Sourcing Director - Marketing category

Visa CEMEA Sourcing has an opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced and results-driven Procurement leader to join CEMEA Sourcing Leadership Team as a Head of Marking Category 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 Marketing Category Lead? If this inspires and sounds familiar, please contact us because we would like to talk to you!

This role offers a great opportunity to engage with large number of stakeholders and peers within the Sourcing community, to drive enhancements of the ways of working, delivering efficiencies, financial and other values to the business.

The role holder will be responsible for:

Visa CEMEA Sourcing has an opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced and results-driven Procurement leader to join CEMEA Sourcing Leadership Team as a Head of Marking Category 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 Marketing Category Lead? If this inspires and sounds familiar, please contact us because we would like to talk to you!

This role offers a great opportunity to engage with large number of stakeholders and peers within the Sourcing community, to drive enhancements of the ways of working, delivering efficiencies, financial and other values to the business.

The role holder will be responsible for:

• End-to-end Marketing Category Management including Strategy and Planning
• Key Supplier Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnerships, ensuring end-to-end accountability for stakeholders’ experience and contribution to building CEMEA Sourcing team positive brand.
• Lead and further develop the Marketing Category.
• Provide an overall functional leadership to and line management of the team.
• Lead strategic high-value, complex marketing sourcing events
• Establish and effectively manage the relationships with key marketing agencies and contribute towards the strategic development of the regional digital marketing strategy.
• Deliver financial benefits, cost savings, cost avoidance, revenue contribution, and other added values to the business through innovation in Category approaches.
• Embed and deliver on CSR targets, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity 
• Contribute to the evolution and overall success of the Visa CEMEA Sourcing.
• Develop and align regional category strategic roadmap and sourcing plan (the pipeline).
• Drive execution of powerful sourcing strategies, for financial benefits realisation.
• Build and deploy Preferred Supplier Lists (PSL) and manage the Tail spend
• Hands-on lead large size sourcing initiatives (RFx) in collaboration with the business.
• Report on the Category and team progress and performance, using smart objectives and agreed key metrics.
• Partner with the CEMEA Sourcing Leadership Team members and contribute to the transformation of the function, to meet current and future business requirements 

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.

• 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree / 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree / minimum 3 years of work experience with a PhD
• Degree level education with postgraduate procurement accreditation (MCIPS or MIIAPS)
• Strong experience as Procurement Head Of Marketing or Marketing Category Lead
• Advanced procurement and sourcing technical and analytical skills
• Knowledge of marketing and communication strategies
• Broad experience in sub-categories, suppliers, market dynamics, business models, contract negotiations, implementation, supplier relationship management
• Project Leadership skills, with experience in large and complex Sourcing, Outsourcing and Managed Services project

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.