Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technical

Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technical

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technical will drive strategic sourcing efforts across various spend categories within the Technical Supply Chain. This includes working within ship systems, safety, hotel, furnishings, navigation, environmental, repair and maintenance to deliver value, drive savings, increase efficiencies and mitigate risks.

This position will work closely with stakeholder groups across our North American brands (Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Line, Holland America Line & Seabourn) as a strategic partner who listens to understand business needs; provides expertise in planning and implementing sourcing initiatives; and maintains a focus on project timelines and deliverables to ensure business goals and objectives are met.

The position will use mastery of analytical skills to solve complex problems utilizing a data‑driven approach to decision making. The Manager applies category management best practices, tools and techniques in the development and implementation of an integrated sourcing strategy and assesses the overall opportunity of the spend categories for projects to engage stakeholders with facts and data.

This position is responsible for ensuring integration of the sourcing policy across the category and managing strategic sourcing initiatives utilizing a 7‑step strategic sourcing process that includes a rigorous market analysis, supplier risk analysis and baseline spend analysis to generate options and document a strategic sourcing plan that includes RFP execution, negotiations with suppliers, contract execution and implementation and monitoring of source recommendations.

This role requires someone with leadership experience, business savvy, and the ability to influence spend decisions.

• Engages and collaborates with our North American regional brand stakeholders, leading their assigned category portfolio and acting as the primary interface with key stakeholders and managing cross‑brand initiatives with Corporate and sister brands.
• Identifies Strategic Sourcing Opportunities. Works with stakeholders, Corporate and sister brands to identify sourcing opportunities that increase quality and reduce cost, developing a deep spend analysis by commodity and vendor to create opportunities and an overall sourcing strategy.
• Manages Strategic Sourcing Initiatives. Uses the 7‑step strategic sourcing process to manage initiatives, including market, vendor and baseline spend analysis, and develops a negotiation plan for each initiative in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Manages Contracts and Key Supplier Relationships. Manages key supplier relationships for the regional brands on global relationships, leading a supplier relationship management program, understanding global, regional and local contracts, and ensuring smooth transition of agreements to procurement for order execution.
• Delivers Results to Performance Goals and Measurements. Leads and delivers hard savings targets, cost avoidance, supplier diversity and sustainability goals, ensuring regional or global initiatives impact brand performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Marine/Industrial Engineering, Naval Architecture, Construction Management, or a similar discipline.
• MBA preferred.
• CPSM or CPM preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading strategic sourcing initiatives in technical operations, hotel refurbishment, commercial construction or ship building using category management methodology, influencing business strategy, supplier relations and leadership.
• Excellent experience in running RFPs/RFX utilizing technology and eProcurement.
• Excellent analytical skills: data gathering, Excel modeling, financial analysis (TCO modelling, make/buy analysis, cost‑to‑serve), market analysis.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and capable of creating action‑oriented presentations.
• Strategic thought leader in sourcing strategy planning and implementation.
• Results‑oriented under fast‑paced, ambiguous conditions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including developing PowerPoint presentations and presenting to senior…