Manager, Project Procurement

Entergy • Hammond, LA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Entergy’s capital investment portfolio is $17.7bn across the company’s 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, accounting, supply chain management, engineering, finance, or equivalent experience required;
• 5 years of experience in materials/warehousing, purchasing, contracts or project management.
• 3 years of supervisory experience and/or equivalent leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.
• Professional Supply Chain/Procurement certification preferred.
• Related energy Supply Chain experience preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Entergy’s Supplier Diversity & Local Spend objectives.
• Accountable for leverage of Supply Chain’s 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 FTE’s within the Central Procurement job hierarchy. Mentor and coach staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager