About this role
Capital Project Category Lead (Power Development)
Work Place Flexibility Hybrid
Legal Entity Entergy Services, LLC
Position opened for: S29017, S29018, S29019, S29020, S29021, S27887, S25815 & S28188
Job Purpose This position will partner with strategic business function leaders to ensure desired outcomes for the Power Development and Capital Projects Organization. The role may be assigned to multiple business units to leverage end-to-end value across an assigned portfolio of spend, with a focus on rotating and reciprocating generation and/or renewables. The specialist will support the identification, development, and execution of projects by leading commercial efforts for project planning, development of commercial strategies, sourcing of contracts and agreements, and for supplier relationship management/performance through the commercial contract management processes. The position will support projects that are operating within Entergy’s Project Delivery System (PDS, stage gate process) and will utilize procurement & supply chain processes to support the delivery of safety, cost, quality, schedule, and customer satisfaction measures. Assignments of increasing scale and complexity will be provided commensurate with the demonstrated technical, professional, inter-personal and leadership skills. The specialist operates autonomously but may require minimal supervision or assistance in areas where the knowledge or experiences of the specialist have not been fully developed.
Key interfaces Key interfaces are with both the Capital Projects Organization and the Power Development Organization’s: Project Managers, Financial Business Partners, SPO designees, and jurisdictional project leaders. Other key interfaces will be with various Procurement & Supply Chain departments (e.g., Category Management, Supplier Diversity, Supplier Sustainability), Tax, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, Safety, Legal, Continuous Improvement.
Key Tenants of Success
Core Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure SC engagement
- Actively engage and collaborate with external and internal initiatives across the Power Development, Capital Projects, and Procurement & Supply Chain organizations
- Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team always puts safety first
- Utilize key tools, programs, and proactive field visits to assure standards are met and understood
- Accountable for the development and execution of progressive commercial strategies, with the business functions, in support of objectives to drive value and enable favorable outcomes for all key stakeholders
- Collaborate with the business units and other stakeholders to support the deployment of capital funds in line with Entergy’s strategies
- 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, cont