Job Title: Senior Staff Capital Projects Procurement Specialist Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.:EOI ***This is a hybrid position, reporting to the office 3 days a week. The role can be based out of our offices in New Orleans, LA, Little Rock, AR, Jackson, MS, or The Woodlands, TX. Those outside these areas will need to relocate, Relocaiton Assistnace may be available for this role*** Job Summary/Purpose The Project Procurement Specialist, Senior Staff utilizes extensive supply chain and capital projects knowledge and experience to implement Supplier Commercial Excellence for an assigned collection of capital investments. The specialist is Supply Chain's (SC) single point of contact and lead for a given project(s) and supports deployment of Entergy's customer centric capital investment strategy across the company's business units. The role may be assigned to multiple business units to leverage end:to:end value across an assigned portfolio of spend. The specialist supports the development and execution of capital projects by leading commercial efforts for project planning, development of a commercial strategy, sourcing of contracts and agreements, and supplier performance through commercial contract management processes. The position operates within Entergy's Project Delivery Standard (PDS, stage gate process) and utilizes SC's processes to support the delivery of safety, cost, quality, schedule, and customer satisfaction measures. The senior staff specialist operates autonomously and in an advisory capacity providing oversight, support, guidance, and training in the technical and professional skills areas to other project procurement specialists. The role is recognized inside SC and within Entergy as a subject matter expert on capital project procurement, contract strategy, methodology, analysis, and contract provisions. Key interfaces are with business function leads, Project Managers and Project Controls, Financial Business Partners, SPO designees, jurisdictional project leaders, etc. Other functional interfaces include SC departments (e.g., Category Management, Supplier Diversity), Tax, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, Safety, Legal, and Regulatory Legal. Job Duties/Responsibilities Safety/Human Performance: stylemargin:bottom:11.0px: : 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: stylemargin:bottom:11.0px: : Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS) Supplier Commercial Excellence: stylemargin:bottom:11.0px: : 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. Project Procurement: : Collaborate with the business units and other stakeholders to support the deployment of capital funds in line with Entergy's strategies. stylemargin:bottom:11.0px: : 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 binding commercial obligations Commercial Contract Management: stylemargin:bottom:11.0px: : Provide commercial contract management for in:flight capital projects and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful contract execution. : Manage compliance to contract provision