Business & Supply Chain Analyst

Job Description

As part of the Sourcing Center of Excellence team, the Business & Supply Chain Analyst will provide Procurement & Sourcing Teams with analytical support for the sourcing/purchasing efforts, ad hoc projects, ongoing strategies, and leadership reporting.

Main responsibilities for this role will be to support the Marine and Technical, Port Operations, and Logistics procurement operations & strategic sourcing teams for our North American brands. However, this position may also support other key spend areas and categories, including but not limited to: Destination Development, Shore Excursions, IT, Food & Beverage, Hotel, Marketing, Air Travel, Retail, and ESG.

This position will provide a great opportunity to learn about the operations across our brands as well as in a wide variety of spend categories and sourcing markets.

This role is responsible for working on a daily basis with key stakeholders across our Brands to provide analytical support for sourcing, procurement and supply chain initiatives, conducting in depth analysis and making recommendations that drive business improvements. Positive relationship building with the ability to be influential without direct authority, resilience to ambiguity and an ability to work in a fast paced quickly changing environment are required.

This role will typically be challenged with non-harmonized data from various systems, data analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and document preparation. The position will interact with all levels of the organization including executive leadership and will directly contribute to critical business decisions leading to maximize revenue opportunities and business change.

The position will be responsible for the following areas:

Project-level Analytical Support

Support Procurement Operations & Sourcing Efforts

Financial Tracking and Reporting

Systems, Data management, and Dashboard Development

Essential Functions:

Analytics:

Work closely with the North America & Australia l Procurement Operations and Sourcing teams (responsible for each spend category) to identify business opportunities, define/ clarify a problem statement, and develop an analysis plan

Gather, organize, reconcile, clean-up large data sets from various systems and conduct relevant analyses and recommendations

Identify insights, synthesize results, and prepare management presentations

Prepare presentations summarizing data analysis and potential opportunities

Show financial impact as well as implications for each involved brand

Presentations should be clean, easy to follow, and ready to use at executive level (CFO, CPO)

Gather and standardize data from various systems to create dashboards & reports across brands. Dashboards should have key performance indicators or analytics matrix, be interactive so end user can select specific categories and time periods, crisp details, and comprehensible.

Ability to understand end to end process and create process maps to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across the supply chain.

Support in master data maintenance and governance activities

Communicate effectively with stakeholders from our Brands to gather business needs and provide reporting solutions while keeping them updated of progress

Sample analyses include (not exhaustive): cost-benefit analyses, buy vs. lease, ship vs. buy-local, “what if” analysis, custom spend reports

Conduct market research and ability to synthetize and present findings

Support Sourcing & Supply Chain Effects:

Support Category Leads across multiple spend areas to successfully implement sourcing efforts

Support throughout the 7-Step Sourcing Process, from data analysis, market research, RFP, to vendor negotiations and implementation

Analyze and recommend improvements in the procurement operations & strategic sourcing teams aiming to achieve the best total landed cost of goods and services

Partner with other business teams to develop innovative, cost-effective solutions within a global supply chain network

Financial Tracking and Reporting

Work with Category leads, PMO, and Finance teams to make sure savings are accurately measured and validated

Monitor savings, identify risks, and escalate when appropriate

Report on value-add initiatives

Systems and Data management:

Work with systems team to continuously improve systems by (e.g., improved functionality and fixing of bugs/issues)

Ensure procurement data is available, reliable, and comparable across all Brands, e.g.,:

Item Taxonomy & Hierarchy

Item Descriptions

Vendor names/ codes, and categorization

Support in supply chain master data maintenance and governance activities

Develop and maintain a proficient knowledge in procurement systems utilized for sourcing, including AMOS, Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, and others

Qualifications:

Education: Undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a specialization in information systems, Management Information Systems, Statistics or similar. Master degree preferred but not required

Required Years and Area of Professional Experience: 2-3 yearsof experience with a track record of driving results in business analysis, process improvement, or finance. Prior sourcing/ supply chain experience/knowledge preferred but not required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong analytical and process improvement skills

Very proficient with analytical software, especially Microsoft Excel

Advanced knowledge in querying/ manipulation of large data sets (SQL, Access or similar)

Extensive experience in data visualization tools (Power BI)

Past experience with Microsoft Powerpoint and creating action-oriented presentations

Demonstrated ability to influence others and interact with all levels of the organization – is able to interface independently and effectively with peers in other departments/ Brands

Well organized and can prioritize multiple requests simultaneously

Aggressive “go getter”, driven, and can work with little supervision

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment

Interest or experience in the travel and tourism industry

Decision Making:

Operational: Decisions focus on day-to-day activities within the company. Decisions made at this level help to ensure that daily activities proceed smoothly and therefore help to move the company toward reaching a strategic goal. They have short term consequences. Examples are: Handling employee conflicts, purchasing materials needed for operations

Physical Demands: Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended period of time

Travel: No or very little travel likely

Work Conditions: Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.

This position is classified as “in-office.” As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida from Tuesday through Thursday. Employees may work from home on Mondays and Fridays. Some positions may require additional in-office time each week and final schedule is determined by your leader. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.

Offers to select candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.  

At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan. Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including:

Health Benefits:

Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans

Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources

Additional programs include company paid term life insurance and disability coverage 

Financial Benefits:

401(k) plan that includes a company match

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Paid Time Off

Holidays – All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 7 company-wide holidays, plus an additional floating holiday to be taken at the employee’s discretion. 

Vacation Time – All full-time employees at the manager and below level start with 14 days/year; director and above level start with 19 days/year.  Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 84 hours/year.  All employees gain additional vacation time with further tenure.

Sick Time – All full-time employees receive 80 hours of sick time each year.  Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 60 hours each year.  

Other Benefits

Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends

Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement. 

On-site preschool program and wellness center at our Miami campus

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About Us

In addition to other duties/functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting ethical and compliant culture. More specifically, this position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when they see misconduct or have concerns.

Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Our portfolio of leading cruise brands includes Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises, and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; AIDA in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; and P&O Cruises in Australia. Our employees have a responsibility to be accountable for all actions. We consider the environment in all aspects of our business and have a responsibility to put safety andsustainability first. We live and share a positive attitude which is based on fostering an environment of inclusion, trust, a willingness to listen, openness and integrity.

Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. In this regard, it does not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal and/or international law.

Benefits as a member of Carnivals Team:

A comprehensive benefit program which includes medical, dental and vision plans

Additional programs include company paid term life insurance and disability coverage and a 401(k) plan that includes a company match

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Paid vacation and sick time

Cruise benefits

An on-site fully accredited preschool educational program located at our Doral campus

An on-site Wellness Center and Health clinic at our Doral campus

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