Procurement Manager, Indirect Procurement

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Indirect Procurement Manager  reporting to the AVP of Indirect Procurement .

The position is onsite and based in Miramar, Florida.

The position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Position Summary/Job Purpose:

Procurement leader in developing and implementing sourcing strategies to deliver maximum value through standardization of procurement source to pay process to support, in partnership with Business senior stakeholders from the Non PO / Indirect Procurement space across the enterprise providing leadership and direction on strategic sourcing decisions in a total cost of ownership (TCO) perspective while ensuring our company’s targets are delivered.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic direction and leadership. Identifying global sourcing opportunities to maximize operational efficiencies and develop solutions to attain optimal service levels
• Develop and implement category sourcing strategies based on solid understanding of services under responsibility including market & industry research and related services
• Manages continuous improvement KPI's for all procurement activities related to strategically procure/negotiate indirect services among other sub-categories delivering financial performance and supplier performance.
• Develop, manage, and analyses performance improvements while ensuring procurement targets updates are tracked, and reported on a weekly/monthly basis (i.e. Monthly Operational Review MOR)
• Develop procurement plans for projects and operations and ensure that appropriate resources are allocated within forecasted budget. Prioritize workload and support based on degree of urgency specific to projects/operational requirements. Oversees execution of procurement plan, ensuring compliance with anti-trust and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Evaluate customer requirements and establish service level agreements to improve and sustain performance. Manage customer expectations through regular progress updates and review meetings
• Review, analyze and present status and progress updates to Executive Committee (Non PO / Indirect Procurement sub-categories) to ensure projects are on target and within budget
• Drive initiatives to identify value creation opportunities and support the organization’s cost reduction objectives while maintaining customer satisfaction with quality and delivery performance
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships management (SRM) to create and sustain a competitive advantage globally by leveraging spend and volume and optimize supplier delivery performance and fostering innovation
• Review and approve sourcing recommendations and agreements for legal correctness, price and quality effectiveness
• Able to review pricing components (cost breakdown and should cost analysis) for various goods and services to better evaluate and negotiate costs
• Works closely with internal clients to identify appropriate vendors, communicate company needs and procure estimates and bids for both ongoing engagements and per project work
• Negotiate, execute, and manage complex multi-year contracts and agreements with a spend under management of $1Bi (Non- PO Spend) and growing expanding the indirect Procurement support to the Non-PO space of today in light of the procurement policy
• Collaborate with other areas of Supply Chain in particular Accounting and Legal to achieve optimal execution of agreements and multi-year contracts
• Contributes to ongoing review, improvement, and enhancement of processes/tools/systems to facilitate procurement execution under our source to pay end to end process
• Evaluate and analyses potential risks to the project portfolio from a supply chain aspect. Develops risk mitigation plans and execution to ensure reduced risk to overall portfolio. Compile and present status and progress updates to Leadership to ensure risk mitigation plans are aligned and on track
• 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.

Education, Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required in related field
• 10 + years related experience with an emphasis in procuring indirect services and/or products, or similar procurement background in progressively responsible positions (Purchasing Category Management, sourcing and contracting experience mainly)
• Previous managerial experience required related to procurement and/or supply chain function.

• Experience working with Sourcing, Contracting and P2P suites i.e. Oracle, Coupa, SAP Ariba, etc is preferred.
• Broad industry knowledge of industry and categories under management

• Ability to manage the financial aspects of the assigned procurement function, including the successful identification of expense reduction through cost efficiencies
• Ability to manage headcount and budgets within area
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal service including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques
• Knowledge of policies and practices involved including contracting and procurement among other company’s policies among other important procedures ensuring 100% compliance
• Ability to manage a staff in a positive and productive manner by motivating, developing, and managing employees as they work
• Ability to utilize and administer the disciplinary action process through coaching and counselling to improve performance or terminate employment

Financial Responsibilities:

• Oversees a multi-million-dollar category spend. (+$1Bi million annual spend – Non PO spend)

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel, as necessary.

Agency and Third-Party Submissions:  Please note this is a direct search by the Company, and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.