Senior Sourcing Manager, Marketing Category

Visa Europe Sourcing has an opportunity for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Sourcing Manager, specialising in the Marketing Category, to join our team.

This is a senior category role focused on partnering with Marketing stakeholders and leading complex, high-value sourcing activity across a range of Marketing categories. You will work with strategic suppliers and agency partners, lead significant commercial negotiations and help shape sourcing strategies that deliver value for Visa across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing and category management across a significant Marketing category or portfolio of categories.
• Lead complex, high-value commercial negotiations and sourcing processes, managing significant levels of spend.
• Develop and execute category strategies that align with Marketing priorities and Visa's wider business objectives.
• Act as a strategic Sourcing Business Partner to Marketing stakeholders, building strong relationships and providing commercial challenge and guidance.
• Lead and manage relationships and commercial negotiations with major strategic suppliers and agency partners.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing processes, including supplier selection, negotiation, contracting and ongoing supplier management.
• Identify opportunities to deliver commercial value, efficiencies and improvements across the Marketing supply base.
• Use data, market knowledge and commercial insight to inform sourcing decisions and category strategies.
• Work effectively across a complex, matrixed organisation, influencing senior stakeholders and collaborating across functions and geographies.
• Incorporate responsible sourcing, risk management and effective governance into category activities.
• Support continuous improvement and the adoption of digital tools, analytics and emerging technologies within Sourcing, including the use of AI to improve delivery efficiency and ways of working.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Marketing Procurement, Marketing Sourcing or Marketing Category Management, with broad exposure across multiple Marketing subcategories.
• Ability to manage a high volume of competing priorities, demonstrating resilience and sound judgement in prioritising effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrable experience leading significant, complex and high-value sourcing activities and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing substantial Marketing spend and commercial relationships with large strategic suppliers and/or agency partners.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand complex contracts, challenge proposals and negotiate effectively.
• Experience developing and implementing category and sourcing strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Experience operating successfully within a large and/or matrixed organisation.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and geographies and adapt to changing business priorities.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Confidence using AI and digital tools, or a strong curiosity and willingness to explore how emerging technologies can improve efficiency and ways of working.