Senior Analyst, Responsible Sourcing & Supplier Engagement

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

Senior Analyst, Responsible Sourcing & Supplier Engagement

Senior Analyst – Responsible Sourcing & Supplier Engagement
Overview
Mastercard has set ambitious commitments, to have impact on the environment which includes Net Zero by 2040. The Responsible Sourcing team is focused on building a sustainable supply chain for the future by partnering with suppliers to set decarbonization goals and manage the progress and impact to Mastercard’s own scope 3 emissions.
This role will focus on the data elements and sources to dive a deeper understanding of supplier emissions against the products and services Mastercard procures. Tracking progress, identify risks and documenting findings for management updates. Working closely with suppliers, internal stakeholders and teams to identify and build solutions to improve data visibility and accuracy.
Being part of the Responsible Sourcing team, you will support broader program initiatives, including program governance - tracking supplier progress and mitigating risk, engaging suppliers through training and educations and the negotiation of contractual terms.
Responsibilities
• Build and analyse data from internal systems, breaking down spend and purchases into subcategories
• Work with suppliers to validate and obtain further clarity on purchases and associated GHG emissions
• Collaborate with wider business teams to enhance data collection and quality
• Govern suppliers through an established governance framework
• Support the preparation of business and supplier updates, including score cards and program status updates
• Continuous improvement, identify gaps and areas for improvement, build and track pipeline, own the outcome through exploration and change management
• Supplier engagement, negotiating and providing support to align on requirements and output
About you
A background in sourcing, having worked closely with suppliers to negotiate terms and conditions, managing performance of those contractual terms with effective supplier engagement.
• Excellent data analytics, advanced excel skills to create and summarize large data sets
• Proficient in Microsoft office applications
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm to apply data to discover and solve business challenges and questions
• Problem solving mentality, resourcefulness, and creativity in identifying solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build professional relationships, influence and negotiate.
• Flexible in approach – ability to pivot and manage change in fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of the GHG Protocol and Scope 3 standards (desired)
• Knowledge of Scope 3 and Green House Gas calculations (desired)
• Knowledge of procurement process and Purchase to Pay practices
• Knowledge and experience of using Coupa

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.