Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing - Marketing - job 9 of 24

The Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing at Visa will develop and execute sourcing strategies across various marketing categories including media and digital marketing. This role involves managing agency relationships, optimizing spend, and ensuring alignment with business objectives. Additionally, responsibilities include risk management and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.

Candidates should possess a deep understanding of marketing procurement and have proven leadership experience, along with strong negotiation skills in complex environments. A track record of delivering cost savings and value creation is essential, along with expertise in managing supplier relationships.

The Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing will work closely with marketing, finance, and legal departments to align sourcing strategies with business needs. This role will enhance cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless execution of marketing-related services and compliance with corporate standards.

As a Senior Director, you will lead, mentor, and develop a team of sourcing professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. You will play a vital role in guiding and providing strategic oversight to global and regional agency owners at Visa.

This hybrid position allows for a flexible work environment. The expectation of in-office days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager, providing a balanced approach to work-life integration while advancing your career in a dynamic team at Visa.

Talk about specific strategies you have developed for marketing procurement, mentioning the categories you've managed. Highlight your data-driven approach and how you aligned sourcing strategies with business objectives.

Share examples of how you've built and maintained strong relationships with agencies. Focus on your communication skills, commitment to transparency, and how you've negotiated better terms to foster trust.

Discuss metrics such as cost savings, compliance, quality of service, and responsiveness. Offer insights on how these metrics have influenced decisions in your previous roles.

Explain your risk assessment process by providing a particular scenario where you proactively identified a risk in the supply chain and the steps you took to mitigate it.

Speak about your approach to mentorship, focusing on empowerment, providing constructive feedback, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement that allows team members to thrive.

Detail a specific negotiation where you achieved favorable terms. Highlight the preparation, strategy, and the result, focusing on what made it successful.

Discuss your methods for staying updated on corporate policies and how you implement training and oversight within your team to ensure adherence to these standards across all sourcing activities.

Describe a particular challenge — whether it was supplier-related, budget constraints, or stakeholder alignment — and detail the steps you took to overcome it, focusing on your problem-solving skills.

Illustrate your method for gathering insights from various business units to understand their objectives and how you've adapted sourcing strategies to meet those goals effectively.

Emphasize the importance of data analysis in identifying trends, forecasting needs, and making informed decisions. Provide an example of how data analysis directly impacted a sourcing outcome.