Are you available for a new assignment as a Product Owner PIM for an international, growing organisation in Zaandam?
Company profileOur client is an international company with an entrepreneurial mindset. With headquarters and core operations in The Netherlands and locations in Spain, the UK and France they operate across Europe and sell in over 50 countries worldwide.
About the roleAs an Interim Product Owner PIM you are the connecting link between the business, the digital solutions and in the end, the customers. You translate business ambition into structured product data, turn customer needs into better digital experiences, and ensure systems, partners, and platforms all speak the same language.
You’ll work across brands, countries, and teams; partnering closely with Brand, Marketing, Product Development, E-commerce and IT, as well as with external solution providers and retail partners. Your work directly impacts how products are discovered, understood, and chosen by customer online, in marketplaces, and through retailers.
Your impact
- You are responsible for the quality, consistency, and usability of product data.
- You own and continuously improve our Product Information Management (PIM) landscape and support Digital Asset Management (DAM).
- You ensure that data, content, and processes work together, rather than against each other.
- You turn data into insights, and insights into actionable improvements.
In short: you help the organization make better decisions, faster, while creating better experiences for customer.
What you’ll be doing- Act as the central link between business teams, Customer-facing channels, and digital tools.
- Translate business and Customer needs into clear data structures, rules, and solutions.
- Work with solution providers and internal teams to ensure systems truly support how people work.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for product data quality and related processes.
- Identify issues early, challenge the status quo, and propose concrete improvements.
- Establish and maintain standards, governance, and best practices for data usage and sharing.
- Monitor data performance and quality through dashboards and reports.
- Proactively share insights with stakeholders to improve content, efficiency, and relevance.
- Spot patterns and bottlenecks—and solve them with a pragmatic, analytical approach.
- Act as product owner for PIM and DAM as we continue rolling it out and optimising it across the group.
- Train and support colleagues in the daily use of PIM, DAM, and related tools.
- Evaluate new technologies, upgrades, and integrations that improve scalability and performance.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
- At least eight years of experience in Digital, E-commerce, Data or Content Management.
- Strong understanding of data management principles (collection, quality, analysis, distribution).
- Experience with PIM, DAM, CMS tools (Akeneo, Cloudinary, Productsup are a plus).
- Professional fluency in English (French or Spanish is a plus).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to connect dots across systems, teams, and Customer journeys.
- Clear communicator who can explain complex topics in a simple way.
- Structured, accurate, and calm—even under time pressure.
- Curious, proactive, and continuously looking for better ways of working.
- You enjoy working in an entrepreneurial organisation and you love stakeholder management.
- You thrive in bringing structure to unclear situations.
This is a freelance assignment for 4-6 months and between 30-40 hours a week (to be discussed). The hourly rate is between 80 and 95 euro an hour.
#J-18808-Ljbffr€80 - €95 hourly