This position is on – site in our Royal Caribbean Headquarters 1050–Miami

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Position Summary:

The Senior Analyst, Onboard Revenue and Pre-Cruise: Strategy, Performance and Pricing will implement pricing analytics and pricing administration. Deliver timely, clear, actionable, and reliable analytics to deliver pricing and margin optimization via pricing measures while also overseeing the pricing and product in the systems. This role requires combining an analytical and sales-oriented mindset. As well as delivering presentations and reports that simplify complex information and processes.

The Sr. Analyst will be accountable for the analytics and performance assessments of $1billion in gross onboard revenues, and growing, including by not limited to tour revenue, dining, beverage, destination experiences, pre and post packages, internet, spa, retail, photo, amenities, packages, and onboard experiences for pay. The Sr. Analyst will be assigned a specific product, region, or ship class to own the reporting, analytics, and price monitoring. This role will create and recommend forward looking product recommendations and revenue accelerators. The Sr. analyst implements the promotional strategy and promotional tactics of pre-cruise revenue.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Part of a high-performing team, focused on forward-looking commercial and promotional revenue activities.
• Accountable for decision-making through critical thinking and quantitative/qualitative analysis, along with the effective communication of concepts, results, and potential impacts.
• Supports Pre-cruise revenue management strategies along with the implementation of these practices resulting in revenue optimization.
• Accountable for the pricing process for Onboard Revenue and Pre-Cruise includes opportunity identification, pricing planning, price forecasting and tracking and reporting.
• Reports on performance trends for all areas of onboard revenue.
• Reports business performance to assess the current performance and to understand business risks to meet year-end goals.
• Maintains the pricing strategy models across different regions and target demographics.
• Maintains the price lists for different product platforms and channels of distribution to provide guidance on the right price levels to use.
• Develops presentations and analysis that can drive decisions and facilitate action.
• Strong story telling skills that can develop presentations, training and written memos to provide tools to the senior leadership to make effective decisions.
• Delivers on the Pre-Cruise promotional calendar, promotional tactics, and promotion KPIs.
• Participates in the governance of all new and existing Pre-cruise products and promotions in a manner that is in line with the brand standards and messaging.
• Assists in project managing newly implemented onboard promotions system. Ability to monitor and track results while offering solutions to make tool more effective.
• Proactive in ability to collaborate with on board teams to receive feedback and communicate objectives to the fleet.
• Participates in the governance between Digital, IT, Ecommerce and Onboard Revenue to ensure the systems and technology is keeping up with the needs of trends related to Onboard Revenue and Pre-Cruise.
• Understands complex commercial pricing models, leveraging data and analytics to develop and execute pricing strategies across various categories, suppliers, and customer segments.
• Responsibilities include conducting full lifecycle analysis to understand product value proposition, current or proposed price points, data gathering and cleansing, deep dive advanced statistical analysis/modeling and recommendations to optimize the performance of pricing strategies and tactics.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by the employee occupying this position. Employee will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) with a degree focus in Business, Finance or other quantitative discipline preferred.
• Knowledge of revenue management and demand forecasting.
  Operations Research modeling skills (optimization and linear programming, etc.).
  Statistical modeling skills (regression and forecasting, etc.)
  Database and analytical programming skills (including SAS and SQL, etc.).
• Ability to create data visualizations via PowerBI.
  Project management experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.
  Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of the business to validate findings and conclusions and always ensure data integrity and accuracy.
  Understanding of database design and information systems, structure, functions and processes, and experience with database tools
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Able to understand and evaluate complex issues and devise and implement successful solutions.
• Focused on results, can see hidden problems, and takes logical approach and probes fruitful sources for answers.
• Ability to adapt to change, anticipate future needs, is flexible, overcomes resistance to change, and demonstrates managerial courage.
• Project management experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.
• Highly Analytical. Ability to convert raw information into applicable strategies.
• Highly organized. Methodical in research, order, prioritization, and implementation.
• Project management skills with ability to drive consensus in cross functional teams.
• Good storyteller who can flex across technical and business, and influence people across all levels.
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity, possessing the maturity

Financial Responsibilities:

• Supports the monitoring of performance, trends, and benchmarks for both Pre-cruise and onboard revenue.
• Monitor the profit margins for this business are aligned with the profitability goals of the brand.
• Implements the pricing strategies to achieve the pre-cruise revenue goals for Celebrity Cruises.
• Communicates and reports on the state of the business bi-weekly.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those requirements employees must meet to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations. While performing job functions the employee is regularly required to sit, and stand, write, review and type reports, compile data, operate a pc, communicate, listen, and assess information. The employee may move about the office complex, may travel to other office locations, and may lift, push, pull or move 10-15 pounds. This position may regularly travel domestically or internationally. Visual requirements include distant, close and color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations. The environment includes office location, and /or moving inside/outside the office. Responsibilities include traveling between numerous offices. A high noise level is possible if visiting shipboard or offsite locations.

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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