Sourcing Category Manager

Visa CEMEA Sourcing

Visa CEMEA Sourcing has an opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced and results-driven Procurement leader to join CEMEA Sourcing Team and help us to lead the change, further develop and shape the regional function and become a strategic partner to the business. Are you interested in the transformation and digital journey? Do you enjoy working in cross-functional teams? Can you bring leading practice thinking and solutions? Are you experienced and ambitious Category Professional? If this inspires and sounds familiar, please contact us because we would like to talk to you!

Role Summary

The role holder will be a part of the Marketing Sourcing team and will be responsible for the end-to-end Category Management and Sourcing activities including Strategy execution, Planning, Governance, Strategic Sourcing, Key Suppliers, Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnership, ensuring full accountability for stakeholders’ experience and contribution to building CEMEA Sourcing team positive brand.  

Main Accountabilities

• Ensure design and execution of Category strategies, plans and projects.
• Guide, share the knowledge with dedicated to the Category support team
• Take full responsibility for end to end sourcing activities in the assigned sub-categories
• Act as Sourcing Business Partner to the respective stakeholders with the end-to-end accountability, leading from the front and ensuring the back-end process efficiencies.
• Deliver financial and other values to the business through introduction of leading practices 
• Embed in the Category and deliver on CSR, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity objectives
• Drive continues improvements and support digitalization, working close colleagues in the regional and global teams
• Contribute to the overall success of the CEMEA Sourcing team.

General Key Responsibilities

• Understand Business, Marketing strategies, plans and priorities
• Know Category spend and supplier landscape, leading practices, and opportunities
• Manage Stakeholder relationships
• Build short- and long-term Category and Sourcing Plan (The Pipeline).
• Hands-on drive execution of Sourcing strategies and lead sourcing initiatives (RFx) 
• Ensure that in all sourcing projects (RFx) regional and local countries and key stakeholders are engaged, and project methodology is followed
• Build, continuously develop and deploy Preferred Supplier Lists (PSL) and manage Tail spend
• Work with Legal teams to build relevant contract templates library

Key sub-categories in scope

Marketing: Media, Creative, Experiential Marketing and Events, Market Research, Sponsorship and Partnership, Corporate Communications

We are aiming to move fast and the environment is dynamic thus there are likely to be some changes in responsibilities and priorities so we expect you to be flexible embracing Visa CEMEA transformation, personal development and new exciting learnings!

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

• Educated to degree level with postgraduate procurement accreditation (MCIPS or MIIAPS)
• Minimum 5-years’ experience in Marketing procurement
• Advanced procurement and sourcing technical and analytical skills and strong knowledge of how good looks like.
• Knowledge of CEMEA-specific Marketing suppliers’ eco-systems is a plus
• Broad experience in all sub-categories, relevant suppliers and market dynamics, business models, contract negotiations, implementation, and supplier relationship management
• Project Leadership skills with experience in delivering large and complex Sourcing projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build collaborative relationships
• Energy, pace, and an impeccable track record of delivery

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.