Senior Director of Procurement at Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

Overview



Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.


Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.


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Job Description:




Responsibilities

This highly important role is newly elevated and reporting to the head of finance for broad impact across the organization. With H&F's recent investment, significant growth and effectiveness initiatives are being deployed. This individual will be a key part of the value creation plan.


Objectives:

• Drive positive impact to $300M in spend (and growing as Baker Tilly grows)
  
  


• Ensure current value targets are captured and continuously develop and excel at stretch targets year after year
  
  


• Be a trusted advisor to the business on all things supply / supplier related
  
  


• Create sustainable savings and risk safeguards
  
  
  
  
  • Develop capabilities in, serve as a do-er, and lead the team to effectively drive strategic sourcing, including advanced RFPs and demand/specification optimization
    
    
  
  
  • Develop category and sourcing strategies and advise management and requesting stakeholders in associated approaches and processes
    
    
  
  
  • Negotiate contracts commercially and legally, with a balanced risk approach
    
    
  
  
  • Be an expert across categories
    
    
  
  
  • Develop structured approach to scale processes as corporation grows, including methodology for onboarding new company acquisitions
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Serve as key communicator and influencer within the corporation
  
  
  
  
  • Engage, communicate, and collaborate with all relevant stakeholders of all levels, including the executive committee, the broader stakeholder base, your team, suppliers, etc.
    
    
  
  
  • Leverage analytics and market intelligence to educate the organization in advanced procurement to earn support for the next level of value creation
    
    
  
  
  • Build strong relationships with business unit leaders and executives to become a partner and trusted advisor, cementing the strategic value of Procurement within the organization
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Drive continuous maturation of Procurement
  
  
  
  
  • Develop and execute a strong strategic vision for Procurement
    
    
  
  
  • Challenge existing rules and status quo to further optimize projects and initiatives
    
    
  
  
  • Act as a change agent, continuously evolving Procurement capabilities (e.g. spend visibility, category management, contract management, sustainability, supplier diversity) fit to Procurement's maturity journey and company growth
    
    
  
  
  • Team closely with FP&A to ensure controls and value tracking to the P&L
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Launch and manage effective procurement operating routines
  
  
  
  
  • Proactively build and manage a hearty pipeline of procurement initiatives, and manage them through a cadence of pipeline meetings, steerco meetings, and other levels of governance
    
    
  
  
  • Be responsible for a strong annual savings target and team with FP&A to ensure spending controls; co-develop and deploy reporting, decision trees, and validation process. Participate in the annual budget process.
    
    
  
  
  • Hire and develop Procurement team members to support procurement objectives and become a destination for top talent within the organization
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Participate in the H&F Procurement Community including quarterly virtual forums and an in-person summit every 18 months
  
  

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's (MBA) preferred
  
  


• 8+ years of relevant working experience in procurement, preferably with at least some in IT (e.g. Software), and 4+ years of that in a leadership/managerial capacity
  
  


• Strong attention to detail and effective prioritization, while keeping the big picture in mind
  
  


• Ability to operate both strategically, tactically and operationally in a fast-paced environment; builds scalable systems & processes, rather than just addressing single issues
  
  


• Significant influence and communication skills
  
  


• Highly capable in project management and analytics
  
  


• Strong business acumen, including financial acumen
  
  


• Strong ability to lead and develop people
  
  


• Adaptable and flexible; comfortable with change and challenging status quo
  
  


• Knowledgeable in procurement technology and processes to enable procurement maturation
  
  


• Demonstrated management capabilities, especially related to leading strategic initiatives, driving performance, leading change efforts, and producing superior results