Royal Caribbean

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 & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

NOTE: This is a full-time in-person role based in the company’s headquarters in Miami, FL. Applicants must be available to work in Miami, FL Monday – Thursday, with work from home on Friday.

Position Summary

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 Chief Marketing officers, the business teams across the enterprise providing leadership and direction on strategic sourcing decisions in a total cost of ownership 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 marketing sourcing strategies based on solid understanding of marketing agencies, media, advertising industry and related services.
• Manages continuous improvement KPI's for all procurement activities related to strategically procure/negotiate marketing 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.
• 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 (including Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) for RCG Brands) to ensure projects are on target and within budget. 
• Drive initiatives to identify cost savings opportunities and support the organization’s cost reduction objectives while maintaining customer satisfaction with quality and delivery performance. 
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships to create and sustain a competitive advantage globally by leveraging spend and volume and optimize supplier delivery performance.
• Review and approve sourcing recommendations and agreements for legal correctness, price and quality effectiveness.
• Able to review pricing components for various advertising and marketing campaigns to better evaluate and negotiate costs.
• Works closely with internal clients (including CMOs) 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 values often exceeding $50M.
• Collaborate with other areas of Supply Chain in particular Accounting and Legal to achieve optimal execution.
• Contributes to ongoing review, improvement, and enhancement of processes/tools/systems to facilitate procurement execution.
• 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 marketing services and products, or similar marketing 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 advertising, traditional and social media, e-commerce, digital and in-house corporate marketing, creative and production.
• MBA is a plus.
• 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 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.
• Ability to read and write English to understand and interpret written procedures. This includes the ability to give and receive instructions in written and verbal forms and to effectively present information and respond to questions from, management, co-workers, shipboard employees, and vendors.
• Working knowledge of computers, Internet access, and the ability to navigate within a variety of Microsoft software packages such as Excel and Word

Financial Responsibilities

• Oversees a multi-million-dollar commodity spend. (+$500 million annual spend)

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 opportunities 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.