Title:  Site Procurement Specialist II-Sr

This position will be filled as Site Procurement Specialist II, III, or Sr and the level will be dependent on experience and qualifications.

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including 8,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Tracing its history to 1913 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Entergy has annual revenues of $11 billion and more than 13,000 employees.

The company’s utility business provides electric retail and wholesale power to customers in four states through five utility operating companies: Entergy Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Entergy New Orleans, LLC; and Entergy Texas, Inc. Entergy also delivers natural gas services to 200,000 customers in New Orleans and parts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entergy is winding down its wholesale generation business, which provides power to wholesale customers primarily from our two remaining nuclear facilities located in the northern United States.

The electric utility industry is rapidly changing, and Entergy is entering an exciting period of growth as we prepare for the future. We are building the premier utility, a utility that delivers sustainable value to all its stakeholders – our customers, employees, communities and owners – as measured by strong net promoter scores, high levels of service, superior and affordable products and services, highly skilled and engaged employees, and industry-leading financial performance. We are focusing our sights on three key priorities — customer centricity, continuous improvement, and creating a culture of belonging for our employees. Join us as we take the next step on our journey to building the premier utility.

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

The Supply Chain (SC) organizational model for embedding procurement specialists at a site(s) varies from business unit to business unit (e.g., Nuclear to Power Generation). The foundational SC knowledge and skills required for the position are the same regardless of business unit affiliation. The primary difference in the procurement specialist role between business units’ site(s) is the additional level of operating processes, practices, standards and procedures required at Nuclear sites.

The Site Procurement Specialist, Senior utilizes and applies significant contracting and purchasing knowledge and experience to acquire services and materials across a business site(s). The role is the responsible SC single point of contact at the site(s) for a variety of business customers. The senior specialist ensures all site(s) procurement activities are coordinated with other SC departments to generate maximum value and efficiency for Entergy. The key SC interfaces for this role are Category Management, Central Procurement Group (CPG), Central Contracting Group (CCG), Procurement Engineering, Supplier Diversity, Warehousing and Inventory Management (WIL), and Capital Projects and Decommissioning. Other key functional interfaces for this position are Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources, Legal, and external suppliers. The key stakeholder also interfaces for the procurement specialist role within nuclear are Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Projects and Production.

The specialist plans and executes complex and variable scopes of work required to source services and materials through understanding market pricing conditions, creating contracting strategies, managing the RFx processes, leading supplier negotiations, and providing supplier management support for claims, invoice resolution, etc. The specialist will understand how the site(s) optimally places its demand plan into the relevant marketplace and/or by collaborating with other SC departments, such as Central Procurement Group, Category Management and WIL.

The senior specialist operates autonomously (i.e., without supervision) and in an advisory capacity, and in certain instances, provides coaching and guidance in the technical and professional skills areas to other site procurement specialists; leading and/or mentoring junior employees through the ambiguity and assisting in their development. The role is recognized inside SC, and at the business site(s), as a subject matter technical expert who can represent, liaise and collaborate with other functions (Finance, Legal, Tax, etc.) in the development of policy, process, procedures and continuous improvement opportunities.

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) and/or the nuclear Emergency Response Organization (ERO)
• Perform Nuclear Supply Chain Duty on Call.

Work Processes:

• Conduct business site(s) needs assessments to determine customer requirements; attend site (s) weekly plant lead team meetings where appropriate;
• Perform insightful market and financial analyses to determine potential business risk associated with a supplier or contract; coordinate with Credit Risk as required;
• Apply the principles and practices of commercial management (plan, strategize, source and perform);
• Pre-award contract development and post-award contract administration; create and lead the RFx bid process; develop negotiation strategies, optimal pricing methodology, establish KPIs;
• Process materials’ RFQs. Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure all specifications, material descriptions, schedule requirements, and quality and quantity requirements are clearly defined and accurate;
• Create Purchase Orders for execution and issuance, tracking of order status, and expediting when required;
• Identify and evaluate new and current sources of supply, including small, local and diverse suppliers, to ensure the most competitive and advantageous offering to Entergy;
• Resolve invoice mismatches for Over, Short, Damaged, or Discrepant issues, etc.;
• Work with Legal and Tax to insure deviations from standard contract/purchase order language are within Entergy’s legal and risk tolerance levels, and are approved and documented;
• Ensure Nuclear Safety Related suppliers are active and approved for use for the requested materials on the Quality Supplier List (QSL);
• Ensure requested material has been reviewed by the appropriate Engineering personnel to ensure purchases will meet all applicable site and regulatory requirements.

Value Creation:

• Deliver and document savings through competitive bidding, direct negotiations, cost avoidance, etc.

Process and Reporting Compliance:

• Ensure all requirements for savings, diversity, document retention, bidding, contractor safety and other areas of compliance are met.

Partnership/Relationships:

• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC is addressing contractual needs pro-actively and in the most beneficial way for Entergy;
• Work with stakeholders to analyze and develop company position on claims and disputes;
• Establish/maintain relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Entergy's SC Polices.

Communications:

• Act as a central point of contact with stakeholders and suppliers
• Maintain open communications between suppliers, stakeholders and within SC to ensure that prompt, thorough, accurate, pertinent and complete information is provided.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum education and experience required of the position

Site Procurement Specialist II:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 2+ years of combined material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 6+ years of material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience

Site Procurement Specialist III:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 5+ years of combined material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 8+ years of material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience
• Minimum 2+ years of energy industry supply chain experience or other/equivalent experience is preferred

Site Procurement Specialist Sr:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 9+ years of combined material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 13+ years of material purchasing, supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience
• Minimum 3+ years of energy industry supply chain experience or other/equivalent experience is preferred

Knowledge/Skills required of the position

Technical

• Advanced understanding of business and SC operations within Entergy; including how Entergy buys and pays (HEBAP); experience and knowledge of supply chain systems and processes;
• Skillful application of demand planning across site(s); understanding of how to interface with other SC departments to fulfil demand requirements;
• Advanced knowledge and skillful application of commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source and perform); including supplier diversity, safety metrics and tools;
• Proficiency in developing complex contract strategies, based on business site(s) objectives;
• Advanced ability to perform buying actions for complex purchase orders; deep understanding of the alternate buying channels and the utilization of central resources to fulfil orders;
• Advanced understanding and skillful application in creating and applying negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for complex commercial contracts, services or materials;
• Skillful application of pre-award and post-award contract management processes; including ability to identify and mitigate contractual risks to Entergy;
• Advanced knowledge and application of supplier performance and supplier relationship management strategies and processes;
• Deep proficiency in, and application of, the materials purchasing requirements, guidelines and procedures across the enterprise fleet (Nuclear, Power Gen., etc.); ability to advise/coach other SC staff;
• Advanced knowledge and application of the end-to-end purchasing and contracting processes with ability to identify potential bottlenecks and provide continuous improvement recommendations;
• Advanced ability in resolving invoice exceptions for PO’s placed; recommending solutions for those exceptions that require special analysis or activity to resolve;
• Skillful practice in computer applications and source-to-settlement electronic platform/system to complete purchasing activities; advises working groups on best practice;
• Advanced understanding of relationship management between clients, other supply chain specialists, vendors and other third parties for services or materials;
• Broad knowledge and application of document management and control standards; including management and maintenance of filing systems (hard copy and electronic);
• Advanced understanding and application in working across categories; recommend opportunities to improve business performance; knowledge of when to liaise with other SC departments.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of warehouse practices to include receiving, issuing and UTC assignment.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of documents, drawings, technical specifications associated with material procurements.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the Corrective Action Process. (Nuclear)
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the Procurement Engineering and commercial dedication process (Nuclear)

Professional

• Skillful application of project management principles to ensure systematic, thorough completion of each assignment, identifying critical pathways and risks to delivery;
• Skillful application of commercial skills and financial acumen, understanding the key business drivers and impact to Entergy on outcomes;
• Skillful application of data analysis methods/techniques to provide detailed reports and insights; propose conclusions, use data trends and present in meaningful ways;
• Ability to coach other supply chain personnel in technical tools and techniques;
• Skillful at internal and external stakeholder communications; operates independently with stakeholders; apply influencing skills to develop best outcomes for Entergy;
• Skillful at building relationships and networks with all stakeholders; including with suppliers;
• Strong understanding of how to effectively manage the costs of the business;
• Strong communication skills in presenting concise/relevant information to stakeholders.

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Primary Location: Mississippi-Port Gibson
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 103717
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the full statement.

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.