Job Title: Vice President, Performance & Transformation

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

Position Summary / Purpose

Entergy has set aggressive aspirations in the Path to Premier transformation journey that requires a mindset shift of never being satisfied with the status quo and constantly having our eye on the next level of performance for our customers, employees, communities and owners. This role will work closely with senior leadership and key stakeholders to build and execute the strategic focus, engagement model, and prioritization associated with the performance and transformation program at Entergy. This position’s primary purpose is to support business units and individual teams with their efforts to find efficiencies, solve problems, reduce complexities, provide execution support of projects and initiatives, improve key performance metrics, and ultimately foster a continuous improvement culture. Additionally, this position will have overall governance of the corrective action, human and organizational performance, center of excellence, and performance and transformation programs.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor a department execution strategy which supports and aligns to the enterprise Path to Premier strategy.
• Partner and build alignment with operational leaders to identify areas of transformational improvement and set prioritization for identified initiatives.
• Ensure team skill can meet the needs of the organization, the industry best practice techniques are utilized, and a highly proficient team is maintained.
• Maintain external reference on frameworks and methods to continuously improve the performance and transformation department’s programs and processes.
• Provide oversight to ensure programs and processes are implemented consistently across all business units and extrapolate successes to broader populations.
• Provide the senior leaders with an ongoing perspective of performance compared to the industry to set benchmark standards that will transform Entergy.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by providing training and coaching to employees at all levels.
• Develop, measure and communicate results and metrics to senior leadership.

Skills/Behaviors

• Growth-oriented leader with demonstrated success in executing enterprise strategies as a centralized support organization. 
• Strong vision setting and aligning ability to drive buy-in across various stakeholders. Individual must have the ability to successfully work across a multi-site, multi-disciplinary structure, be adept at identifying operational improvements opportunities and working with others to generate and implement solutions. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.
• Proven track record of implementing Lean, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies (Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification preferred). 
• Experience establishing a new team, support function, or enterprise initiative is desired.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical or business-related field required or equivalent work experience. MBA preferred. 
• 15 years professional experience with at least 10 years of experience in continuous improvement, process improvement, or operational excellence roles, and 10 years leadership experience.

Competencies

• Strategic thinking
• Navigate ambiguity
• Influence
• Stakeholder management
• Market orientation
• Business acumen
• External networking

Skills

• Communication
• Team building
• Vision setting
• Oversight

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 118294
Travel Percentage:25% to 50%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

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. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

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.

Equal Opportunity

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.