Central Procurement Specialist I-III

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in Louisiana seeks a Central Procurement Specialist to manage the sourcing of materials and goods, applying advanced supply chain practices to ensure cost efficiency and reliability. You will work with business units, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams to translate requests into executed POs and strategic sourcing actions.

The role emphasizes risk and compliance, RFQs, negotiations, and timely expediting, with a focus on safety, quality, and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Procurement experience with materials and goods in a corporate setting.
• Ability to assess requests, source options, and negotiate terms.
• Familiarity with RFQ processes, POs, and supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety and ensure field standards are followed.
• Coordinate RFQs, supplier selection, and purchase orders.
• Ensure specs, schedule, quality, and quantities are defined.
• Negotiate favorable terms and monitor cost, delivery, and risk.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders and suppliers for pro-active material needs.

Job description

Job Purpose

The Central Procurement Specialist is responsible for the procurement of materials and goods to meet the demands of the business utilizing advanced supply chain and purchasing knowledge and experience. The role operates autonomously but may require minimal supervision or assistance in areas where the knowledge or experiences of the specialist have not been fully developed. The specialist executes progressively more complex and variable scopes of work and understands the distinctions between catalogue and non-catalogue spending, utilizing Entergy’s purchasing processes, systems and tools to execute activities. The role develops purchasing options to meet the demands of the business and interacts with business stakeholders, suppliers and other Supply Chain (SC) teams. The specialist assesses each material request to utilize the most appropriate sourcing channel, identify the appropriate method of delivery, understand the commercial terms and conditions to ensure accuracy in cost and volumes, provide reporting, tracking, and expediting as required. These duties shall be performed in a manner that ensures materials are obtained in the most cost effective, efficient, and strategic method with strict adherence to Entergy’s policies, procedures, and core values. Key interfaces for this position are internal business customers such as business units, Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Legal, and external suppliers. Within SC, common interfaces for this role are other Procurement Operations departments, site Procurement, Category Management, Supplier Diversity, Capital Projects & Decommissioning and Warehousing and Inventory Management.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

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. Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS) and/or the nuclear Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Apply the principles and practices of plan, strategize, source and perform to each request; Process Request for Quotations (RFQ). Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure all specifications, material descriptions, schedule requirements, and quality and quantity requirements are clearly defined and accurate; Resolve invoice mismatches for Over, Short, Damaged, or Discrepant issues, etc.; Identify and evaluate new and current sources of supply, including diverse suppliers, seeking the most competitive and advantageous offering to Entergy; Work with Legal and Tax to insure deviations from standard purchase order language are within Entergy’s legal and risk tolerance levels, and are approved and documented; Create Purchase Orders for execution and issuance, tracking of order status, and expeding when required; Ensure Nuclear Safety Related suppliers are active and approved for use for the requested materials on the Quality Supplier List (QSL); Ensure requested material has been reviewed by the appropriate Engineering personnel to ensure purchases will meet all applicable site and regulatory requirements. Deliver and document savings to Entergy through competitive bidding (RFQs), direct negotiations, cost avoidance, etc. Execute thorough purchase order documents for issuance to suppliers; Ensure favorable terms and conditions with appropriate quality, schedule, and cost considerations are established, and that are in adherence to Procurement Procedures. Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC is addressing material needs pro-actively and in the most beneficial way for Entergy; Establish/maintain professional relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the highest ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Entergy's Supply Chain Policies. Act as a Central Procurement Group point of contact with stakeholders and suppliers; Maintain open communications between suppliers, stakeholders and within SC to ensure that prompt, accurate, and complete information is provided.