Hiring: Contract Specialist I - III Company: Entergy Location: New Orleans, LA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 18:12:45 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Project Management, Risk Management, Vendor Management About the job Experience: •Prior IT contracting experience in support of the energy industry Required Skills: •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). •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 diverse suppliers, to ensure the most competitive and advantageous offering to Entergy is achieved. •Interface directly with Legal, Tax, and Risk Management to ensure any deviations from standard contract language are within Entergy’s Legal and Risk tolerance levels. Qualifications: •Advanced understanding of customer business drivers, objectives, budgets, needs and plans, and key interfaces inside and outside supply chain. •Skillful application of commercial management processes (plan, strategy, source and perform); including local-owned businesses spend, safety metrics and tools. •Skillful application of market intelligence to assess supply market status and evolution. •Skillful in developing contract strategies, incorporating relevant market conditions, based on customer objectives; including multi-contracting strategies with contractual responsibilities and liabilities allocated between each contract. •Skillful in building negotiation strategies and leading negotiations for moderate to complex IT commercial contracts with minimal support. •Skillful application of pre-award and post-award contract management processes, including ability to identify and mitigate contractual risks to Entergy. •Skillful in building draft and final IT agreements with a range of compensation vehicles (e.g., lump sum, unit rates, time and materials). •Understands the criteria required to create an IT contract at the local, regional or enterprise level, one-off applications or master agreement. •Advanced knowledge of business and supply chain operations within Entergy; including how Entergy buys and pays (HEBAP); advanced understanding of supply chain systems and processes •Demonstrated capacity to engage with suppliers and facilitate other relevant parties to resolve obligation gaps and identify and make recommendations on legal issues. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!