Director, IT Purchasing and Budget @ BCG

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What You'll Do

As Director, IT Purchasing and Budget, you will be a senior member of the Digital Workplace Experience and Business Intelligence Team. This role is split evenly between two areas. 50% is Purchasing Category Management: about 30% laptops and about 20% mobile telecom. 50% is IT Finance Management, covering capital expenditure requests and IT budgeting: about 30% North America budget and capital expenditure, and about 20% shared between Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa budget support and capex creation for the new SAP integration.

You will work on mobile telecom cost analysis, invoice control and reporting, working alongside the team that manages mobile carrier contracts, manage laptop orders and spend in line with the strategy set by the hardware category team, and ensure the IT budget and capital expenditure process is accurate, consistent and well controlled across regions.

Your responsibilities include

Laptops and End User Devices Purchasing (approx. 30%)

• Partner with the team that leads laptop category strategy and vendor selection, and handle the financial and order coordination side of the agreed approach
• Plan and coordinate hardware orders for refresh, new hire and replacement demand in cooperation with local IT and global asset management
• Review and approve laptop quotations, and ensure orders follow negotiated pricing, standard models and approved budgets, and escalate exceptions to the category lead
• Track hardware spend, volumes and commitments against budget and capex, and forecast upcoming order needs
• Maintain hardware order and spend reporting in Power BI, plus related knowledge base articles and process documentation

Mobile Telecom Purchasing (approx. 20%)

• Partner with the team that manages mobile carrier contracts and vendor relationships, and with the telecom expense management provider, including support on renewals and requests for proposal as required
• Analyze historical cost data and usage trends, and recommend cost reduction strategies
• Control and dispute invoices, and monitor usage and costs for compliance with company policy
• Design, deploy and standardize processes across offices with the telecom expense management provider, and work with local IT to improve new hire, internal transfer and departure workflows
• Run service reviews with carriers and drive efficiency and automation with the telecom expense management provider
• Maintain Power BI reporting and knowledge base articles for mobile telecom

Worldwide IT Budget and Capital Expenditure (approx. 50%)

• Partner with local and regional finance teams, local IT managers and regional directors to manage the North America IT budget and forecast
• Drive line level budgeting and consistency across the region, and prepare the IT budget for all North America offices
• Consolidate North American regional inputs into a coordinated view of IT spend and capital expenditure, and provide budget variance analysis
• Support the Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa IT budget and forecast cycles with regional finance and IT leads, using consistent templates and charge code logic
• Consolidate regional inputs into a coordinated view of IT spend and capital expenditure for Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa
• Improve reporting integrity by ensuring alignment of charge codes
• Ensure proper forecasting of large-scale IT projects regionally and globally
• Act as main point of contact for IT budget and capital expenditure inquiries, and provide ad hoc information and analysis as required
• Gather, create and submit capital expenditure requests for all regions, and ensure proper approvals
• Maintain the Global IT expense detail, plan and capital expenditure dashboards to enable IT managers to monitor actual spending against budgeted plans and approved capital expenditures.
• Document the capital expenditure creation process and train regional IT teams on the new way of working

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, IT management or supply chain, or comparable knowledge and experience
• 10+ years of experience in IT procurement, category management, IT finance or budget management
• Experience in IT sourcing and contract negotiation, including the request for proposal process
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and capital expenditure processes, including approval workflows and variance analysis
• Working knowledge of SAP (purchasing and finance) and experience supporting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) migration or integration
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Familiarity with mobile telecom and telecom expense management is an advantage
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Experience in developing and executing budgets and plans aligned with organizational objectives

Who You'll Work With

Additional info

Key competencies

• Demonstrate strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems
• Attention to detail, well-organized, and excellent time management skills
• Able to work independently, self-motivated, exercising sound judgment and initiative
• Deliver high-quality work by collaborating cross-functionally to achieve the best results for the organization
• Reliable and cooperative team player; display consideration and respect for others
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to influence others and move toward a shared vision or goal
• Demonstrate competence and character that inspires trust
• Display tact, patience and the ability to handle stressful situations
• Focus on excellent customer service and the needs of the end-user community
• Ability to establish and maintain strong and effective working relationships across the organization
• Strong understanding of the BCG culture, organizational structure and processes
• Able to treat all BCG information as personal and confidential

At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.

For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.

We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.

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