Corporate Services Procurement Advisor
Southern California Edison (SCE)Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Corporate Services Procurement Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll develop and lead enterprise-wide indirect procurement category strategies across Corporate Services (HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, Marketing), Customer Service and Customer Programs, Information Technology (software, SaaS, telecom, infrastructure, and digital services), consulting, professional services, and Managed Service Organizations (MSOs). You’ll provide strategic sourcing, contracting, and supplier management expertise while partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts to negotiate commercial and contractual agreements, optimize supplier performance, mitigate risk, and drive measurable value through cost savings, compliance, safety, innovation, and operational excellence in support of SCE's strategic objectives. As a Corporate Services Procurement Advisor , your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future? Responsibilities Reviews and negotiates company-wide commercial agreements for various scopes of work. Identifies, drives, and implements suitable procurement approaches to deliver lowest total cost and cost savings strategies across the organization. Negotiates contracts and reviews opportunities to reduce costs using negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods. Understands and applies business tools (financial, logistical, commercial, risk, cost analysis, etc.) to attain desired results. Identifies and executes purchasing opportunities through internal stakeholder collaboration and external market research. Ensures that corporate procurement policy and procedure are being followed. Develops and establishes category management in accordance with the overall best practices, procurement strategy, processes and procedures and ensures category management delivers against targets and objectives. Develop skills and knowledge to become subject matter expert in managed spend categories. Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities, assessing current and future business processes for best work practice, as well as innovative procurement solutions that provide cost savings and process efficiencies for the organization. Establishes strong business relationships with key business partners and clients across Operating Units and external organizations. A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity. Minimum Qualifications Seven or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. Experience developing and executing category management and strategic sourcing strategies for complex spend categories. Experience negotiating procurement contracts, commercial agreements, and standard terms and conditions while achieving favorable business outcomes. Experience sourcing consulting, professional services, managed services, and corporate services, including leading complex Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. Experience delivering measurable cost savings, supplier performance improvements, risk mitigation, and total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization. Experience using SAP in a procurement environment and leveraging Ariba Sourcing, Contract Management, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions. Knowledge of utility industry regulations, procurement compliance requirements, policies, and procedures. Experience applying financial, c…