Manager, Design Catering

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Position Summary:

The Manager, Catering & BOH Design, brings leadership and expertise to various newbuild, revitalization and refurbishment projects. In collaboration with Design leadership, this candidate is responsible for overseeing and managing projects from conception to completion, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.   

This candidate will provide guidance to a team of architects and designers for the successful execution of the assigned projects and serve as a conduit of information and intelligence from the corporation and brand to external architects and design firms, ensuring the success of these groups.  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops team resources (people, processes, tools) to manage large scale projects.  Independently plans, manages, guides design, and oversees projects, while cross coordinating and sharing best practices effectively between external architectural, interior design and consultancy firms, guiding the design they provide.  
• Ensures that brand concepts are apparent and credible and fulfill the voice of the Corporation and each Brand, which continues our culture of design innovation. 
• Applies and ensures the F&B operations best practices, brand & design standards, CADD & drawing standards, assisting Supervisor with oversight that equipment and crew venues are delivered on a timely basis. 
• Plans, manages, and guides all catering and BOH design while cross coordinating and sharing best practices effectively between external architectural, interior design and consultancy firms, guiding the design they provide. 
• Receives status and coordination report from Design and Product Development Manager on unusual and/or complex tasks and critical issues to be actioned accordingly utilizing all data resources for the most accurate decision-making process.  
• Thrives in an innovative, forward thinking, proactive, and collaborative environment that brings all disciplines together and creates favorable results.  Commitment to learning & growth of oneself and others. 
• On site visit and project coordination at every shipyard for all New Build and Dry Dock projects. 
• Regularly attends meetings with sponsors (Product Development, F&B Operations, Hotel Operations).   
• Create presentations and reports on design management including all Lessons Learned previously aligned with Product Development and Hotel Operations. 
• Assists with cost balancing along with other cost control needs, based on project budget and energy efficiencies. 
• Regularly assists and occasionally conduct practicality reviews to check that operational requirements, guest experience and brand aspirations are being considered in all aspects of design.   
• Assist team members with supporting shop drawing review process, and yard / contractor coordination meetings, mockup reviews, factory acceptance tests and all inspections during newbuilding process and drydock period 
•  Stays current in industry trends and innovation through research and market knowledge 
•  Occasionally accepts assignments for design concepts, space planning, design development, drawings & details (elevations, sections, details) of designated venues, specific projects, Catering & BOH development process. 
• Performs other duties as required.  This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management. 

QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Minimum of 10 years cruise design industry experience required. Minimum of 5 years managing multi-million-dollar projects 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Interior Design required, Architecture degree preferred.      
• Cruise ship newbuild or revitalization project management experience highly preferred.   
   

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Management of multi-million-dollar projects in the range of $5MM for revitalizations and $24MM for newbuilds. 

 We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

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