Sr. Lead, Technical Procurement

Marine Services Manager – Marine Technical Procurement

Location: Weybridge UK

Journey with us

Bring your technical procurement experience to a global Marine Procurement team supporting one of the world’s largest cruise fleets Royal Caribbean Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package strong career development opportunities and the chance to work in a dynamic international environment

About Royal Caribbean Group

Royal Caribbean Group is the world’s largest cruise line operating globally across an exciting and fast-moving industry Our teams are passionate innovative and focused on continuously improving how we work

Job Summary

The Marine Services Manager is responsible for developing and managing the company’s marine services portfolio ensuring safe reliable competitive and sustainable service delivery across the fleet and marine operations

As Marine Services Manager you will lead the development and execution of category strategies sourcing and contracting activities supplier management and performance improvement initiatives within Marine Services Working closely with Technical Operations Projects Finance and other Procurement teams the Marine Services Manager ensures that commercial solutions support operational requirements while delivering cost efficiency supply security standardization and long-term value

You will source specialist products and services negotiate with suppliers manage contracts and use market insight spend analysis and supplier performance data to deliver commercially strong procurement solutions

This role is well suited to a procurement professional with experience in strategic category management or a service manager within the maritime industry transport manufacturing or asset-intensive environment

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies and roadmaps for assigned Marine Services categories

Lead strategic sourcing activities tenders commercial negotiations

• and contract awards

Develop fit-for-purpose commercial models rate structures service levels

• and contractual frameworks

Act as the commercial focal point between Marine Procurement Technical Operations

• and suppliers
• Establish structured supplier relationship and performance management for strategic suppliers

Develop transparency of spend demand rates

• and total cost across Marine Services

Establish baselines and track savings cost avoidance

• and value creation

Resolve commercial

• supplier and operational queries in line with procurement strategy

Work Environment

• Up to 25% domestic and international travel as necessary

What we’d love you to have:

At least 5 years’ experience as a service manager working within category management

• strategic sourcing or supplier management

Background in technical engineering maritime transport

• manufacturing or other asset-intensive environments

Experience buying technical products or services such as marine equipment ship systems engineering components maintenance services repairs spares

• new-build or retrofit categories

Strong knowledge of supplier management

• specification-led sourcing and contract management

Excellent negotiation

• communication and stakeholder management skills

highly self-driven and proactive with a strong sense of ownership Taking initiative moving tasks forward independently

• and can maintain momentum until results are delivered

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a global

• fast-moving environment

Beneficial: Degree in Engineering Business Supply Chain Management or similar; CIPS or equivalent procurement qualification

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If this sounds like the right next step for you we’d love to hear from you

You can expect a unique global opportunity exciting challenges and great colleagues in one of the world’s largest cruise operators

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race colour religion sex age national origin disability sexual orientation sexuality gender identity or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by law Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment

Thank you for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We hope to see you onboard soon

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