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The Royal Caribbean Group's Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Procurement Manager reporting to the Director, Procurement F&B and Hotel.

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

Position Summary:

The Procurement Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating the activities of the staff engaged in fulfilling the goals and objectives of the Procurement function. The Procurement Manager is responsible for the direct management of categories assigned, including development of procurement strategy and objectives in line with Company Brand requirements. The role is responsible for the sourcing, negotiation, and contracting of all products in the assigned categories.

• Manages the Hotel category spend, identifies relevant products' stakeholders and usage, evaluate comparable products and performance, benchmark expenditures and features.
• Coordinates Buyer/TCS resources according to Category Sourcing strategies agreed with senior management, ensuring the highest value creation, savings, and cost avoidance.
• Provide guidance to the Procurement Director on medium-long run procurement strategies on the category of competence
• Identify potential new categories and commodities trends to split the product / vendor portfolio in actionable sections to bring savings or product improvements.
• Monitor market trends to capitalize on raw material volatility opportunities and long-term planning, renew contracts at convenient timings and periodically re-bid existing product range and vendors.
• Ensures the TCO analysis (Total Cost of Ownership), quantifying the impact and lifespan of any investment and reporting accordingly. Produce scenarios and forecasts on all pursuable options and present findings to management and executives.
• Constantly monitors market trends, inflation trends and sets up team sourcing strategies accordingly.
• Owns the fleet expenditure and the product range pricings and timings, ensuring no disruption is recorded when Supply Chain department releases orders.
• Responsible for Executive reporting for Hotel Category sourcing, ensure full tracking of all performed activities and ensures clear and solid data view.
• Maintain a procurement and negotiation strategy based on multiple and often complex variables. Negotiates price, availability, transportation, and delivery schedule.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to gather, sort and address needs regarding new implementations, discontinued products, and range widening. Align with RCG peers on products specs and adoption, identifying possible cost savings or quality improvements.
• Coordinates with other Procurement Managers/Sr. Managers for cross-category projects.
• Manage Risks & Ensure Contractual Integrity by ensuring full signature of T&C's and Item Specifications before awarding business.
• Performs complex price analysis of multiple variables. Expert use of analysis, forecasting, problem solving and quality improvement to develop strategies for dynamic market conditions.
• Negotiate purchase price, terms of payment and contractual conditions to achieve the lowest economical cost consistent with quality, service and operational performance requirements identified.
• Attends industry trade shows and conferences.
• Measures and evaluates supplier on-time delivery performance.

• 8 + years related procurement experience or specialized technical experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required in related field.
• 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 suppliers and all levels of staff and management, both shipboard and shoreside.