Contract Specialist III- Sr

About the role

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.

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced understanding of customer business drivers, objectives, budgets, needs and plans, and key interfaces inside and outside SC;
• Commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source and perform); including supplier diversity, safety metrics and tools;
• Market intelligence to assess supply market status and evolution;
• Developing contract strategies, incorporating relevant market conditions, based on customer objectives;
• Building negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for moderate to complex commercial contracts with minimal support;
• Building draft and final agreements with a range of compensation vehicles (e.g., lump sum, unit rates, time and materials);
• Understanding the criteria required to create a contract at the local, regional or enterprise level;
• Advanced knowledge of business and SC operations within Entergy;
• Supply chain systems and processes;
• Engage with suppliers and facilitate other relevant parties to resolve obligation gaps and identify and make recommendations on legal issues;
• Supplier performance management.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: See above

Skills

• Technical: Advanced understanding of customer business drivers, objectives, budgets, needs and plans, and key interfaces inside and outside SC;
• Commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source and perform); including supplier diversity, safety metrics and tools;
• Market intelligence to assess supply market status and evolution;
• Developing contract strategies, incorporating relevant market conditions, based on customer objectives;
• Building negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for moderate to complex commercial contracts with minimal support;
• Building draft and final agreements with a range of compensation vehicles (e.g., lump sum, unit rates, time and materials);
• Understanding the criteria required to create a contract at the local, regional or enterprise level;
• Advanced knowledge of business and SC operations within Entergy;
• Supply chain systems and processes;
• Engage with suppliers and facilitate other relevant parties to resolve obligation gaps and identify and make recommendations on legal issues;
• Supplier performance management.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Company Description

Entergy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration 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.

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 behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and 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.