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Spend Operations Supply Chain & Delivery Function Lead

London, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the end-to-end strategy, operating model, and partner portfolio for a global card issuance supply chain, covering manufacturing, personalization, and secure physical delivery.

Role type

Senior Supply Chain Function Lead (Card Issuance)

Builds

Scalable global supply chain function for card manufacturing and delivery

Domain

Fintech / Payments / Physical Logistics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

End-to-end supply chain strategy, vendor governance and accountability, high-stakes commercial negotiation, contract design (SLAs/KPIs/remedies), multi-vendor portfolio management, cross-functional program leadership, people leadership, operational literacy in card manufacturing and courier delivery

Preferred skills

Experience in payments/fintech, card fulfillment and last-mile delivery optimization, BCP/resilience planning

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Define and drive 1–3 year strategy for card manufacturing and delivery; design operating model and governance cadence; lead global partner portfolio strategy and vendor accountability; negotiate contracts and build contract architecture; influence cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions; hire, coach, and develop the supply chain team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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