What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Sourcing Manager-Information Technology position at Carnival?
The Manager, Information Technology, Strategic Sourcing, will create and drive strategic sourcing efforts for a group of spend categories with local and regional brand impacts to secure optimal sourcing opportunities that deliver value, drive savings, increase efficiencies / level of service, assure supply and mitigate sourcing risks.
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This position covers a spend of $200-$300M and will work closely with Information Technology, Telcom and IT Governance stakeholder groups. The manager will act as a strategic partner who listens to understand business team needs; provides expertise in planning and implementing sourcing initiatives; and maintain 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, Information Technology, Strategic Sourcing, applies spend category management best practices, tools and techniques in the development and implementation of an integrated strategic sourcing strategy to assess the overall opportunity within the categories for projects to then engage the stakeholders with facts and data.
This position is responsible for ensuring integration of the sourcing policy across the category and for managing strategic sourcing initiatives utilizing a 7-step strategic sourcing process that includes but is not limited to 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.
The Manager, Information Technology, Strategic Sourcing works closely with functional stakeholder management teams, across the North American and Australia (NAA) Brands, Corporate, and suppliers to ensure effective strategy development and implementation. This role requires someone with leadership experience, business savvy, and the ability to influence spend decisions.
Job Functions :
- Engages and collaborates with Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) stakeholders, NAA Sourcing Group, and Corporate brands. This position will be responsible for leading the category portfolio and have significant spend oversight in range of $200-$300M in Opex / CapEx. This involves a) Developing and implementing multi-year growth plans for their categories or “business units”; b) Commercial awareness and continuously managing trends and gaps in the market that impact their category and in turn the companies supply chain; and c) Managing suppliers to ensure flow of products / services to company.
- Lead, develop, and implement an integrated strategic process across their assigned category or categories. This role will work with CCL stakeholders, All Brand Group (ABG) and sister brands to identify strategic sourcing opportunities that effectively leverage our size and scale to deliver a competitive economic advantage while maintaining or improving quality and service levels. As needed, this role will develop a deep spend analysis by commodity, vendor and / or SKU to develop opportunities including an overall sourcing strategy.
- Manage Strategic Sourcing Initiatives utilizing a 7-step strategic sourcing process (including but not limited to a market analysis, supplier risk analysis, baseline spend analysis, RFP execution, formal negotiation strategy and plan, contracting and implementation and monitoring of source recommendation). Negotiate multi-million-dollar contracts on behalf of Carnival engaging with suppliers at the COO and CEO level.
- Manage contracts and key supplier relationships.
- Deliver Results to Performance Goals and Measurement including but not limited to hard savings, cost avoidance, supplier diversity and sustainability.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
Qualifications :
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :
Physical Demands : Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and / or computer for extended periods of time.
Travel : Less than 25% non-shipboard travel likely.
Work Conditions : Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety / health hazard potential.
This position is classified as “in-office.” As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Tuesday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Mondays and Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area.
Offers to selected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.
At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan. Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including :
Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans.
401(k) plan that includes a company match.
Holidays – All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee’s discretion.
Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends.
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