Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain - Hotel

Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain - Hotel

Miami, FL, United States

Job Description

The Director of Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Hotel oversees all Sourcing and Supply Chain for Hotel (operating supplies and equipment-guest facing and back of the house) for North American brands (CCL, PCL, HAL, SBN) in US and Europe directly and will collaborate with Director in Australia to build on local sourcing in Australia. Major categories include Linen, Terry, Uniforms, China, glass, silver, consumables, mattress.

The ideal candidate is a results-oriented strategic thinker and an excellent project manager, capable of managing multiple stakeholders and priorities. The role will be the ‘subject matter expert’ for all supply chain matters including: pricing, supply, service level requirements, agreements, issues and contracts. This is an extremely fast paced role with several conflicting priorities and pressures as role is responsible to ensure the costs are low and fill rates are high for one of the most important guest facing categories for our brands – Hotel.

The leader will work very closely with Director, VP and SVP level stakeholders across brands to propose strategy, share risks and deliver results for cost innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and drive sourcing and supply chain strategy for over $300M spend in US and Europe. Evaluate manufacturer direct and distribution partnerships to ensure we are leveraging scale for all North American brands while increasing local spend. Collaborate with the team in Australia. Manage a team consisting of a 4 Category managers and 1-3 specialists.

Develop and mature a Sourcing team that collaborates closely with tactical sourcing/procurement, inventory management, and logistics teams . Forecast category risks, mitigation plans and provide input for finance teams for budgets

Master the brand centric approach-work closely with all stakeholders to understand needs and adjust strategies and supply chain approach to the preferred operating model for each brand. Create robust strategies to meet business requirements while influencing and partnering with stakeholders for sourcing decisions. Optimize the distribution network to lower operational costs. Perform annual TCO analysis of global vs local spend to support local supplier base.

Align with CCL and PCL/HAL/SBN procurement teams and with CCL and PCL/HAL/SBN logistics teams regarding strategy.

Ensuring systems are updated properly before the PO’s are issued. Ensure OTIF is at 90%+.

Build and execute strategy to support Carnival responsible business and greenhouse reduction initiatives

Support VP, FBH, Sourcing and Supply Chain on other ad-hoc activities as needed

Building trust with stakeholders. Influence Director and VP+ level stakeholders to drive cost innovation

Thinking creatively to develop efficient sourcing and procurement operations.

Keeping ahead of category risks and providing guidance and alignment to reduce any pricing or availability risk.

Essential Functions:

Development of effective long-term sourcing strategies across hotel categories that create long term value, efficient delivery of goods, ROI, NPS, and quality while delivering on brand objectives. Ensure strategies and contracts are finalized within expected time frame to support regional operations. Optimize and increase local purchases using TCO and influence.

Development and execution of Cost innovation and risk management strategies to provide value. Manage inflation mitigation and supply chain risks. Effectively communicate plans and impacts to brand leadership through the development of succinct business cases.

Manage sourcing engagement within the organization and process partners to effectively leverage our scale, simplify the supplier base, reduce total cost of ownership, harmonize, and rationalize the specs, improve service levels, and create value. Work cross functionally with procurement teams to ensure local support is provided.

Develop trusted relationship across stakeholder teams; is viewed as a valued business partner. Influences change and buy-in across the stakeholder groups and leadership.

Lead Supplier Relationship…