Senior Staff Capital Projects Procurement Specialist

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 a.