Assistant Category Manager

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group in Weybridge, UK invites an Assistant Category Manager for Marine Technical Procurement to defining and delivering cost-effective, innovative procurement solutions for the fleet. You will collaborate with technical, New-building, operations and supplier teams to implement category strategies and support retrofit projects.

You will engage with suppliers, perform cost modelling, spend analysis, and negotiate contracts while balancing safety, reliability and cost optimisation

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years in procurement or technical sales & marketing in maritime/transport or similar industries.
• Strong understanding of technical procurement principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Support new-building projects and ongoing maintenance with innovative procurement solutions.
• Contribute to building and executing global category strategies for safe, reliable, and cost-optimal operations.
• Engage with suppliers to negotiate contracts and manage relationships.
• Collaborate with technical and operational teams to understand project requirements and specifications, supporting sourcing projects.
• Assist with cost modelling, spend analysis, and evaluation of quotations.

Skills

Procurement

Stakeholder mgmt

Negotiation

Cross-functional work

Problem solving

Commercial mindset

Education

BSc or MSc in Engineering/Business/Supply Chain

Job description

Assistant Category Manager

This role is based in Weybridge, UK.

Journey with us!

Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of Category Managers. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

About Us

Royal Caribbean Group is the world’s largest cruise line. It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join a global business that is blazing a trail in the travel industry right now.

At Royal Caribbean Group we never rest on our laurels; we constantly strive to improve our work and be at the forefront of the industry. The work that we do is exciting, challenging, and innovative. We are passionate, we are innovative, and we are unstoppable.

Job Summary

As an Assistant Category Manager in Marine Technical Procurement, you will work closely with our technical, New-building, operational teams and suppliers to define and deliver cost-competitive, differentiated solutions to the Royal Caribbean fleet of Cruise vessels. You will be a key contributor to the continued development and implementation of the category strategies with a strong focus on optimising the operations. You will build a broad network and collaborative relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders, implementing our category strategies and support various stakeholders as well as being involved in innovation and retrofit projects.

• Support new-building projects and ongoing maintenance with innovative procurement solutions
• Contribute to building and executing on our global category strategies to ensure best in class safe, reliable and cost optimal operation
• Engage with suppliers to negotiate contracts, manage relationships, and ensure supply chain reliability
• Collaborate closely with technical and operational teams to understand project requirements and technical specifications, and support sourcing projects within the team
• Support the team in establishing and applying cost modelling concepts, spend & demand analysis, and evaluation of quotations
• Addressing day to day operational queries within your area of responsibility
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel as necessary

What we’d love you to have:

• Minimum 2 – 3 years’ experience in procurement or technical sales & marketing within the maritime, transport or other relevant industry
• Good understanding of technical procurement
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Strong commercial mindset and a keen problem solver with a strong personal drive
• Beneficial: BSc or MSc in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, or similar

We guarantee excitement, challenges, great colleagues, a unique global opportunity in one of the world’s largest operators in the cruise industry.

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.