Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect

Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect will lead and manage efforts to secure optimal sourcing opportunities with local and regional impacts. This role aims to deliver value, drive savings, increase efficiencies, assure supply, and mitigate supply chain risks. The Manager will act as a strategic partner who listens to understand business needs, plan and implement sourcing initiatives, and ensure project timelines and deliverables are met. The Manager, Strategic Sourcing Indirect is responsible for ensuring integration of the procurement / sourcing policy and utilizing a strategic sourcing process that includes but is not limited to a rigorous market / region analysis, supplier risk analysis, and baseline spend analysis, to generate options and document a strategic sourcing plan that may include RFP execution, negotiations with suppliers, contract execution and implementation, and monitoring of source recommendations. They will work closely with various functional stakeholder groups at the VP and SVP level, providing expertise in effective strategy development, spend management, analysis, and negotiation. This role requires someone with leadership experience, business savvy, and the ability to influence spend decisions. The ideal candidate will be able to interpret and operationalize sourcing strategies developed by senior leadership or category leads, ensuring consistent execution and measurable value delivery.

Job Functions :

• Lead, develop, and implement an integrated strategic process across brands.
• Manages Strategic Sourcing Initiatives utilizing a strategic sourcing process.
• Manages Contracts and Key Supplier Relationships.
• Engages and collaborates with brand stakeholders and corporate teams.

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% with 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 :

Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company, our mission to deliver unforgettable happiness to our guest through our diverse portfolio of leading cruise brands and island destinations, including Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America and Australia; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; AIDA in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe. Join us and embark on a career that offers not only the chance to grow professionally but also the opportunity to be part of a global community that makes a difference. In addition to other duties / functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting ethical and compliant culture. More specifically, this position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when they see misconduct or have concerns. Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. In this regard, it does not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal, and / or international law.