Contract Specialist I- Sr

Contract Specialist I- Sr

Job Title: Contract Specialist I- Sr Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC Note: This is a hybrid role requiring three days a week of in-office work and is based our offices in New Orleans, LA, Little Rock AR, The Woodlands, TX, or Jackson, MS. Selected candidates from outside the area will be to relocate. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. This role will be titled Contract Specialist I, II, III, or Senior, based on education and qualifications.

Job Summary/Purpose: The Contracts Specialist utilizes and applies significant supply chain and contracting knowledge and experience to contract for complex services, with variable scopes of work, across multiple business areas (projects, operations, etc.). The role is responsible for developing, leading and negotiating complex business contracting strategies, recognizing and integrating relevant market conditions. Key interfaces for this position are internal business customers such as a business unit, Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources and Legal, and external suppliers. Within SC, common interfaces for this role are Procurement Operations, Category Management, Capital Projects & Decommissioning, Supplier Diversity and Warehousing and Inventory Management.

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.
• Incident Response: Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS) and/or the nuclear Emergency Response Organization (ERO).
• Work Processes: Pre-award contract development and post-award contract administration; create and lead the RFx bid process; develop negotiation strategies, optimal pricing methodology, establish KPIs when appropriate, and warranty protection; Perform detailed market and financial analyses to determine potential business risk associated with a supplier or contract; coordinate with Credit Risk as required; Identify and evaluate new and current sources of supply, including local suppliers, to ensure the most competitive and advantageous offering to Entergy is achieved; Work with Legal, Tax, and Risk Management to ensure any deviations from standard contract language are within Entergy's Legal and Risk tolerance levels. Process Purchase Orders and complete other works assignments as necessary to ensure the success of the Procurement organization.
• Value Creation: Deliver and document savings to Entergy through competitive bidding, direct negotiations, cost avoidance, etc..
• Partnership/Relationships: Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC is addressing contractual needs pro-actively and in the most beneficial way for Entergy; Work with stakeholders to analyze and develop company position on claims and disputes; Establish/maintain relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Entergy's SC Polices.
• Process and Reporting Compliance: Ensure all requirements for savings, diversity, document retention, bidding, contractor safety and other areas of compliance are met.
• Communications: Maintain open communications between stakeholders and within SC to ensure that prompt, thorough, accurate, pertinent and complete information is provided.

Minimum Requirements - Education/Experience: Contract Specialist I: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 4+ years of supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience Contract Specialist II: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 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 Contract Specialist III: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 5+ years of combined supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 9+ years of supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience Contracts Specialist Sr.: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Engineering, Legal, or other related discipline and minimum 9+ years of combined supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 13+ years of supplier contracting, vendor management, or other related supply chain experience Preferred Education/Experience: Prior contracting experience in support of the energy industry SC Certification from an industry accreditation organization such as CPSM, APICS, etc.