Director,Sourcing&SupplierManagement

**Our Purpose** _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._ **Title and Summary** ### Director , Sourcing & Supplier Management ### Overview • Manages the full scope of Mastercard’s supply chain to effectively meet its business needs while mitigating risk. • This includes the development and execution of global sourcing strategies, assessing and managing supplier risk, providing payment solutions, and growing supplier diversity. Responsibilities • Manages the supply base across designated category, business unit, market, and/or regions to reduce cost and maximize value • Provides expertise on market conditions, industry trends, category/product knowledge and emerging supply options • Partners across the Sourcing and Third Party Risk Management functions as well as all business and finance functions to understand historical spend data, future demands, obligations, business needs and consequently develops sourcing strategy and implementation plans for the regions • Strengthens relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders • Progress and administer procure-to-pay policies through trainings and providing transparency through communications and reporting. • Contributing to the strategic sourcing process by analyzing spend, defining requirements, developing strategies, authoring RFx's and negotiating contracts while improving supplier performance and mitigating risk. • Manages improvement initiatives • Deep knowledge and understanding of sourcing, risk, and legal processes • Negotiates large transactions Experiences • Exp