Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect

Overview

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Indirect (e.g., Retail, Entertainment, Professional Services, Marketing, HR) will lead and manage efforts to secure optimal sourcing opportunities with local and regional impacts. This role aims to deliver value, drive savings, increase efficiency, 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 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.

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. Identify strategic sourcing opportunities that leverage our size and scale to deliver competitive advantage while maintaining or improving quality and service levels. Conduct deep spend analysis by commodity, vendor and / or SKU to develop opportunities and overall sourcing strategy.
• Manage Strategic Sourcing Initiatives utilizing a strategic sourcing process (market / region analysis, supplier risk analysis, baseline spend analysis, RFP execution, negotiation strategy and plan, contracting, implementation, and monitoring of source recommendations). Negotiate multi-million-dollar contracts on behalf of Carnival engaging suppliers at the COO and CEO level.
• Manage Contracts and Key Supplier Relationships.
• Engage and collaborate with brand stakeholders and corporate teams. Manage category portfolio with significant spend oversight in Opex / CapEx : develop and implement multi-year growth plans for category / business units; monitor market trends and gaps affecting the category; manage suppliers to ensure uninterrupted flow of products / services.
• Deliver results to performance goals and measurement including hard savings, cost avoidance, supplier diversity and sustainability.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Qualifications

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.” Employees may work from home on Mondays and Fridays; employees must be located in or willing to relocate to the Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area.

Benefits

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About Us

Carnival Corporation & plc is the world’s largest leisure travel company. Our mission is to deliver unforgettable happiness to our guests 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 an ethical and compliant culture. Integrity, honesty, respectful treatment of others, and a willingness to speak up when misconduct is observed are essential.

Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate 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 law.

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