Senior Buyer

Royal Caribbean Cruises LtdMiami, FL
Onsite

About The Position

Royal Caribbean Group is a vacation-industry leader with global brands including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises. The company is dedicated to providing innovative fleets and private destinations, aiming to turn vacations into a lifetime of experiences for guests. The Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Buyer. This role is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and negotiating goods and services within a specialized area such as food, beverage, technical, or IT. The incumbent requires comprehensive knowledge of specialized commodities to influence procurement decisions for complex/critical goods and services with both customers and suppliers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and knowledge.
  • 5+ yrs. related procurement experience or specialized technical experience required.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and priorities.
  • Negotiation and analytical skills required.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in a multicultural environment with all levels of employees and management.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions and percentages.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Responsibilities

  • Research suppliers from a variety of usual and unusual sources.
  • Develops a procurement and negotiation strategy based on few variables.
  • Performs moderately complex price analysis based on few variables and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
  • Negotiates price, availability, and works with Logistics to define transportation and delivery schedule. (i.e., ordering and storing schedule)
  • Manages supplier performance to ensure consistent service, high quality and low costs of goods/services.
  • Works independently with minimum supervision and freedom of decision within guidelines. Seeks guidance from management on unusual situations.
  • May provide guidance to junior positions (i.e., Buyer I, Buyer II).
  • May travel to attend trade shows, audit suppliers, visit ships for loadings, repositioning etc.

Benefits

  • competitive compensation & benefits package
  • excellent career development opportunities
  • unique ways to explore the world
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