Senior Procurement Specialist

NextEra Energy Inc

FL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Communication Skills, Cost Control, Customer Support/Service, Documentation, Electrical Utility, Expense Management, Identify Issues, Market Analysis, Market Trend Analysis, Mentoring, Negotiation Skills, Onboarding, Operational Improvement, Operations Processes, Power Generation, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Procure to Pay/Purchase to Pay (P2P), Procurement Management, Procurement Strategy, Purchasing/Procurement, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Risk, Risk Analysis, Secondary School, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Support Documentation, Training/Teaching, Vehicle Fleets, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Vendor/Supplier Selection
LOCATION
FL
POSTED
2 days ago

Requisition ID: 96359

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation's most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

Key Responsibilities:

Supplier Enablement & Support

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for suppliers during onboarding and ongoing enablement activities.
  • Guide suppliers through P2P requirements, registration, documentation, and readiness steps using clear, simplified communication.
  • Review supplier documentation for completeness and accuracy, ensuring compliance with onboarding and system requirements.
  • Proactively identify supplier roadblocks and resolve issues to prevent delays in transactions or payment.
  • Support supplier understanding of next steps, confirmations, and transactional expectations within the P2P lifecycle.

Internal Centralized Support

  • Provide front‑line P2P support to internal procurement and business users via a centralized ticketing model.
  • Troubleshoot common P2P issues by assessing symptoms, investigating process paths, and identifying appropriate resolutions.
  • Distinguish between process‑related issues and system/technical issues requiring escalation to IT or platform teams.
  • Deliver consistent, professional customer service to internal stakeholders while maintaining service levels and priorities.

Collaboration & Documentation

  • Partner closely with ISC, BUs, and platform support teams to resolve issues efficiently.
  • Document common support scenarios, resolutions, and learnings to reduce repeat issues and improve self‑service.
  • Support adoption of standardized processes tied to system governance and controls.

Job Overview

This role conducts negotiations and manages spend for certain contracts. Employees in this role serve as a Point Of Contact (POC) for certain assigned contracts, and execute purchases in alignment with category strategies. The individual works to ensure operational procurement process improvement strategies are achieved while balancing any associated risk with the purchases. This role would also act as a mentor and trainer to less experienced team members.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Conducts negotiations
  • Executes cost savings opportunities
  • Develops and manages supplier relationships, including serving as POC for certain supplier contracts
  • Performs analysis on market trends and risk assessments
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • High School Grad / GED
  • Bachelors or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience: 4+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • Masters Degree

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Purchasing/ Procurement

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: No

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

About the Company

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NextEra Energy Inc

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees in 27 states and Canada as of year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves more than 4.8 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2016 list of “World's Most Admired Companies.”

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Energy and Utilities
FOUNDED
1925
WEBSITE
http://www.nexteraenergy.com/