Keith Baxter

About Keith Baxter

Keith is an innovative, collaborative leader, passionate about the transformation of procurement into a lean, strategic, value-added capability, aligned with and accountable to the business and managed to agreed upon SLAs and performance metrics. His experience in designing, building and delivering strategic sourcing and procurement solutions to clients and internal stakeholders places him in a unique position to understand and appreciate the integrated needs of the organization, both from the business side and from the shared services perspective as well. Keith also has a passion for process and for improving and/or eliminating those processes that don’t align with business requirements or that add little to no value. He has re-designed processes for both external clients as a consultant and has led a team to redesign the procure-to-pay (P2P) processes of the internal organization as well. His experience in the IT industry has allowed him to understand the criticality of automating low-value, repetitive tasks with technology in order to focus on the high-value, strategic tasks that support revenue enablement and generate cost savings and avoidances.In addition to his tenure in the IT industry, Keith worked at Siemens L&A, gaining an insight and appreciation into the challenges and dynamics of the high-tech manufacturing industry. After hours Keith enjoys reading a variety of subjects, from Aristotle to Forbes. He’s a disciplined work-out enthusiast, scuba diver, golfer and the family grilling expert.Skills:• Strategic Sourcing• Category Management• Supplier Relationship Management• Contract Negotiation & Strategic Supplier Development• Engagement and Communication with C-level• Operational Process Improvement• eProcurement, eSourcing• Business Process Redesign• Procure to Pay• Strategic Business Planning• Performance Enhancement & Leadership

Experience

1. Sr Procurement Manager - Us & C

   BT Group

   Sep 2014 — Present · Irving, TX, US

   Responsibilities:1. Lead a multi-cultural, globally dispersed team of 5 Procurement Managers (direct reports) and 6 Buyers (dotted line)2. Responsible for the over £300M (approx.$380M) in addressable spend across 22 direct and indirect categories, including:a. CPE (customer premise equipment)b. Deployment and Field Services for Data and Voicec. IT Resourcesd. IT Hardwaree. IT Securityf. Softwareg. HR Services, Financial Services, Legal, Regulatory & Audit, Advisory & Consultingh. Property & Facilities Managementi. Marketing3. Responsible for over suppliers, both on and off contract, throughout the supplier lifecycle4. All contract-related activities including negotiation, execution, maintenance and terminationa. Cisco, Westcon, Ingram Microb. Polycom, Avayac. Manpowerd. Juniper, Riverbed, zScalere. Dell/EMC, HP, NetAppf. Unisys, NSC Global, NCR, CompuCom5. Manage a Supplier Watch program (31 suppliers)6. Manage C-Level (CEO, CFO, COO, CHRO) Stakeholder Engagement 7. Support between 20 and 25 new business pursuits8. Support new and existing product development9. Team with Finance to validate savings impact to P & L10. Support all global sourcing efforts that include the US & C Region11. Results:a. Achieved 100%, 98% and 132% of savings target over the last three years, respectivelyb. Awarded Blue Ribbon Certificate for contributions to BT-wide process improvement

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

• University of North Texas

  MSA, Tax Accounting

Skills

• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Sourcing
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Procurement
• IT Service Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Crm
• Strategy
• Outsourcing
• Integration
• Project Management
• Supply Management
• Leadership
• Business Development
• Service Delivery
• Business Process Improvement
• Spend Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Team Building
• Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Negotiation
• Product Management
• Team Leadership
• Analysis