Sourcing Category Analyst

What’s it all about?

Visa Europe Sourcing. Visa Europe Sourcing* has an opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and results-driven Procurement professional to join our team to positively contribute to Visa’s success, further elevating the function and strategic business partnerships.

Are you interested in driving efficiencies? Can you bring leading practice thinking and solutions? Are you experienced and ambitious Procurement expert? Do you enjoy working in cross-functional and cross-border teams? 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 Category lead to manage effectively and efficiently the spend and suppliers while aligning with Visa’s strategic business goals.

Working with the stakeholders in cross-functional teams to continue to shape the category, bring leading practices, thinking and solutions to the category by proactively supporting the business and delivering on the sourcing strategy and plans and taking the full ownership for commercial, sourcing projects and related activities.

Categories in scope

• Marketing
• Technology
• Product, Value Added Services

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

Key Accountabilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Support the execution of 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 knowledge.
• Collaborate and share knowledge with the wider Sourcing team.

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 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.

Requirements

• CIPS qualification desirable (Or working towards)
• Previous experience in Sourcing / Procurement, 1-3 years in a similar role supporting
• 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 and experience of Ariba and related S2C and P2P processes and tools
• 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.