Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Commercial Negotiation, Supplier Qualification, Supply Market Research
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Strategic Sourcing, Commercial Management, EPC Contracting, Contract Negotiation, Claims Management
Baytown, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Distribution Planning, CYMDIST, Power Flow Modeling, Python, MicroStation
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Supply Chain Strategy, Sourcing, Contract Management, Market Research, Negotiation
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Supply Chain Strategy, Sourcing, Contract Management, Market Research, Negotiation
Harris County, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Distribution Planning, Electrical Modeling, CYMDIST, Python, MicroStation
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Fixed Asset Accounting, Capital Asset Reporting, Regulatory Filings, Process Improvement, Internal Controls
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Corporate Accounting, US GAAP, SAP, Blackline, Excel
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Financial Analysis, Business Analytics, SAP, MS Excel, MS Visio
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: SAP S/4HANA, Application Readiness, Cutover Management, ERP Implementation, Dependency Management
Harris County, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Electrical Engineering, Distribution Planning, Project Management, Technical Specifications, Cost Estimation
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis
Harris County, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Email Security, Endpoint Security, Incident Response, Proofpoint, Microsoft Intune
Houston, Texas, United States · Hybrid
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Incident Investigation, Root Cause Analysis, Human and Organizational Performance, SIF Prevention, Event Learning
Evansville, Indiana, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Right Of Way Management, Land Acquisition, Eminent Domain, Prescriptive Rights, Land Title Research
Harris County, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Distribution Planning, Electrical Modeling, CYMDIST, Python, Power Flow Modeling
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: NERC Compliance, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Technical Writing, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance
Houston, Texas, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Source-to-Pay, System Administration, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Process Design
Danville, Indiana, United States · On-site
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term gro…
Skills: Courthouse Research, Land Boundary Surveys, Easement Preparation, ArcGIS, Civil3D
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Own end-to-end category execution for engineered equipment and materials, managing complex sourcing events and commercial negotiations. Develop sourcing strategies and maintain proactive relationships with Engineering, Operations, and Project Management stakeholders.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field. Candidates must have 5-9 years of sourcing or procurement experience managing complex engineered goods categories.
CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.
Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.
Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.
At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist owns end-to-end category execution for assigned categories within the Strategic Sourcing & Category Management portfolio. Operating with significant independence, this role manages complex sourcing events, supplier qualification programs, and commercial negotiations, while maintaining proactive stakeholder relationships across Engineering, Operations, Project Management, and Business Units.
The Senior Specialist brings category-level commercial judgment, structured analytical capability, and disciplined sourcing execution to categories that may encompass long-lead engineered equipment, commodity-influenced materials, or high-volume construction and maintenance supply. This role contributes to category strategy, executes sourcing events and negotiations with limited day-to-day oversight, manages supplier performance, and actively develops less experienced team members. The Senior Specialist earns the right to independent action by keeping the Procurement Manager appropriately informed — not about everything, but never surprising them with something material.
Own day-to-day category execution for assigned categories, producing work product that is complete and decision-ready with minimal Procurement Manager editing involvement.
Strong analytical capability including weighted scorecard development, total cost of ownership analysis, and supply market assessment.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
5–9 years of sourcing, procurement, or supply chain experience with demonstrated responsibility for managing complete sourcing events for complex or engineered goods categories.
Proven ability to develop RFP packages, manage bid evaluation, and produce award recommendations independently.
Demonstrated commercial negotiation experience including preparation of negotiation briefings and independent execution of supplier negotiations.
We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.
What we bring to you
Job Type: Full Time
Posting Start Date: 07/14/2026
Posting End Date: 07/24/2026
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
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Providing resilient and reliable energy utility services. NYSE: CNP
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of December 31, 2024, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com. Workforce Diversity: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce. At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve. We foster: • a culture that considers different backgrounds and viewpoints as competitive advantages, • an environment with opportunities for professional development; and • respect for each other, our customers and business partners For more information, visit https://careers.centerpointenergy.com/ Community Guidelines CenterPoint Energy is committed to our core values of safety, integrity, accountability, initiative, and respect for our customers, investors, employees and communities. With that in mind, we invite and encourage respectful, courteous and thoughtful comments and discussions on our social media pages that are on-topic and relevant. Comments that harass, threaten, offend, defame, mislead or contain false information will be hidden or removed at our discretion. Individuals who violate these guidelines will be blocked from posting to our Linkedin page.
Offices: 1111 Louisiana St, Houston, Texas 77002, US · 505 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, US · 211 NW Riverside Dr, Evansville, Indiana 47708, US
Providing resilient and reliable energy utility services. NYSE: CNP
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is a multi-state electric and natural gas delivery company serving approximately 7 million metered customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The company is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas-domiciled investor-owned utility. As of December 31, 2024, the company had approximately $44 billion in assets. With approximately 8,300 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been serving customers for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com. Workforce Diversity: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce. At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve. We foster: • a culture that considers different backgrounds and viewpoints as competitive advantages, • an environment with opportunities for professional development; and • respect for each other, our customers and business partners For more information, visit https://careers.centerpointenergy.com/ Community Guidelines CenterPoint Energy is committed to our core values of safety, integrity, accountability, initiative, and respect for our customers, investors, employees and communities. With that in mind, we invite and encourage respectful, courteous and thoughtful comments and discussions on our social media pages that are on-topic and relevant. Comments that harass, threaten, offend, defame, mislead or contain false information will be hidden or removed at our discretion. Individuals who violate these guidelines will be blocked from posting to our Linkedin page.
Offices: 1111 Louisiana St, Houston, Texas 77002, US · 505 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, US · 211 NW Riverside Dr, Evansville, Indiana 47708, US
