Buyer III

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd • Miami, FL

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. 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.

This position is on site based in Weston, Florida.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

Royal Caribbean Group’s Supply Chain Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Buyer lll reporting to the Transportation Supervisor

Position Summary / Job Purpose:
The incumbent is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and negotiating goods and services for an area in which they specialize such as such as food, beverage, technical, IT, etc. They require comprehensive knowledge of specialized commodities in order to influence customers and suppliers in procurement decision of complex/critical goods and services

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and knowledge.
• 5+ yrs. related procurement experience or specialized technical experience required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and priorities.
• Negotiation and analytical skills required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in a multicultural environment with all levels of employees and management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions and percentages.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Responsibilities

• Research suppliers from a variety of usual and unusual sources.
• Develops a procurement and negotiation strategy based on few variables.
• Performs moderately complex price analysis based on few variables and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Negotiates price, availability, and works with Logistics to define transportation and delivery schedule. (i.e., ordering and storing schedule)
• Manages supplier performance to ensure consistent service, high quality and low costs of goods/services.
• Works independently with minimum supervision and freedom of decision within guidelines. Seeks guidance from management on unusual situations.
• May provide guidance to junior positions (i.e., Buyer I, Buyer II).
• May travel to attend trade shows, audit suppliers, visit ships for loadings, repositioning etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level