Global Merchants Strategy & Growth intern

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Benefits and Engagement Merchants team

Global Merchants Strategy & Growth intern

ABOUT EDENRED

Edenred est le leader mondial des avantages aux salariés et de la mobilité professionnelle.

Avec plus d’1 million d’entreprises clientes dans 44 pays, la plateforme d’Edenred donne à plus de 60 millions d’utilisateurs accès aux services et produits de plus de 2 millions de commerçants partenaires. Edenred propose des solutions digitales dédiées aux collaborateurs (titres-restaurant, transports, cadeaux, bien-être, récompenses et offres préférentielles), aux gestionnaires de flottes (approvisionnement multi-énergies incluant la recharge électrique, services de maintenance, péage et parking) et aux paiements inter-entreprises (cartes virtuelles). Fidèles à la raison d’être du Groupe, « Enrich connections. For good. », ces solutions améliorent le bien-être et le pouvoir d’achat des salariés et simplifient la vie des conducteurs de véhicules professionnels. Elles favorisent l’accès à une alimentation plus saine, à des produits plus respectueux de l’environnement et à une mobilité plus durable. Elles renforcent enfin l’attractivité et l’efficacité des entreprises tout en vitalisant l’emploi et l’économie locale.

Les 12 000 collaborateurs d’Edenred s’engagent au quotidien pour construire un monde du travail connecté plus efficace, plus sûr et plus responsable. En 2025, grâce à sa plateforme technologique unique, le Groupe a généré un volume d’affaires de 49 milliards d’euros principalement au travers d’applications mobiles, de plateformes en ligne et de cartes. Coté sur Euronext Paris, Edenred fait partie des indices CAC Next 20, CAC Large 60, Euronext 100, Euronext Tech Leaders, FTSE4Good, DJSI Europe Index et DJSI World Index. Edenred a également intégré la A-List au CDP Climate en 2025 et a obtenu la médaille d’or d’Ecovadis au niveau mondial.

THE CHALLENGE Edenred'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 Merchants team is based in our global headquarters and supports all Edenred Business Units to become a trusted marketing & Service Platform for Merchants. It aims to drive sustainable revenues for Edenred from both our Core acceptance activity and from new Merchants services. We are organized around 3 key battles : Protect our core Merchants revenues, Build our key revenue streams, and Transform our operating model and Organization, and are enabled by Marketing, Product, and Data/AI.. As a member of the global Merchants team, you will gain international exposure and recognition by supporting Business Units and partnering with key stakeholders.

You will report to the Merchant Business Excellence manager within the Strategy, Growth and Transformation, who supports the Business Line on the following topics: Network Management, Account Management, Merchants Experience, People upskilling, and overall Strategy for Merchants.

KEY OBJECTIVES

The merchants’ strategy Intern mission is made of 2 core parts:

• Strategy: support the Merchants team

  • Build and conduct analyses, such as benchmarking (internal and competitive), financial modelling, etc.
  • Prepare and participate in meetings to present insights and reporting to the Merchant team and its community at large
  • Manage projects in part or in whole to make sure they are on time and on target
  • Use data, tools, and digital platforms, including generative AI, to support recommendations and decision making

• Merchants initiatives: assist Merchants team for key ongoing projects

  • People upskilling: participate in the deployment of our Sales Academy, including building new courses, operational drive through reporting and regular touchpoints with countries, tool evaluation, and coordination with local BUs
  • Account management excellence: help define and industrialize account planning standards and playbooks, to raise the bar of account management across B&E
  • Digital network management: map and identify affiliation/onboarding journey best practices (e.g., digital onboarding, e-signature, automated KYC), and scale proven approaches across BUs
  • Merchants experience: track Merchants Experience KPIs against targets, follow-up on diagnosis and corrective actions with BUs
  • Merchants governance: align Merchant teams on standards, policies, and operating rhythms; monitor performance, and share insights

REQUIRED SKILLS AND PROFILE

• Education & experience

  • Master from a top business or engineering school, looking for a gap-year or a final-year internship
  • A first successful internship experience in consulting, e-commerce payment or similar fast-paced environment is a plus

• Skills

  • Motivated team player
  • Analytical skills (database analyses, business plan modeling)
  • Familiar with the use of AI
  • Good business sense
  • Strong communication skills (oral, written)
  • Rigorous, organized and autonomous

• Languages required

  • Fluent in French and English
  • Other languages a strong plus: Spanish, Portuguese

EXPECTED START DATE

• Full-time Internship contract (6 months, flexible)

• Starting date: Janv 2027

• Based at Edenred HQ, 14 Boulevard Garibaldi, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux

Apply now and Vibe with Us!