Senior Analyst, Strategic Sourcing

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

The Sr. Analyst of Strategic Sourcing is a key team member of the global strategic sourcing team, and is accountable for enabling strategies to deliver sustainable results across a range of subcategories within HR Services which may include Benefits, Training, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition.

Responsibilities:

•Support category leaders, and at times lead directly, complex cross functional global teams for sourcing projects. Ensure team milestones are agreed, met and ensure quality reporting to steering teams.

•Ensure all commercial and financial principals of total cost of ownership are applied to sourcing efforts and provide the necessary data to support business decisions. Includes timely intelligence gathered on commodity market trends that may impact the business.

•Keeps up to date with internal supplier usage and developments within categories and will deliver analyses necessary to enable supplier business reviews.

•Works with global peers and stakeholders to support global strategies

•Drives improvements to overall P2P process and can educate others on the benefits of the processes and tools.

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

Basic Qualifications:

•5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work
experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience
with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant
experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant
experience with a PhD
• 5+ years of experience in Procurement
• Deep understanding of cost models and performance metrics
• Past experiences challenging the status quo by developing business cases for change through
leveraging business acumen, market intelligence, and insights to drive a broad strategic impact
across an organization
• Demonstrated contract and agreement negotiation experience, including development of
negotiating plans and strategies across a broad range of Corporate Services and Facilities
• Strong relationship-management skills and ability to communicate effectively, and collaborate with,
senior-to-exec management. You need to be able to tell compelling stories through insights and
data
• Undergraduate degree required, graduate degree preferred

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 113,100.00 to 14