Manager, Technical Sourcing

About the role

This role holds enterprise-scale category ownership for critical technical commodities and projects, with accountability for developing and executing corporate sourcing strategies that leverage the company’s global scale. The position serves as a trusted advisor to senior technical and operational stakeholders, leading complex vendor development, commercial negotiations, and risk-informed contracting activities. The role coordinates cross-brand sourcing initiatives to unlock global value, provides data-driven recommendations to leadership, and ensures disciplined compliance with corporate governance and policies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise-scale sourcing strategies aligned with corporate objectives, applying a disciplined, structured sourcing methodology.
• Own and manage strategic supplier relationships, driving long-term value, performance improvement, and risk mitigation across critical technical categories.
• Partner with senior technical, operational, and purchasing stakeholders to shape priorities, align sourcing strategies, and deliver business outcomes.
• Lead rigorous commercial and bid evaluations, recommending optimal suppliers and contract structures to maximize total value and manage commercial and operational risk.
• Advise senior leadership on sourcing strategies and contract approaches, informed by market intelligence, supplier dynamics, and industry best practices.
• Monitor global market conditions and industry trends, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and translating insights into actionable sourcing strategies.
• Communicate complex commercial and strategic insights clearly and persuasively to secure stakeholder alignment and executive sponsorship.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in business, engineering, supply chain, or similar discipline.
• CPSM, CPM, CPIS or PMP preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in procurement and strategic sourcing within a maritime or marine-adjacent environment, such as a cruise line, shipping company, shipbuilder, engine OEM, or comparable asset-intensive technical industry.
• Demonstrated success operating across complex global maritime supply chains, aligning category and sourcing strategies with enterprise-level business and operational objectives.
• Advanced expertise in strategic sourcing and commercial disciplines, including supplier assessment and development, competitive bid evaluation, contract and commercial law, value analysis, negotiation, supply chain analytics, and evaluation of economic and market drivers.
• Strong track record of influencing and aligning senior stakeholders across a matrixed organization, delivering measurable business results beyond direct functional authority.
• High technological proficiency/agility.

Qualifications

• Deep technical sourcing experience within a cruise line, shipping company, shipbuilder, engine manufacturer, or similarly complex asset-intensive environment.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Prominent track record of delivering measurable source value in a complex, dynamic, global organization.