Job Title: Senior Staff Capital Projects Procurement Specialist

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI 

***This is a hybrid position, reporting to the office 3 days a week. The role can be based out of our offices in New Orleans, LA, Little Rock, AR, Jackson, MS, or The Woodlands, TX. Those outside these areas will need to relocate, Relocaiton Assistnace is not available for this role***

Job Summary/Purpose

The Project Procurement Specialist, Senior Staff utilizes extensive supply chain and capital projects knowledge and experience to implement Supplier Commercial Excellence for an assigned collection of capital investments. The specialist is Supply Chain’s (SC) single point of contact and lead for a given project(s) and supports deployment of Entergy’s customer centric capital investment strategy across the company’s business units. The role may be assigned to multiple business units to leverage end-to-end value across an assigned portfolio of spend. The specialist supports the development and execution of capital projects by leading commercial efforts for project planning, development of a commercial strategy, sourcing of contracts and agreements, and supplier performance through commercial contract management processes. The position operates within Entergy’s Project Delivery Standard (PDS, stage gate process) and utilizes SC’s processes to support the delivery of safety, cost, quality, schedule, and customer satisfaction measures.  The senior staff specialist operates autonomously and in an advisory capacity providing oversight, support, guidance, and training in the technical and professional skills areas to other project procurement specialists. The role is recognized inside SC and within Entergy as a subject matter expert on capital project procurement, contract strategy, methodology, analysis, and contract provisions.

Key interfaces are with business function leads, Project Managers & Project Controls, Financial Business Partners, SPO designees, jurisdictional project leaders, etc.  Other functional interfaces include SC departments (e.g., Category Management, Supplier Diversity), Tax, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, Safety, Legal, and Regulatory Legal.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Safety/Human Performance:

• Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team always puts safety first.
• Utilize key tools, programs, and proactive field visits to assure standards and behaviors.
• Monitor and influence suppliers to proactively identify any safety concerns.

Incident Response:

• Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS)

Supplier Commercial Excellence:

• Accountable for the development and execution of progressive commercial strategies, with the business functions, in support of objectives to drive value and service delivery and enable favorable outcomes for all key stakeholders.

Project Procurement:

• Collaborate with the business units and other stakeholders to support the deployment of capital funds in line with Entergy’s strategies.

• Develop commercial strategies and contract plans aligned to project needs; maximize leverage through aggregation opportunities across similar scopes of work; maximize value through optimization of price, contract terms, performance standards, and service levels.
• Perform Bid–Evaluate–Award activities in line with SC policy and processes. 
• Ensure alignment of project behaviors to contractually binding commercial obligations

Commercial Contract Management:

• Provide commercial contract management for in-flight capital projects and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful contract execution. 
• Manage compliance to contract provisions and administer contract change orders in collaboration with the project manager and the project change process. 
• Provide oversight of Contractor performance, including claims management and dispute management/resolution

Partnership/Relationships:

• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC engagement in the capital project process and SC ownership of Project Procurement and Commercial Contract Management 
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with suppliers based on the highest ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Entergy's Supply Chain Polices

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position.

Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following: Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline or equivalent experience

Minimum experience required of the position.

• With a degree, a minimum 12+ years of combined supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 16+ years of supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience.
• Minimum 6+ years’ supply chain experience in capital projects contracting and procurement with a preference for electric utility experience.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position.

• Deep understanding of Entergy’s business model, the capital projects portfolio, and key interfaces across the business and SC
• Mastery in capital project management (stage gate) process; align and integrate SC deliverables within the process; incorporate risk management actions and mitigations into project plans.
• Mastery of commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source, perform); including supplier diversity, safety metrics and tools
• Masterful application of market intelligence to assess supply market status and evolution.
• Thorough knowledge of Entergy’s policies and processes and application to contracts
• Mastery of capital project contracting strategies and methodologies (e.g., EPC, Fixed Price, T&M); advise/influence project on best strategy; strategies are used as exemplars across SC.
• Mastery in creating negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for complex contracts within a capital project environment; strategies are used as exemplars across SC.
• Deep expertise in the development of high quality, thorough project Scopes of Work, Scopes of Supply, Lists of Deliverables, and Divisions of Responsibility
• Mastery in the application of pre-award and post-award contract management processes; integrate business unit specific knowledge; identify and mitigate contractual risks to Entergy.
• Deep understanding of contract law terminology, methodology, and application
• Extensive knowledge of business and SC operations within Entergy including how Entergy buys and pays (HEBAP); experience and knowledge of supply chain systems and processes.
• Extensive knowledge in developing detailed RFx price breakdowns and deconstructing vendor pricing models to support financial analysis and bid comparison.
• Deep knowledge and experience in identifying opportunities to aggregate for commercial leverage and drive opportunities across the enterprise.
• Mastery of supplier performance and relationship management strategies and processes

Professional

• Expertise to advise on the application of project management principles to ensure systematic’ thorough completion of assignments, identifying critical pathways and risks to delivery.
• Mastery in the application of commercial skills and financial acumen to capital projects, with the inclusion of key business drivers and impact to Entergy on outcomes
• Capability to lead on the development of data/information analyses to assist the business in decision making; provide business insights and data trends through detailed reports.
• Ability to communicate autonomously with capital projects stakeholders, delivering key messages concisely, supported by relevant data; influencing skills to develop best outcomes.
• Proficient at building extensive relationships and effective networks with all stakeholders
• Deep understanding of management of change relative to supply chain situations within the capital projects environment
• Deep experience and knowledge to effectively manage the costs of the business; understand the impact of contract terms on Entergy cost structure.

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position.

Highly Preferred: Certification from an industry accreditation organization such as CPSM, APICS, etc.

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 117287
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

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EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.  The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and number of questions.  Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests, Logon ID:  entergy, password:  practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.