Contract Specialist III- Sr

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in New Orleans, LA is seeking a Contracts Specialist to apply extensive supply chain and contracting knowledge to procure complex services across multiple business areas. The role develops and negotiates contracting strategies, interfaces with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, and leads pre/post-award processes, including RFx activities and risk analysis.

The position emphasizes value creation through savings and cost avoidance, with a focus on compliant procurement practices

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.

Job description

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.