Senior Sourcing Manager, Marketing Category

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Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

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Job Description

Overview:

Visa Europe Sourcing has an opportunity for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Sourcing Manager, specialising in the Marketing Category, to join our team. 

This is a senior category role focused on partnering with Marketing stakeholders and leading complex, high-value sourcing activity across a range of Marketing categories. You will work with strategic suppliers and agency partners, lead significant commercial negotiations and help shape sourcing strategies that deliver value for Visa across Europe. 

We are looking for someone who combines strong Marketing Procurement expertise with commercial judgement, confident stakeholder management and the ability to navigate a large, matrixed organisation. 

Role Summary:

Reporting to the Director, Marketing Sourcing, you will lead a significant Marketing category or portfolio of categories, with flexibility to align category ownership to the experience and strengths of the successful candidate. 

You will take end-to-end ownership of strategic and tactical sourcing activity, including complex, high-value Marketing contracts and negotiations, supplier and agency relationships, and category strategy. 

The role has a European scope, supporting requirements across multiple markets and working across regional boundaries, with opportunities to collaborate with Global and other regional Sourcing teams as required. 

What you'll do:

• Lead sourcing and category management across a significant Marketing category or portfolio of categories.
• Lead complex, high-value commercial negotiations and sourcing processes, managing significant levels of spend.
• Develop and execute category strategies that align with Marketing priorities and Visa's wider business objectives.
• Act as a strategic Sourcing Business Partner to Marketing stakeholders, building strong relationships and providing commercial challenge and guidance.
• Lead and manage relationships and commercial negotiations with major strategic suppliers and agency partners.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing processes, including supplier selection, negotiation, contracting and ongoing supplier management.
• Identify opportunities to deliver commercial value, efficiencies and improvements across the Marketing supply base.
• Use data, market knowledge and commercial insight to inform sourcing decisions and category strategies.
• Work effectively across a complex, matrixed organisation, influencing senior stakeholders and collaborating across functions and geographies.
• Incorporate responsible sourcing, risk management and effective governance into category activities.
• Support continuous improvement and the adoption of digital tools, analytics and emerging technologies within Sourcing, including the use of AI to improve delivery efficiency and ways of working. 

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week in the office.

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience in Marketing Procurement, Marketing Sourcing or Marketing Category Management, with broad exposure across multiple Marketing subcategories.
• Ability to manage a high volume of competing priorities, demonstrating resilience and sound judgement in prioritising effectively in a fast-paced environment. 
• Demonstrable experience leading significant, complex and high-value sourcing activities and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing substantial Marketing spend and commercial relationships with large strategic suppliers and/or agency partners.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand complex contracts, challenge proposals and negotiate effectively.
• Experience developing and implementing category and sourcing strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Experience operating successfully within a large and/or matrixed organisation.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and geographies and adapt to changing business priorities.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Confidence using AI and digital tools, or a strong curiosity and willingness to explore how emerging technologies can improve efficiency and ways of working.
  

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.