MasterCard - Manager - Sourcing & Supplier Management

Who is Mastercard?

We are the global technology company behind the world's fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless- . We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

Job Title : Manager, Sourcing & Supplier Management

Overview :

- Sourcing & Supplier Management creates and maximizes shareholder value by effectively managing the MasterCard supply base across all business units, focusing on reducing cost & risk while improving value & supplier performance.

- This organization includes Regional Sourcing, Sourcing Centre of Excellence and Category Management and is on a journey to be recognized as a premier supply chain organization.

- Leverages MasterCard's global demand to develop and implement strategies that enable spend management, improve supplier performance, and mitigate risk.

- Partners with Business Stakeholders to develop regional sourcing strategy, category expertise, market conditions, industry trends, product knowledge, benchmarking, and emerging supply options.

- Partners amongst Sourcing & Supplier Management to develop supplier strategies that will reduce risk, improve supplier performance while enabling supplier diversity and innovation

Role :

- Collaborate with internal business partners to identify requirements and develop strategies for key categories and critical suppliers

- Drive the financial and risk conversations with your internal business partners from a sourcing perspective to ensure compliance to sourcing policy and achieve financial efficiencies

Responsibilities :

- Supports Regional Sourcing with supply base needs, handles more complex categories

- Manages sourcing strategy, sourcing operations and supplier relations to reduce costs and risks while improving value and supplier performance

- Develops category strategy for business unit and/or market strategies that enable spend management, improve supplier performance and mitigates risk

- Assists sourcing operations to provide category expertise by providing updates on market conditions, industry trends, product knowledge and emerging supply options

- Manages the strategic sourcing process by analyzing spend, defining requirements, developing strategy, authoring RFx's and negotiating contracts

All About You :

- Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work with people at all levels in the organization

- Innovative thinking, strong ability to identify sourcing opportunities and implement effectively

- Proven ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals in a fast-paced, changing environment

- Ability to organize, manage and work effectively to accomplish multiple tasks

- Very strong analytical skills

- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

- Experience in a strategic sourcing role in a best-in-class organization preferred

- Extensive internal and external communication skills required with operations, corporate personnel, and external suppliers

- Advanced contract negotiation experience and training

- Experience with Coupa sourcing systems is preferred

- Bachelor's degree required, MBA or Master's degree strongly preferred

Job Specific Experiences :

- Experience managing supply chains across multiple business units, reducing costs and risks while improving value and efficiencies

- Demonstrated strong ability to influence and manage senior stakeholder relationships internally and externally

- Demonstrated experience in managing marketing and corporate services categories

- Experience participating on global category teams to implement strategies on spend management, supplier performance and risk mitigation

- Experience supporting and enabling supply chain transformation efforts and strategic initiatives

Broadening Experiences :

- Managed major elements of large, cross-functional projects

- Demonstrated consistent success working with partners across other business units in support of cross-functional programs

- Experience providing regular feedback to team members and resolving performance issues

- Experience interacting and communicating with executives to provide updates and recommendations on supply chain management

- Successfully develops a baseline understanding of Mastercard products

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.