Category Management Specialist - Sr

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Location: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Company: Entergy

Job Title: Category Management Specialist I
- Sr Staff

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

** Position opened for: S60729 & ER0418**

Job Purpose

The Category Management Specialist utilizes significant supply chain, category management and contracting capabilities and experience to implement Procurement & Supply Chain (P&SC) strategies and commercial agreements for assigned categories within Nuclear Strategic Procurement. The position is responsible for the utilization of the standard category management process of Plan-Strategy-Source-Perform and will function to support end-to-end value for an assigned portfolio of spend, primarily within Entergy’s nuclear third party spend.

The specialist operates without supervision, and in certain instances provides, support, guidance, and training in the technical and professional skills areas to other category management specialists. The role is recognized inside SC as a subject matter technical adviser on category management, strategic sourcing, contract strategy, methodology, analysis, and contract provisions. The primary objective of the role is to create value through the supply chain in terms of safety, cost, risk mitigation and enhanced supplier performance.

Key interfaces for this position are internal business customers such as business unit stakeholders, Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources, Legal, external suppliers and industry organizations. Within P&SC, common interfaces for this role are Procurement and Supply Chain Operations, Strategy and Performance, Capital Projects.

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.
• Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS).
• Category Strategy:
• Develop and execute category and subcategory strategies, checklist, manage spend and regularly track market trends, Ability to work strategically and tactically to deliver positive business results.
• Category Processes
  - Systematic process to review commercial, process, technical, risk management and sustainability strategies for product categories and subcategories.
• Supplier management strategy in place, linked with supplier segment, category strategies, and business reviews to ensure supplier performance.
• Supplier Base:
  Supplier portfolio is regularly reviewed based on price/performance and cost structure comparison.
• Optimization :
• Recurrent effort to bundle purchasing and to forecast demand across departments/business units/sites.
• Ability to influence and work across Cross-functional teams and levels in the organization to optimize supply-chain.

Education, Experience and/or Certification

• Category Management Specialist I:
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline OR minimum 4 years of combined supplier contracting, vendor management, other related supply chain or business experience.
• Category Management Specialist, II:
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and 2+ years of combined supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 6+ years of supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience.
• Category Management Specialist, III:
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply…