Carnival
is hiring
Senior Business Analyst
About Our Company
Since our founding in 1972, Carnival Cruise Line — "The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line®” — carries millions of passengers every year. We offer a fun and unique career destination for a wide range of professionals in Marketing, IT, Accounting/Audit, Finance, Marine Operations and Human Resources, just to mention a few. We also offer remote opportunities flexibility for select positions.
Headquartered in sunny South Florida, team members have access to a multi-station cafeteria, Starbucks (with cafecitos! - It's a Miami thing...), car wash, on-site gas delivery service, Carnival Care Center for preventative and sick care, dry-cleaning pick-up, on-site Day Care Center, and a full-service gym. We offer top of line benefits including: health, dental, 401K matching, commitment to continued learning & development, employee stock purchase discount, cruise discounts for employees and more! We are committed to a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion for our shoreside and shipboard team members, as well as our guests.
We are proud to be part of a family of companies owned by Carnival Corporation & plc, a Fortune 200 Company, which includes sister lines Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Cunard Line, among others. We pride ourselves on delivering fun, memorable vacations to our guests by offering a wide array of quality cruises which present outstanding value for the money.
Job Description & Responsibilities
Position will report to the Director Sourcing Center of Excellence. As part of the Sourcing Center of Excellence team, the Sr. Business Analyst will provide the Global Sourcing Leadership Team with analytical support for the sourcing/purchasing efforts which will allow Carnival Corporation to leverage our global scale across :$10 billion of direct and indirect goods and services.
This position will support all key spend areas, including but not limited to: Ports, Shore Excursions, Technical, IT, Food & Beverage, Hotel, Freight, Marketing, Air Travel, and Retail.
This position will provide a great opportunity to learn about the operations across our 10 global brands as well as in a wide variety of spend categories and sourcing markets.
This position is responsible for working daily with key Sourcing stakeholders across our 9 Brands to provide analytical support for specific sourcing initiatives with the goal of leveraging our global scale. Positive relationship building with the ability to be influential without direct authority will be required.
The position will be responsible for the following areas:
- Project-level Analytical Support
- Financial Tracking and Reporting
- Systems and Data management
- Support/ Lead Sourcing Efforts
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Analytics:
- Work closely with the Global Sourcing Leadership Team (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 and conduct relevant analyses
Identify insights, synthesize results, and prepare management presentations
Prepare power point 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 spend data to create dashboards across brands. Dashboards should have key performance indicators and be interactive so end user can select specific categories and time periods
Ability to understand end to end process and create process maps to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across the supply chain
Develop implementation plan, timelines and responsibility
Communicate effectively with stakeholders from our 9 Brands across the world throughout the whole process
Sample analyses include cost-benefit analyses, buy vs. lease, ship vs. buy-local, “what if” analysis, custom spend reports
Coach other Business Analysts in the team on data analytics
Support/ Lead Sourcing Efforts
- 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
- Lead small sourcing efforts along with Category Lead, defining strategy and executing it
Support/ Lead Sourcing Efforts
- 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
- Lead small sourcing efforts along with Category Lead, defining strategy and executing it
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
Systems and Data management:
- Work with systems team to continuously improve sourcing 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
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree a Plus
Discipline/Major: Undergraduate degree in either Statistics, Math, Industrial Engineering or other Engineering, Finance or Business, Operations Research or Supply Chain. Master’s degree preferred but not required.
Required Years and Area of Professional Experience: 5 years of 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.
Preferred Education: Master’s degree (MBA, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Master’s degree (MBA, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance)
- Strong analytical and process improvement skills
- Very proficient with analytical software, especially Microsoft Excel
- Proficient in querying/ manipulation of large data sets (SQL, Access or similar)
- Proficient in data visualization tool (Tableau, Power BI)
- 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
- Past experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and creating action-oriented presentations
- 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
What we offer
The range for this role’s base salary is $88,000 - $90,000. Offers to selected 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 are also eligible for an additional vesting equity 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, wellness center, and health clinic at our Miami campus
