Manager, Project Procurement

Job Title:Manager Project Procurement

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC

**Preferred office location is Hammond LA but could be domiciled in New Orleans LA with regular travel to Hammond LA. **

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

The Manager Capital Projects Procurement is responsible for enabling Supplier Commercial Excellence for an assigned portfolio. This position is expected to lead commercial strategy development planning and sourcing leveraging a supply chain practitioner skill set in all aspects of the sourcing and procurement process including service contracts and material purchase orders. Entergys capital investment portfolio is $17.7bn across the companys Power Generation Transmission Distribution Renewables and Nuclear business functions. This position will be assigned to Power Delivery materials with a focus on procurement of project specific material procurements.

The Manager role will lead a team of four to seven and will report to the Sr. Manager Strategic Procurement. This position leads a team of procurement professionals that supports the delivery of safety cost quality schedule and customer satisfaction measures at a minimum. The Manager role partners with business function leaders (Project Managers Project Directors Manager levels) on a regular basis to develop comprehensive and progressive commercial strategies.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety/Human Performance:Ensure the Team always puts safety first. Actively promote strong safety behaviors utilizing key tools such as Close Call /Good Catch in addition to proactive field visits to review standards and behaviors. Monitoring and influencing Suppliers to proactively identify any safety concerns.

Supplier Commercial Excellence:Accountable for the development and execution of progressive commercial strategies that enable favorable outcomes for all key stakeholders. Commercial strategies should be comprehensive in nature and developed with the business function in support of business objectives to drive value and service delivery.

Partnership:Accountable for establishing and maintaining healthy and positive stakeholder relationships. This activity includes establishing cross-functional and cross-sector teams with key stakeholders and creating a multi-year demand plans with integrated supply chain solutions.

Culture:At all times the Manager shall operate with the highest ethical standards and in full compliance with internal controls policies procedures regulations and laws. Accountable through supply base partners to execute Entergys Supplier Diversity & Local Spend objectives.

People Leadership: Accountable for leverage of Supply Chains Talent Management Strategy to assure the right Supply Chain talent is recruited developed retained and deployed in line with key business priorities. This position will average management of 4-7 FTEs within the Central Procurement job hierarchy. Mentor and coach staff.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelors Degree in business accounting supply chain management engineering finance or equivalent experience required;.
• MBA preferred.
• Professional Supply Chain/Procurement certification preferred.

Minimumexperiencerequired of the position

• 5 years of experience in materials/warehousing purchasing contracts or project management. 3 years of supervisory experience and/or equivalent leadership experience.
• Related energy Supply Chain experience preferred.

Desiredknowledge skills and abilitiesrequired of the position

• 7-10 years of Contracting or Material Procurement Experience (development implementation and post award contract management) leveraging EPC Contracts Service Material and Engineered Equipment contracts.
• Strong business acumen and strategic agility with broad-based knowledge of category management strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• Understanding of Capital Project Management stage gate processes & Supply Chain best practices.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinker with an ability to provide focus on service delivery.
• Experience with process optimization and continuous improvement in supply chain preferred.
• Strong collaboration and relationship management skills and abilities.
• Strong communication facilitation presentation and creative problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of utility industry regulated organizations renewable energy and Nuclear Generation requirements.

An Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page or see statements below.

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 you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please clickhereand 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.

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

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 to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.