Sr. Director - Global Sourcing Center of Excellence

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.

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Job Description

Visa Global Sourcing 
Global Sourcing is part of the Finance organization and manages Visa’s end-to-end sourcing and procurement of goods and services. The Business Planning Operations and Center of Excellence team in Global Sourcing enables the organization’s success through people, process, program and operational management best practices

Overview

The Senior Director, Global Sourcing Center of Excellence role is a key member of the Global Sourcing Business Planning Operations and Center of Excellence team. This role will manage teams responsible for: Supplier Management, Reporting & Analytics, Organizational Development, Communications, Strategy & Planning. This role will report directly to the Vice President, Global Sourcing Business Planning & Operations who will provide support, management and oversight on all activities.

Key Results Areas and Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Supplier Management Program team and center-led strategy across multiple divisions and regions to provide enhanced value to Visa through deeper partnerships with suppliers - segment supply base to ensure differentiated focus with most strategic and impactful supplier relationships, bringing increased value creation through the delivery of goods and services in accordance with contracted service levels, performance management, ESG initiatives, innovation, category management and strategy standards along with fact based supplier management tools and templates, and Sourcing in alignment with compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g. FFIEC, FBA, Bank of England etc.)
• Develop and manage organizational Reporting and Analytics capabilities, delivering dashboards on metrics such as but not limited to Savings, Spend, Productivity, Cycle Time and Key Performance Indicators, ensuring Global Sourcing and its stakeholders have the data and insights to make rapid and effective decisions with an emphasis on accuracy
• Develop and manage global sourcing organization and stakeholder training curriculum with implementation plans, ensuring relevant content by audience. Identify quantifiable ROI and categories like Regulatory, stakeholder, foundational, category strategy, professional development and more
• Drive Sourcing’s transformation roadmap and forward-looking strategic plans. Build a future-forward vision that spans across people, processes, and systems, focused on continuous improvement and automation. Deliver intelligence on external best practices for Sourcing in support of Visa’s efforts in ongoing maturity enhancement
• Manage project implementations, timelines, deliverables and change management from internal customers and stakeholders for Global Sourcing Center of Excellence initiatives identify roadblocks to success and solution options to move forward as supported by their managing VP
• Engage and establish business partnerships with cross functional leadership including sourcing leadership, global and regional category directors, relevant stakeholders and business partners across Visa to collaborate, influence, and drive Center of Excellence programs and initiatives

Key Competencies

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 12 or more years of Procurement/Purchasing experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of Procurement/Purchasing experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD): or a minimum of 5 years of Procurement/Purchasing experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive responsibility of Procurement/Purchasing experience within a fast-paced environment, spanning the areas of strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management and procurement operations with preference to Procurement Center of Excellence experience. Technology or Financial Services sector(s) experience a plus
• 8+ years directly leading and