Category Management Specialist I - II

Entergy Corporation

New Orleans, LA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Affirmative Action, Category Development, Category Management, Contract Management, Cross-Functional, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Establish Priorities, Expense Management, Expense Tracking, Federal Laws and Regulations, Finance, Genetics, Human Resources, Incident Response, Legal, Management Strategy, Market Tracking, Market Trend Analysis, Negotiation Skills, Purchasing/Procurement, Risk Management, Sourcing Strategy, State Laws and Regulations, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Technical Leadership, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
New Orleans, LA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Job Title: Category Management Specialist I - II

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD)

Job Summary/Purpose The Category Management Specialist is responsible for supporting the implementation of Supplier Commercial Excellence for the Corporate indirect sub-categories. This position leverages extensive expertise in supply chain, category management, strategic sourcing, and contracting to execute the end-to-end procurement and supply chain processes of plan-strategy-source-perform. The Category Management Specialist collaborates cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, such as business units, Supplier Development, Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources, and Legal, as well as external suppliers and industry organizations. The role is responsible for building and maintaining these cross-functional teams to create prioritized sub-category profiles, develop contracting strategies, execute strategic sourcing processes, manage negotiations, and implement and oversee post-award contract management. The primary objective of this position is to create value through the supply chain in terms of safety, cost, and performance, ultimately driving Supplier Commercial Excellence and delivering end-to-end value for the assigned portfolio of spend.

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).

Category Strategy:

  • Develop and execute category and subcategory strategies
  • Manage spend and regularly track market trends
  • Ability to work strategically and tactically to deliver positive business results

Category Processes:

  • Systematic process to review commercial, process, technical, risk management, and sustainability strategies for product categories and subcategories

Supplier Management:

  • Supplier management strategy in place, linked with supplier segment, category strategies, and business reviews to ensure supplier performance

Supplier Base:

  • Supplier portfolio is regularly reviewed based on price/performance and cost structure comparison

Primary Location:

  • Louisiana-New Orleans
  • Louisiana : New Orleans
  • Texas : The Woodlands

Job Function: Professional FLSA Status: Professional Relocation Option: Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT Number of Openings: 1 Req ID: 122740 Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Equal Opportunity Employer The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants 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.

EEO Statement The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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.

Know Your Rights Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

WORKING CONDITIONS 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.

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