Edenred is the global market leader in Benefits & Engagement, offering over 100 programs across more than 30 countries.The B&E Global Merchants team is based in our global headquarters and supports all Edenred B&E Business Units to become a trusted marketing & service platform for merchants. Our mission is to build the best merchant networks and to drive sustainable revenues from both our core activities and from developing new merchants services.As a member of the B&E Global Merchants team, you will gain international exposure and recognition by supporting Business Units and partnering with key stakeholders.You will report to the Merchants Strategy, Growth and Transformation DirectorKEY OBJECTIVESThe Global merchants strategy & new service development intern will have 3 core missions:* **Strategy: support the Merchants team**o Build and conduct analyses, such as benchmarking (internal and competitive), financial modelling, etc.o In particular, lead key data requests across all our countries to fill our internal merchant data base. Perform portfolio analysis to fuel adaptation of our merchant strategyo Prepare and participate in meetings to present insights and reporting to the B&E Global Merchant team and its community at largeo Manage projects in part or in whole to make sure they are on time and on targeto Use data, tools, and digital platforms, including generative AI, to support recommendations and decision makingo Merchant monitoring:* undefined* **New service development (Value Added Services)**o Research merchant needs: conduct market analysis, collect merchant feedback, and identify key pain points and opportunitieso Drive competitive watch: conduct desk research across our 29 BU to perform competitive search on merchant services (service, product, pricing). Restitution to our top merchant leaders.o Ideate & launch new merchants services: oversee end-to-end development and deployment of new value-added services aligned with merchants' business objectiveso Ensure cross-Functional Alignment: work closely with Product, Marketing, IT, Operations, and Finance teams to pilot and scale solutionso Track success: define metrics to monitor adoption, engagement, and ROI of new services while driving continuous improvements· Merchant community animationo Gather successful projects from BUs to highlight and help in animating the merchants community with +30 countrieso Provide best-practices sharing in key topics to enhance BUs projectso Prepare and animate community meetings, structure the drive to enhance tools and practices for the whole communityREQUIRED SKILLS AND PROFILE· Education & experienceo Master from a top business or engineering school, looking for a gap-year or a final-year internshipo A first successful internship experience in consulting, e-commerce payment or similar fast-paced environment is a plus· Skillso Motivated team playero Analytical skills (database analyses, business plan modeling)o Good business senseo Strong communication skills (oral, written)o Rigorous, organized and autonomous· Languages requiredo Fluent in French and Englisho Other languages a strong plus: Spanish, PortugueseEXPECTED START DATE· Full-time Internship contract (6 months, flexible)· Starting date: January 2027· Based at Edenred HQ, 14 Boulevard Garibaldi, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux**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.