Associate Director, Procurement Integration Lead

About the role

Grant Thornton’s Global Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management team is seeking an Associate Director to own and lead Procurement integration activities and savings identification & delivery across all Grant Thornton entities globally. This role reports to the Global Head of Procurement and is accountable for integration and onboarding outcomes, translating the target operating model design into entity-by-entity execution plans, resolving on-the-ground adoption issues, acting as the escalation point for urgent or business-critical requests, and reporting integration progress and change impact to firm leadership. The role also owns the roadmap for transitioning to a future ERP-enabled environment and brings best practice across the end-to-end procurement process.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Integration & Global Process Roll-out
  • Own the end-to-end roll-out of the global Procure to Pay process and transition to ERP tools and processes across all acquired entities, sequencing onboarding waves against entity readiness, priorities, geographies, and budgets, supporting the Global Head of Procurement in driving cost synergies.
  • Translate the target operating model and current process design into entity-specific implementation plans.
  • Track and drive resolution of process and adoption issues surfaced by acquired entities.
  • Partner with Category Management, Third Party Risk Management, Legal, Independence, and Technology teams to ensure successful operational roll-out as entity volume scales.
  • Support the future roadmap toward an ERP/Ariba environment, ensuring current-state decisions align with future-state architecture.
  • Build and maintain a repeatable onboarding playbook so each successive wave of entities ramps faster than the previous.
  • Continuously evaluate and propose automation and AI/tool adoption opportunities within existing processes, partnering with global teams on prioritization and delivery.
• Category Management Leadership & Savings Delivery
  • Directly manage and develop Category Managers and Buyers/Analysts, providing hands-on category management expertise to support negotiations and deal execution where needed.
  • Provide strategic sourcing support for high-profile vendors, build a clear yearly savings plan, and be responsible for delivery of savings targets to support value creation plans.
  • Responsible for coaching and training Category Managers and supporting the team’s development needs.
• Change Management & Communication
  • Lead the change management approach for process roll-out, including communications, training content, and adoption of tools tailored to each entity’s starting point.
  • Build strong working relationships with internal function owners and business leadership to sustain adoption beyond roll-out.
  • Coordinate with entity CEOs/CFOs and other local leadership to secure buy-in and sustained process adoption, facilitating business engagement.
• Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Management
  • Lead governance reporting on integration progress, adoption metrics, and change management to the Head of Procurement, Steering Committees, and other firm leadership forums.
  • Track individual cross-functional performance against agreed process SLAs and escalate to the Head of Procurement and assigned owners when required.
  • Maintain a live view of roll-out status, risks, and blockers across all entities and drive timely escalation and resolution of critical items that might disrupt onboarding plans.
  • Serve as the primary procurement liaison to the broader integration/transformation program, ensuring procurement milestones stay aligned with the firm’s overall integration and savings timeline.
• Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management
  • Lead and develop a high-performing integration team across U.S. and offshore operations.
  • Represent the function with strong executive presence, delivering clear, concise, and executive-ready communications and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain/Procurement, Finance, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in procurement/category management and ideally M&A/post-merger integration, with direct experience in standing up or rolling out Procure to Pay or Source-to-Pay processes across the business.
• SAP Ariba and/or S/4HANA experience is a plus.
• Category management experience is required, with a demonstrated record of leading strategic sourcing, negotiations, and savings delivery, ideally spanning multiple categories.
• Technology acumen is a plus.
• Experience in professional services or a multi-entity/acquisitive organization is a plus.
• Track record leading and driving results across multi-entity or multi-site process rollouts, including readiness tracking, stakeholder alignment, and post roll-out management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to build governance reporting and present progress, risks, and asks to senior/executive stakeholders, including one-on-one interaction with senior executives and firm partners.
• Ability to simultaneously and efficiently manage and communicate on multiple changing priorities with a variety of stakeholders.
• Must possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend automation opportunities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and relevant processing platforms.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $136,000 and $204,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion and is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.