Associate Managing Consultant, Supplier Enablement

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Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Associate Managing Consultant, Supplier Enablement

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value‑added services and leverage expertise, data‑driven insights, and execution. Our Advisors & Consulting Services team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations.

Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.

The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations:
Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Program Management consultants lead clients through business transformations by implementing strategically important Mastercard assets and services to bring value and drive growth. They serve as the Center of Engagement across all stakeholders within Mastercard and the client’s organization.

Positions for different specializations and levels are available in separate job postings. Please review our consulting specializations to learn more about all opportunities and apply for the position that is best suited to your background and experience:

Supplier Enablement manages a key component of our corporate client’s growth strategy and execution for virtual cards. The ideal candidate should be well‑versed in the value proposition of commercial cards and be able to articulate the value to both internal and external audiences. This role would be responsible for data compilation and analysis of AP spend files, internal stakeholder buy‑in and approval of target suppliers, partnering with the client’s issuing provider to execute the campaign, and contributing to a review of program effectiveness if needed.

• Support week‑to‑week communication with client’s issuing bank partner on supplier enablement campaigns
• Individual outreach and dialogue with key strategic suppliers as necessary
• Continually increase his/her knowledge and understanding of our client’s suppliers and commodities that accept commercial cards
• Utilize proven, accredited project and change management methodologies and techniques to help clients drive measurable value
• Report on issues, risks, progress, and timelines and summarize effectively, offering analysis, options, and credible solutions
• Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner

• Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations
• Communicate with internal stakeholders on campaign success metrics
• Contribute to the firm’s intellectual capital and solution development, being a strong brand ambassador for Mastercard and Data & Services
• Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day‑to‑day project management across client projects, and mentor junior team members

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation or some sales/relationship management experience
• Experience developing client facing and supplier relationships
• Knowledge of Procure to Pay (P2P) business cycle and payment strategies as well as virtual card payments and working capital
• Experience in treasury management, commercial card, procurement, finance, or accounts payable role
• Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultancies
• Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders
• Logica…