Sourcing Marketing Manager

The role holder will be responsible for the end-to-end Category Management of allocated sub-categories. Including Strategy and Planning, Governance, Strategic Sourcing, Key Suppliers, Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnership, ensuring full accountability for stakeholders’ experience and contribution to building Europe Sourcing team positive brand.

• Contributes to the development of the functional agenda by monitoring market trends, competitive dynamics, and stakeholder needs to support strategic planning and execution.
• Identifies and explores opportunities for value creation, recommending enhancements to current practices and supporting innovation initiatives aligned with strategic goals.
• Translates business and market insights into actionable plans, engaging stakeholders through clear communication and well-structured proposals.
• Supports alignment of regional and functional priorities with broader organisational objectives, collaborating across teams to ensure effective deployment of resources and capabilities.
• Drives change initiatives within the function, contributing to vision-setting, gaining team buy-in, and tracking progress against defined outcomes.

• Implements consistent demand planning and forecasting processes across relevant areas of the organisation.
• Assess sourcing initiatives and projects, providing analysis and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Prepares sourcing reports and insights for review by senior management, ensuring clarity and relevance.
• Champions continuous improvement through adoption of best practices and innovative solutions, contributing to functional excellence.
• Develops and refines tools and templates, supports AI adoption, and maintains high standards for team and business deliverables.

• Acts with urgency to resolve issues and deliver results, maintaining momentum across initiatives.
• Engages team members in decision-making processes to build ownership and alignment.
• Clearly frames issues and options when escalating decisions to senior leadership.
• Fosters a high-performance culture, positioning the function as a reliable business partner.
• Leads collaborative efforts to identify opportunities and implement change, advocating for improvements across the function.
• Creates an inclusive and safe team environment that encourages open dialogue and diverse perspectives, supporting enterprise-wide change.

• Visa is a dynamic environment thus there are likely to be some changes in responsibilities and priorities over time and so we are looking for someone who has a flexible approach, embracing Visa Europe’s agility.

• Develop and execute (sub) Category strategies, plans, and projects.
• Responsible for the delivery of a compelling strategy and plan that mobilises the cross-functional teams and partners.
• Execute strategic and tactical sourcing activities.
• Incorporate responsible sourcing objectives into category activities.
• Manage Category spend, supplier relationships, and opportunities, developing and maintaining Preferred Supplier Lists (PSL) and manage Tail spend.

• Lead defined sections of the sourcing planning and forecasting by aligning category plans to support the Sourcing strategy.
• Act as a Sourcing Business Partner to Loyalty Offers teams in the UK and Europe, ensuring end-to-end responsibilities for Sourcing activities.
• Through strong relationships with business stakeholders, understand subcategory strategies, plans, and priorities to be able to better support business objectives.
• Responsible to support, as required, cross Product Category transactions in support of the broader Product team goals.

• Report on Category progress and performance using key metrics.
• Undertake supplier management activities for key strategic suppliers.

• Deliver financial and other business values through leading practices.
• Operate data-driven, risk-aware culture that integrates sustainability,…