Capital Projects Procurement Specialist II-Sr

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Location: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Company: Entergy

Job Title: Capital Projects Procurement Specialist II-Sr Staff

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Job Title:

Cap Proj Procur Spec, Sr Staff

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

** The preferred location is any of Entergy's Southern Nuclear sites. Other Entergy locations may be consider red**

Job Purpose The Project Procurement Specialist utilizes advanced 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 for 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.

Assignments of increasing scale and complexity will be provided commensurate with the demonstrated technical, professional, inter-personal and leadership skills. The specialist operates autonomously but may require minimal supervision or assistance in areas where the knowledge or experiences have not been fully developed.

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.

Core Responsibilities

• 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
• Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS)
• 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
• 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
• Provide commercial 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
• Execute contract governance and provide oversight of supplier performance management, including claims management and dispute management/resolution
• Develop and maintain relationships with…