NB Strategic Initiatives Procurement Manager

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This position will work on-site in Miami, Florida. 

 

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Royal Caribbean Group’s Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time New Build Strategic Initiatives Procurement Manager reporting to the Sr Director, Fleet Modernizations.

 

Position Summary:

This position is essential toward the completion of New Build projects on time and on budget, all scope related to this position is strictly tied toward a specific project and must be reviewed at a portfolio level to leverage volume using simple and complex sourcing strategies. They will be responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of sourcing strategies for the assigned category spends, on a project portfolio basis, with the objective of yielding optimal service, quality, and cost to the company.

This position will also serve as the single point of contact for all project related needs, issues, and initiatives for the overall portfolio. This will include working with other category manager or owners to ensure New Build Volume is being considered in their overarching strategy or price agreements. As well as work with the Shipyards and Site Offices to understand pain points and come up with the best sourcing strategies to help mitigate risk and create value for the organization.

This position will be responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and support on strategic sourcing decisions to facilitate efficient and cost-effective procurement execution. Develop sourcing strategies and manage continuous improvement KPI's for all procurement activities related to New Build purchases. Develop, manage, and analyses performance improvements while ensuring procurement targets updates are tracked, and reported on a weekly/monthly basis

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understanding of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning and ability to apply organizational acumen to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization
• Ability to develop the client’s annual category strategic procurement vision; develop and manage the Procurement strategy (aligned with the businesses) including maintaining historical data, setting targets and monitoring supplier performance
• Develop end to end strategic procurement process to effectively build an effective category sourcing strategy.
• Proficient in the use of a broad set of analytical tools to evaluate cost profile and cost reduction opportunities within assigned categories.
• Become the Subject Matter Expert within assigned category, with ability to influence and drive timely decisions.
• Develop and own the process for cost savings and spend management of assigned category.
• Work collaboratively and efficiently with all internal partners and stakeholders, to ensure alignment and prioritization of goals. Inclusive of  SLAs & KPIs for suppliers, in order to measure appropriate criteria such as cost reduction, quality, and timeliness.
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing methods, technologies and processes; ability to analyze, improve and re-evaluate organizational procurement process continuously.
• Understand forecasting, demand planning, material/supply/inventory planning, and manufacturing processes/capacity to verify supply commitments
• Drive supplier improvement initiatives to continually lower risk and reduce lead times.
• Owner of Supplier relationship deliver general category management reporting on business and supplier performance.
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually bene