Director, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect

About the Role

The Director, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect will lead the development and execution of strategic sourcing initiatives across Indirect spend categories (Marketing) and Onboard Revenue categories (Retail Concessionaires). This includes designing and implementing complex, multi-year, global sourcing strategies that deliver sustainable value for four North America brands. The role involves partnering cross-functionally to align with business objectives, leveraging deep category expertise, market intelligence, and data-driven analysis to optimize total cost, service, and risk. The position manages a significant financial impact for OPEX and CAPEX in the range of $500M-$750M in annual spend and/or revenue and leads a team of Sr. Managers and/or Managers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement an integrated strategic sourcing framework across four North America brands, partnering with executive stakeholders and Corporate leadership to develop value-driven multi-year category strategies.
• Drive identification and capture of high-value sourcing opportunities that leverage organizational scale to deliver sustainable competitive economic advantage while maintaining or enhancing quality and service delivery standards.
• Exercise strategic oversight of $500M-$750M in annual OPEX and CAPEX spend, applying advanced analytical methodologies and data-driven insights to resolve complex sourcing challenges and optimize enterprise value creation.
• Demonstrate executive presence and strategic influence through sophisticated stakeholder engagement and collaborative leadership.
• Cultivate strong relationships with C-suite and senior leadership teams, providing strategic counsel and building consensus for transformational sourcing initiatives.
• Develop and nurture high-performing teams while establishing robust project pipelines, orchestrating end-to-end sourcing execution from strategy development through contracting and implementation phases.
• Design comprehensive strategic roadmaps spanning 3-5 year horizons that align sourcing and procurement activities with enterprise business priorities.
• Architect strategies that optimize supplier partnerships, reduce total cost of ownership, proactively mitigate enterprise risks, and catalyze innovation across category portfolios.
• Provide strategic oversight and governance for critical supplier relationships and enterprise contracts.
• Establish focused supplier relationship management frameworks for strategic partners, conducting quarterly business reviews to drive performance excellence and continuous improvement.
• Ensure seamless transition of negotiated contracts to procurement operations, maintaining service continuity and value realization throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Drive enterprise value delivery through rigorous performance management and achievement of strategic objectives, including annual savings targets, cost avoidance initiatives, and sustainability goals.
• Lead development and execution of robust measurement frameworks and tracking mechanisms to ensure consistent delivery of financial benefits and value creation across sourcing portfolios.
• Execute strategic sourcing initiatives utilizing a disciplined 7-step methodology encompassing comprehensive market analysis, rigorous vendor evaluation, and detailed baseline spend assessment.
• Develop sophisticated negotiation strategies in collaboration with key stakeholders, orchestrate competitive sourcing events, and maximize business value creation through strategic deal structuring and supplier optimization.
• Cover Fleet Ops Manager responsibilities as required.
• Facilitate communication strategies that promote transparency, alignment, and strong stakeholder relationships.
• Lead Virtual FAMs and knowledge-sharing initiatives to elevate team performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or other applicable disciplines.
• CPSM or related supply chain certifications preferred but not required.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and complex problem resolution capabilities.
• Proven ability to influence and engage effectively across all organizational levels, interfacing independently with cross-functional peers and brand leadership with a results-oriented focus.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and adapt to dynamic workload demands.
• Advanced analytical proficiency with deep expertise in data analysis, spend analytics, and business intelligence.
• Sophisticated negotiation skills honed through extensive sourcing and procurement leadership experience.
• Comprehensive contracting expertise encompassing business terms negotiation, scope definition, and risk mitigation.
• Proactive, driven approach with the ability to work autonomously and take initiative.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal capabilities; proven change management leadership; advanced planning and project management expertise.
• Quality management excellence ensuring procedures and activities conform to specifications and organizational standards.
• Proven success operating in fast-paced, dynamic business environments with competing demands.

Skills

• Experience with AI-enabled spend analytics and market intelligence platforms for advanced category-level insights, trend identification, and competitive market analysis.
• Familiarity with supplier risk and performance monitoring systems utilizing predictive analytics for proactive supplier health assessment and risk mitigation.
• Knowledge of contract lifecycle management (CLM) intelligence tools featuring AI-enabled clause analysis, compliance monitoring, and automated contract review capabilities.
• Exposure to demand forecasting and inventory optimization solutions leveraging predictive modeling, machine learning algorithms, and advanced supply chain analytics.
• Understanding of how artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can enhance strategic sourcing decision-making, supplier selection processes, and sustainable value creation across the sourcing lifecycle.

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in accomplished supply chain leadership positions with a focus on Category/Sourcing Strategy development and execution.
• 3-5+ years in an executive leadership capacity.
• Extensive supply chain experience leading transformational strategic sourcing initiatives, including application of industry best practices, category management strategy development, mastery of seven-step sourcing methodology, sophisticated negotiation planning and execution, and proven expertise influencing business strategy and cultivating strategic supplier relationships.

Schedule

This position is classified as “in-office.” It requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.

Travel: Less than 25% with shipboard travel likely.

Work Conditions

• Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.

Benefits

• Annual cash bonus program for all non-sales roles; sales roles have an incentive plan.
• Director and above roles may be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan.
• Comprehensive and innovative health benefits, including cost-effective medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources.
• Company-paid term life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan.
• Paid Time Off: 8 company-wide holidays plus 2 additional floating holidays.
• Vacation Time: All full-time employees at the manager level and below start with 14 days.