Category Manager - Professional Services and Category Manager - Professional Services and Contingent Labor

JOB SUMMARY

Identify adequate and qualified international sources of supply for NCLH's required products and / or services. Recommend alternative products of same or better quality at a more favorable cost, in collaboration with Suppliers, Operations and sourcing specialists.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a category strategy to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels by identifying opportunity areas such as product standardization and supplier consolidation.
• Oversee all spend activity and purchase requests for category and determine proper action plan for all purchases that meet the Supply Chain involvement threshold.
• Solicit price bids and proposals from qualified registered suppliers. Conduct comparison analysis of all bids against provided scope of work for contracted and non-contracted services.
• Administer / manage contracted and non-contracted services to ensure that all contractual requirements are met by both the supplier and the organization. Ensure prices and expiration dates are accurately reflected on service POs.
• Monitor actual usage of contracted service (ie agreed number of visits per year on specific vessel). Evaluate and confirm usage estimates on service POs with department heads.
• Provide category related subject matter expertise when necessary.
• Effectively work with functional and business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product / service specifications and projected demand when making recommended action plans.
• Develop Strategic Supplier Relationship Management programs.
• Collaborate with Spend Analysis & Reporting Team to conduct analysis for category improvement opportunities (e.g., market research) and to implement non-sourcing category projects (e.g., demand management).
• Support Sourcing Specialists to lead cross-functional teams to execute strategic sourcing projects for category areas.
• Ensure that NCLH has good supply market understanding and works with the business / function teams to provide input for creating innovative win-win customer and supplier strategies.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities for Beverage related products and recommend key actions to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Conduct testing as per NCLH's standard operating process.
• Monitor supplier performance and manage supplier relationships for key suppliers across multiple business divisions.
• Perform other job-related functions as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

DEGREE TYPE : Bachelor's Degree

FIELD(S) OF STUDY : Business, MBA or any equivalent combinations of relevant education and work experience.

EXPERIENCE

COMPETENCIES / SKILLS

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