Manager, Strategic Sourcing (Corporate)

Carnival Corporation • Miami, FL

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technical will drive strategic sourcing efforts across various spend categories within the Technical Supply Chain. This includes but is not limited to ship systems, safety, hotel, furnishings, navigation, environmental, repair & maintenance to deliver value, drive savings, increase efficiencies and mitigate risks. This position will work closely with stakeholder groups across our North American brands (Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Line, Holland America Line & Seabourn) as a strategic partner who listens to understand business needs; provides expertise in planning and implementing sourcing initiatives; and maintains a focus on project timelines and deliverables to ensure business goals and objectives are met. The position will use mastery of analytical skills to solve complex problems utilizing a data driven approach to decision making. The Manager applies category management best practices, tools and techniques in the development and implementation of an integrated sourcing strategy and assesses the overall opportunity of the spend categories for projects to engage the stakeholders with facts and data. This position is responsible for ensuring integration of sourcing policies across assigned categories and leading strategic sourcing initiatives using a structured strategic sourcing process. This includes market analysis, supplier risk analysis, and baseline spend analysis to develop and document sourcing strategies covering RFP execution, negotiations, contract execution, implementation, and ongoing performance monitoring. This position works closely with functional stakeholder management teams, across the Brands (operating lines), Corporate, and suppliers to ensure effective strategy development and implementation. This role requires someone with leadership experience, business savvy, and the ability to influence spend decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Marine/Industrial Engineering, Naval Architecture, Construction Management, or similar discipline is required.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience leading strategic sourcing initiatives within technical operations, marine operations, hotel refurbishment, commercial construction, ship building, or related industries, utilizing best-practices category management methodology (e.g., "six-" or "seven-step process") with expertise in influencing business strategy, supplier relations, and leadership.
• Excellent experience in running RFP’s/RFX utilizing technology and eProcurement.
• Excellent analytical skills: ability to gather and analyze information skillfully, model information in Excel, financial analysis (including TCO modeling, make/buy analysis, cost-to-serve analysis, etc.), draw conclusions from data.
• Market analysis (including Industry and Supplier analysis).
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and creating action-oriented presentations.
• Strategic thought leader, including sourcing strategy planning, formulation, implementation.
• Results-oriented under fast-paced, ambiguous conditions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including developing PowerPoint presentations and frequently presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Strong contract development and negotiation strategy and skills.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.
• CPSM or CPM preferred

Responsibilities

• Engages and collaborates with our North American regional brand stakeholders.
• The position will be responsible for leading their assigned category portfolio.
• Acting as the primary interface with key stakeholders and managing the cross-brand initiatives with Corporate and sister brands.
• Identifies Strategic Sourcing Opportunities.
• This role will work with stakeholders, Corporate and sister brands to identify strategic sourcing opportunities that increase quality and reduce cost.
• This position will develop a deep spend analysis by commodity and vendor to develop opportunities including an overall sourcing strategy.
• Will engage key stakeholders with facts and data to develop plans and gain alignment.
• Manages Strategic Sourcing Initiatives.
• Based on the sourcing initiatives, this role will use the 7-step strategic sourcing process to manage the initiatives including a market, vendor and baseline spend analysis.
• This role will be responsible for developing a negotiation plan for each initiative in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Manages Contracts and Key Supplier Relationships.
• Will manage key supplier relationships for the regional brands on key global relationships.
• This will include leading and establishing a strong supplier relationship management program.
• Understand global, regional, and local contracts and manage key contracts.
• Ensure smooth transition of agreements to procurement team to load pricing for order execution.
• Delivers Results to Performance Goals and Measurements.
• Using our savings methodology, the role is responsible for leading and delivering hard savings targets for the category as well as cost avoidance targets.
• Also responsible for supplier diversity and sustainability goals.
• These measurements include initiatives lead at the brand level and ensuring regional or global initiatives are completed that impact the brand.

Benefits

• All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program
• Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
• Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
• company paid term life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match
• Employee Stock Purchase plan
• All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee’s discretion.
• All full-time employees at the manager and below level start with 14 days/year; director and above level start with 19 days/year.
• Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 84 hours/year.
• All employees gain additional vacation time with further tenure.
• All full-time employees receive 80 hours of sick time each year.
• Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 60 hours each year.
• Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends
• Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement
• On-site Fitness center at our Miami campus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager