What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Capital Projects Procurement Specialist position at Entergy?
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 :
Incident Response :
Supplier Commercial Excellence :
Project Procurement :
Commercial Contract Management :
Partnership / Relationships :
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.
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position.
Professional
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.
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.
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 .
Pay Transparency Notice :
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)
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.
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.
