Senior Marine Technical Procurement Category Manager

CIPS; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a Category Manager for Marine Technical Procurement to own strategic category management across vessel reliability, maintenance, dry dock, new-build and retrofit projects within our global cruise fleet.

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

Qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement/category management or supplier management.
• Experience in technical, engineering, maritime, transport or asset-intensive environments.
• Experience buying marine equipment, ship systems, maintenance services or retrofit categories.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver category strategies for marine technical products and services.
• Lead sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations and contract implementation.
• Support dry dock, maintenance, new-build and retrofit projects with procurement solutions.
• Partner with technical, operational, new-building and supply chain teams to understand specifications and demand.
• Manage supplier relationships, performance and service delivery.
• Deliver cost savings, value improvement, risk reduction and service enhancements.
• Use spend analysis, market insight, cost modelling and supplier evaluation to inform decisions.
• Resolve commercial, supplier and operational queries in line with procurement strategy.

Skills

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Contract management

Supplier management

Technical procurement

Engineering knowledge

Education

Degree in Engineering/Business/Supply Chain

CIPS or equivalent procurement qualification

Job description

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a Category Manager for Marine Technical Procurement to own strategic category management across vessel reliability, maintenance, dry dock, new-build and retrofit projects within our global cruise fleet.

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