VP, Strategy & Performance

Job Title: VP, Strategy & Performance

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD) 

Job Summary/Purpose

This role reports to the Chief Supply Officer and will serve as a key member of the P&SC leadership team.  Leveraging a holistic view of the organization, the overall focus is to drive strategy and enablement initiatives that define how P&SC should be utilized to enable and influence Entergy’s Path to Premier. 

 

Responsibilities include P&SC strategic planning, portfolio management, projects and delivery, financial and performance management, supplier diversity and stakeholder management.  Additional responsibilities include performance & analytics, technology management, business controls and compliance, third-party risk management and supplier relationship management.  This role will also provide strategic leadership of Entergy’s indirect procurement vertical for Entergy’s corporate functions.

 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Continuous Improvement focus on strategy enablement and delivery of the P&SC initiatives.
• Establish and lead teams to execute and share performance & analytics, technology management, business controls and compliance, third-party risk management, supplier relationship management within Entergy's P&SC organization.  
• Strategic development and implementation of diverse and local spend strategies to enable Entergy’s path to premier journey.
• Develop, lead and execute vendor strategies focusing on diverse spend management, local spend management. Enable and execute the supplier sustainability strategy.
• Category Management of indirect procurement vertical 
• Support the Corporate organizations including HR, Finance, Legal, Technology and Business Services, and the Integrated Customer Organization.   
• Performance accountability in leading, driving and enabling execution of the path to premier efforts for the P&SC organization.
• Focus on spend and savings, process and tools, and organization capability development.
• Cross functional collaboration to develop, manage and execute f P&SC stakeholder communications and all organizational change management.
• Partner with Entergy Corporate Communications in understanding and communicating P&SC concepts, initiatives, and challenges to internal and external audiences.
• Optimization of Source-To-Pay for the measurement, assurance, and improvement of business processes across the P&SC organization. 
• Ensures the necessary tools, systems, improvement methodologies, and improvement program delivery mechanisms are in place to support the latest RACI and operate effectively.
• Incident Response:  Perform incident response/storm duties as assigned.
• Special Projects as needed

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelor’s degree though advanced degree preferred. Business, Supply Chain Management other technical area of study preferred

Minimum experience required of the position

• 12 years of relevant experience

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

• 12 + years of diverse problem solving experience, with a track record for driving successful strategic, organizational and operating model change
• Experienced team leader that can build partnerships, influence senior stakeholders and facilitate strategic decision-making, while developing a team of future leaders
• Proactive and entrepreneurial self-starter, with excellent time management and prioritization skills with the ability to multi-task and juggle competing priorities with ease and under pressure
• Significant, hands-on experience contracting and overseeing service provider performance

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the po