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Visa CEMEA Sourcing
Visa CEMEA Sourcing has an opportunity for an ambitious, self-going, results-driven and customer oriented sourcing professional to join CEMEA Sourcing team and help us to drive commercial projects and continues improvements with focus on internal customer journey. Are you interested in driving procurement processes?
Do you enjoy partnering and shared success? Can you bring best practice thinking? Do you have experience in leading tenders (RFI, RFP, RFQ) and use Ariba technology? Do you enjoy driving a positive change and provide excellent support to the business? Does a structured and supported career in Procurement excite you? If this inspires and sounds familiar, please contact us because we would like to talk to you!
Role Accountability
The role holder will be accountable for providing category and sourcing support in line with strategies and plans developed by regional Product, Consumer Product Solutions Category leads to manage effectively and efficiently the spend and suppliers while aligning with Visa’s strategic business goals.
Working with cross-category teams continue to shape the Services, bringing in leading practices and solutions and proactively supporting the business, and delivering on the sourcing strategy and plans with the full ownership for commercial, sourcing projects and related activities.
Example of Product Categories in scope
Lounge, Concierge, Insurance, Loyalty, Local Offers
Key Accountabilities
- Have a knowledge and understanding of the business drivers and a comprehensive understanding of how these fit into the overall Visa business strategy ensuring overall success and tangible contribution to Visa CEMEA Sourcing function’s plans and objectives.
- Have a good knowledge and understanding of internal financial operational procedures to navigate through the sourcing process.
- Engage, build and maintain stakeholder relationships to understand business requirements.
- Hands-on lead and support sourcing processes and projects, RFP, RFI, RFQ, based on the defined priorities.
- Support planning and prioritization of sourcing activities (RFx), to ensure that the most important opportunities in terms of business needs, cost savings and risk mitigation are delivered.
- Create and execute the pipeline plans of sourcing new requirements and renewals
- Support business partnering approach with the stakeholders.
- Use procurement technology, procurement and category information sites, to grow category and procurement/sourcing knowledge.
- Collaborate and share knowledge with the wider Sourcing team.
- Grow your external professional peer group through network connections and social engagement.
- Be the owner of your development with an excellent mentor and growth programme.
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 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.
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level
- CIPS qualification desirable
- Previous experience in sourcing, 3-4 years in a similar role supporting “Indirect / Non-IT Procurement”. Experience in Professional Services is a key for the role.
- Knowledge and experience in spend data analytics and related tools
- Knowledge and experience of procurement tender processes (RFx)
- Experience in running tenders including 3 Bids & Buy and e-auctions through Ariba
- Knowledge of Ariba and related S2C and P2P processes
- Team player with energy, pace and a track record of delivery.
Additional Information
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.
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