Manager, Project Procurement

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests. The Royal Caribbean Group’s Fleet Modernization Procurement Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Manager, Project Procurement reporting to the Senior Director, Fleet Modernization. The position is onsite and based in Miramar, Florida. The position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship. Position Summary / Job Purpose: This position is responsible for leading the planning, execution and monitoring phases of procurement projects as well as the procurement of materials, equipment, services, and subcontracting activities for Fleet Modernization projects. This position will liaise with multi-site teams and engage in large scale, multi-year, complex contracting for large capital projects. This position challenges technical specifications, commercial practices, and business processes with a focus on driving cost-effective operations. Strong sourcing, contractual writing and negotiating skills are required. The incumbent will work closely with most areas of Supply Chain, Newbuild organization, Brand Operations, Finance, and Project Controls teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent job experience
Large Capex project experience
Shipyard or contractor contracts experience
10+ years’ experience in Procurement, Technical, Engineering, Commercial or Project Environment
Learn/work in multiple systems/tools such as JDE, Databases, Microsoft Office, MS Project, etc.
Strong commercial awareness and negotiating skills
Self-starter, strong influencing, communication, and facilitative skills
Flexibility/adaptability to changing priorities, multiple internal customers
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively in a multicultural environment with all levels of internal and external customers
Ability to bring teams together to resolve issues and achieve targets and goals
Knowledge of strategic sourcing and procurement work processes and solutions
Sense of ownership and urgency
Ability to travel domestic and international, up to 20% of the time

Nice To Haves

Accreditation from Supply Chain Industry organization (i.e. CPSM, CPIM)

Responsibilities

Leading the procurement of materials, equipment, services, and subcontracts for Fleet Modernizations.
Position leads a procurement task force team assigned to the project responsible for supplier relationships to ensure alignment with project strategy and goals.
Role challenges technical specifications, commercial practices, operating practices, and business processes with a focus on management, cost control, sourcing, communication, and negotiating.
Charged with the efficient and effective material control of the project procurement requirements from planning through sourcing, expediting, transport, and receipt.
This role is the single point of contact between the Supply Chain Team and the project team for assigned project(s).
Lead timely resolution of sophisticated supplier issues.
Collaborate closely and frequently with Project Buyers, Category Managers, Fulfillment, and Logistics.
Run and analyze material status reports and communicate risks and problem areas to project teams regularly.
Must be capable of building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external customers.
Leads development of procurement and negotiation strategy based on multiple and often complex variables and lead contract negotiations.
Work closely with supported business areas and functional organizations to ensure stability and cost efficiency of supply.
Conduct, communicate, and respond to changing market conditions and business drivers on a global basis to improve supply position and minimize risk.
Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.