Senior Sourcing Analyst

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Services Category

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 Services Categories in scope

Professional Services

Legal Services

Corporate Services (FM & Property)

People Services (all HR related services)

Consulting & Analytics

The role holder will have a great opportunity to engage with large number of Services stakeholders and peers within the Sourcing community, to drive enhancements of the ways of working, delivering efficiencies, financial and other added values to the business.

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.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Educated to degree level
CIPS qualification desirablePrevious experience in sourcing, 6 - 8 years in a similar role supporting “Indirect / Non-IT Procurement”. Experience in Professional Services and all aspects of HR services is a key for the role.Knowledge and experience in spend data analytics and related toolsKnowledge and experience of procurement tender processes (RFx)Experience in running tenders including 3 Bids & Buy and e-auctions through AribaKnowledge of Ariba and related S2C and P2P processesTeam 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.