Capital Projects Procurement Specialist III- Sr Staff

Job Title: Capital Projects Procurement Specialist III- Sr Staff

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Job Purpose

The Capital Project Procurement Specialist leads the commercial and procurement strategy for customer-focused capital projects, serving as Supply Chain's primary point of contact. The role manages sourcing, supplier relationships, contract negotiations, and commercial performance while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in alignment with Entergy's Project Delivery Standard (PDS). Working cross-functionally with project teams, finance, legal, operations, and other stakeholders, the specialist supports successful project execution and drives supplier commercial excellence across multiple business units.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC engagement in the capital project, innovation and agile process are met.
• Actively engage and collaborate with external and internal customer initiatives across the Customer-Centricity and Supply Chain organization on pilots and special commercial projects with Entergy’s cross-functional deal teams.
• Support commercial partnership initiatives.
• Facilitate supplier’s journey and engagement within the customer organization.
• 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
• 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

Education, Experience and/or Certification

Cap Proj Procur Spec, III :

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 5 years of combined supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 9 years of supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience;
• Minimum 1.5 years’ energy industry experience in capital projects contracting and procurement

Cap Proj Procur Spec Sr:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 9 years of combined supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 13 years of supplier contracting, capital projects, or other related supply chain experience;
• Minimum 3 years’ energy industry experience in capital projects contracting and procurement

Cap Proj Procur Spec Sr Staff:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and 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 3 years’ energy industry experience in capital projects contracting and procurement
• Minimum 6 years’ supply chain experience in capital projects contracting and procurement with a preference for electric utility experience.

Preferred: Certification from an industry accreditation organization such as CPSM, APICS, etc.

Knowledge/Skills

Technical

• Advanced understanding of Entergy’s business model, the capital projects portfolio, and key interfaces across the business and SC Skillful application of commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source and perform); including supplier diversity, safety metrics and tools
• Skillful application of market intelligence to assess supply market status and evolution
• Advanced knowledge of Entergy’s policies and processes and application to contracts
• Skillful in creating capital project contracting strategies and methodologies (e.g., EPC, Fixed Price, T&M); advise/influence on best strategy
• Skillful in creating negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for complex contracts within a capital project environment
• Advanced expertise in the development of high quality, thorough project Scopes of Work, Scopes of Supply, Lists of Deliverables, and Divisions of Responsibility
• Skillful application of pre-award and post-award contract management processes; integrate business unit specific knowledge; identify and mitigate contractual risks to Entergy
• Advanced understanding of contract law terminology, methodology, and application
• Advanced knowledge of business and SC operations within Entergy; including how Entergy buys and pays (HEBAP); experience and knowledge of supply chain systems and processes
• Skillful in developing detailed RFx price breakdowns and deconstructing vendor pricing models to support financial analysis and bid comparison
• Ability to identify opportunities to aggregate for commercial leverage and drive opportunities across the enterprise
• Skillful in supplier performance / relationship management strategies and processes

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 to capital projects, 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 way;
• Ability to coach other supply chain personnel in capital projects 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 broad relationships and effective networks with all stakeholders
• Strong understanding of the management of change relative to supply chain situations
• Strong understanding of how to effectively manage the costs of the business
• Strong communication skills in presenting concise/relevant information to stakeholders

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Mississippi : Jackson || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands

Job Function: Corporate

FLSA Status: Professional

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 123980

Travel Percentage:Up to 25%