Senior Project Buyer

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

40d•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 Global Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Senior Project Buyer reporting to the Manager, Project Procurement. This position is onsite and based in Miami, Florida. This position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship. Position Summary / Job Purpose: This position is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, negotiating and ultimately contracting goods and/or services. This position is essential toward the completion of the assigned projects, managing supplier relationships to ensure alignment with project strategies and goals. The position will work within the Newbuild Procurement team on outfitting and special features sourcing and contracting. The position challenges specifications, commercial practices, operating practices, and business processes with a focus on driving cost-effective solutions. This position will be responsible to ensure that the project is delivered on time and on budget in alignment with our internal customer’s needs and within our procurement guidelines and strategies. Scope related to this position is strictly tied toward a specific project. The qualified candidate will have strong planning, project management, cost control, sourcing, communication, and negotiating skills are required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent job experience
7+ 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
Strong organizational and planning 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

Nice To Haves

Emphasis in project management preferred.
Accreditation from Supply Chain Industry organization (i.e. CPSM, CPIM)
Ability to travel domestic and international, up to 20% of the time

Responsibilities

Procure goods and services for assigned projects such as newbuilds, dry docks, in-service projects, or operational maintenance, etc.
Implement a procurement and negotiation strategy based on variables such as price, quality, availability, warranty, project terms and conditions, etc.
Performs moderate to complex price analysis while considering total project cost, timing, and customer needs
Prepare, negotiate, and execute supplier agreements that meet business requirements
Single point of contact for internal customers, ensures that products or services are delivered as needed to ensure successful project completion.
Lead timely resolution of escalated supplier issues
Maintain commercial interface with suppliers
Provides guidance to internal customers during budget preparation such as product and service pricing
Awareness of compliance requirements of regulatory agencies (DNV, IMO, SOLAS, USPH, US Coast Guard, etc.)
Works independently and prioritizes tasks based on projects schedules
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.