Job Description

One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess is the world’s leading international premium cruise line and tour company, carrying millions of guests each year to hundreds of destinations around the globe.  We give our guests the Medallion Class experience others simply can’t. The Love Boat promises something for everyone. 

The Port Waste Logistics & Finance Manager is responsible for the financial performance, planning, logistics execution, and governance of fleet-wide waste operations across all Princess Cruises vessels. The role provides ownership of waste-related financial management, including budget development, forecasting, accrual considerations, variance analysis, company wide reporting on performance, invoice governance, contract compliance, and vendor performance across all waste streams, including dry waste, food waste, hazardous waste, sludge, grey water, black water, and waste consumables. This role would also lead the implementation and coordination of the shipboard Waste Task Force, combining shoreside oversight with shipboard knowledge and operational constraints.

The position drives financial rigor and offload efficiency by aligning waste volumes, vessel deployment, offload schedules, vendor capacity, contractual pricing, and regulatory requirements. Working closely with shipboard leadership, Port Operations, Finance, Procurement, Environmental Compliance, and external vendors, the role establishes performance standards, financial controls, and reporting routines that improve forecast reliability, cost transparency, service delivery, and operational accountability without compromising compliance or operational integrity.

Here’s a summary of what Princess is looking for in a Port Waste Logistics & Finance Manager. Is this you? 

Responsibilities:

• Own fleet-wide waste financial planning and performance management, including annual budgets, monthly forecasts, accruals, variance analysis, rate validation and associated reporting.  Maintain clear financial controls and transparency across all waste streams; review and approve global waste invoices through IMS for billing accuracy, contractual compliance and timely processing. Provide global performance oversight for waste financials.

• Establish and maintain performance measures and governance for forecast accuracy, cost per offload, cost per waste unit, offload completion, invoice accuracy, vendor service, shipboard waste generation, consumables usage, and compliance. Develop dashboards and recurring reporting that strengthen accountability and support timely operational and financial decisions.

• Coordinate fleet-wide waste logistics and offload planning across all waste streams. Utilize the Waste Task Force to support collaboration between vessels, ports, agents, terminals, and vendors to improve schedule adherence, equipment and labor utilization, capacity planning, and service reliability while minimizing delay, disruption, and avoidable cost. Use WMS and financial data, alongside direct communication with ships and vendors to maintain execution visibility. Provide global performance oversight for fleet waste logistics and offloads.

• Manage waste vendors, contracts, pricing structures, and service-level performance. Validate rates and charges, monitor commercial and operational outcomes, lead regular vendor performance reviews, support sourcing and negotiations, and drive corrective action where service, cost, or contract requirements are not achieved.

• Support effective use and continued development of waste management and financial reporting systems, including Brenock tools, WMS, IMS, and new shoreside tools. Improve data quality, process consistency, reporting discipline, and visibility from vessel planning through invoice settlement.

• Support environmental compliance and alignment with corporate sustainability and regulatory requirement with regard to waste management and offloads.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Scope: Manages fleet-wide waste financial performance, forecasting, logistics planning, offload execution, vendor management, and operational governance. The role influences operating expense control, forecast accuracy, service reliability, offload efficiency, and environmental performance across all Princess Cruises vessels.

• Problem Solving: Requires independent analysis of complex operational, commercial, and financial data to identify cost drivers, forecast and accrual variances, invoice discrepancies, capacity constraints, offload inefficiencies, and vendor performance issues. Develops corrective actions that balance cost, service delivery, vessel requirements, contractual commitments, and regulatory compliance.

• Impact: Direct impact on fleet waste operating expense, forecast and accrual accuracy, invoice and contract compliance, offload efficiency, service reliability, vendor performance, financial transparency, and compliance.

• Leadership: Provides functional leadership across fleet waste operations through financial stewardship, vendor governance, performance management, and cross-functional coordination. Although the role has no direct reports, it influences shipboard and shoreside stakeholders, represents the company externally, and drives accountability for budgets, forecasts, offload execution, and global waste performance.

For all roles:

• Knowledge: Understanding of workplace policies and procedures / Familiarity with team collaboration tools and techniques.

• Skills: Strong time management and organizational skills

• Abilities: Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance / Capacity to be punctual and meet deadlines / Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and work as part of a team / Demonstrated professionalism in all interactions and tasks.

Essential/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Maritime Studies, Business Administration, Finance, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field. Equivalent experience may include senior marine, port operations, waste logistics, or financial management expertise within a shipping or passenger-vessel environment.

Essential experience required:

5+ years of experience in an operational, financial, commercial, or logistics management role with progressively increasing responsibility. Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, invoice or contract governance, vendor management, and logistics execution. Prior experience in port, waste, marine, technical, or passenger-vessel operations is preferred.

Travel: Less than 25% non-shipboard travel likely

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

Physical Demands.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 Princess office Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays. 

Princess provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including:

What You Can Expect

• Cruise and Travel Privileges for You and Your Family 
• Health Benefits 
• 401(k)  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan  
• Training & Professional Development 
• Tuition & Professional Certification Reimbursement 
• Rewards & Incentives  

Our Culture… Stronger Together

Our highest responsibility and top priority is compliance, environmental protection and the health, safety and well-being of our guests, the people in the communities we touch and serve, and our shipboard and shoreside employees.  Please visit our site to learn more about our Culture Essentials, Corporate Vision Statement and our Core Values at: princess.com/en-us/company-information

Princess is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Princess will provide reasonable accommodation with the application process, upon your request, as required to comply with applicable laws.  If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please contact careers@carnival.com. 

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