UK remote
Spend Operations Supply Chain & Delivery Function Lead
About this role
Your mission: Wise is building a scalable, transparent, and cost-efficient card issuance supply chain. We’re looking for a Supply Chain Function Lead – Card Issuance to own the multi-year strategy for card manufacturing and delivery, design the operating model for a high-performing global supply chain function, and lead our partner portfolio end-to-end—from selection and governance to commercial negotiations and performance.
A core part of this role is senior partner stakeholder management: you’ll represent Wise externally, keep vendors accountable to outcomes, and influence partner priorities and behaviours to protect Wise’s customer experience, cost, and resilience goals. What you’ll do Set strategy & build the operating model Define and drive the 1–3 year strategy for card manufacturing and delivery—balancing service levels, product experience, cost-to-serve, and transparency.
Design the operating model for a scalable global supply chain function (team structure, governance cadence, escalation paths, decision forums, metrics/scorecards). Own the monitoring roadmap (coverage, controls, ROI) so issues are detected early and resolved through clear ownership. Own the partner portfolio & drive vendor accountability (critical) Lead the global partner portfolio strategy (manufacturer + delivery partners), including multi-vendor coverage and concentration risk management.
Establish high-impact vendor governance: performance scorecards (SLA, quality, lead times, loss/damage, scan compliance, complaints, transparency) structured escalation and remediation playbooks root-cause expectations and corrective action plans with deadlines Represent Wise in senior partner forums and ensure Wise priorities are executed Proactively identify underperformance and lead exec-level decisions: invest / fix / replace, including transition planning and risk-managed migrations .
Lead commercial negotiation & contract strategy Negotiate contracts end-to-end with a strong commercial stance: pricing models, volume tiers, indexation, cost drivers. Build robust contract architecture: SLAs/KPIs with meaningful remedies (credits/penalties/step-in rights), auditability, data transparency, and strong exit/transition clauses. Continuously challenge cost-to-serve while protecting customer experience. Influence cross-functionally & deliver change Partner with Product, Ops, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Customer Support to define requirements and design scalable solutions.