Supervisor - Sourcing

Company Summary Statement

As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL’s companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.
Overview

The purpose of this position is to supervise and manage a professional and represented staff of 2 to 7 people (direct employees or indirect contracted resources) who are responsible for the primary acquisition of engineering, construction and other key contracted services requirements for business operations including some related materials for applicable scopes of work. The professional staff typically issues contractual commitments with an estimated value of $50 thousand up to $150 million dollars per year. This position is authorized to make or approve award decisions up to an authorized individual procurement level before requiring additional management review for higher level sourcing events. This leadership role will be assigned coverage responsibility for designated business areas within the Company that may expand across subsidiary business lines for collaborative benefit attainment.  This position is responsible for daily sourcing activities within the group and ensuring internal customer satisfaction in meeting the company's capital improvement, maintenance, efficiency and operational excellence needs. The position provides guidance and direction to the professional staff in supporting internal business teams in multiple states and jurisdictions in areas such as cost-effective service, optimized delivery of shared services, effective supplier engagement and contract coordination, achievement of customer service and safety commitments, and transmission and distribution system reliability.

Responsibilities

• Continued responsibility to source full complement of key assigned material and service commodities in support of designated business area operations and performance or Utility capital projects, maintenance, or other initiatives.
  
• Supervise the day-to-day activities of the professional buying staff and the support staff to ensure internal customer satisfaction, even workload distribution and backup support during times of vacation, extended illness or absence.
  
• Act as a primary contact for the Company business area leaders regarding the acquisition of materials and services in support of daily operations.
  
• Provide direction, guidance, coaching to subordinates and prepare performance reviews of professional staff and that report to them.  This will also include providing feedback to external parties on contracted staff performance.
  
• Interface with the respective Managers in the Supply Chain organization to plan and implement strategic initiatives, properly allocate and schedule workloads and resources.
• Identify and coordinate the acquisition of materials and services with other Supply Chain teams and supervisors/leaders for company business line operations that are located across states and jurisdictions to drive collaboration and identification of efficiencies, savings, and consistency in operations across the Company.
  
• Assess the skills of the Sourcing professional and support staff to ensure that the proper type and level of training is provided.
  
• Interface and plan effectively with engineering, operations, IT, budgeting, and logistics' staff to optimize joint processes.  This will also include support for system and technology implementation projects that will lead to process changes and benefits derived across these areas of the business.
  
• If applicable, in-person supervision of employees to ensure compliance with FLSA wage and hour issues as well as to monitor compliance with safety rules.
  
• Physical presence in the office/on-site on a planned basis to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers operating in a hybrid work environment.  For remote staff members, ongoing direct engagement and tracking of performance to ensure high performance levels.
  
• Promote, execute and track goals and results of supplier diversity and corporate sustainability initiatives in sourcing awards and company spend with diverse suppliers and prime business partners.
• May be assigned an emergency and storm restoration role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.
• Serve as an advocate for effective change management and support organizational goals for benefits derived from system and process integrations across all operating companies and business areas supported.
• All other duties and projects as assigned by Management.

Qualifications

Basic Qualiifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• A minimum of five years of sourcing experience, including experience with negotiation of commercial Terms and Conditions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous supervisory experience.
• Two or more years of electric or gas utility operations sourcing experience.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification or equivalent program.
• Business, Engineering or Supply Chain Management degree.
• Experience in utility operations.
• Master of Business Administration degree.

Salary : $50 - $150