HR Specialist; Vendor Manager) Fully Remote

Position: HR Specialist (Vendor Manager) Fully Remote
Description

Seeking an opportunity to partner with others to develop new services? Are you energized by financial analysis and complex arrangements and excited to look for new ways to do business and drive costs down? If so, Leave and Accommodations team is looking for an experienced Vendor Manager to join our team.

About The Team

We are striving to be the earth's best employer. To get there, we need to build a best-in-class professional services program to deliver leave of absence, disability, and accommodation services to Amazon employees, applicants, job seekers, and candidates globally.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end vendor contract life cycles including new contracts, renewals, and amendments across a portfolio of vendors.
• Partner with Procurement, Contracting Legal, Finance, and Security teams to source, negotiate, and execute vendor contracts, including complex multi-vendor RFPs and global engagements.
• Lead third-party security and compliance reviews across all vendors, ensuring timely completion and maintaining compliance standards.
• Manage vendor financial operations including Purchase Order creation/amendments, invoicing and payment processing, monthly accruals, and budget forecasting in partnership with Business, Cost, and Finance teams.
• Onboard new vendors through established processes, including compliance onboarding, security reviews, and performance management setup.
• Manage vendor performance against contractual SLAs and budget; prepare budget-to-actual analyses, identify risks, and partner with Finance and Service Delivery on strategic plans.
• Navigate global vendor complexities including in-country signatory requirements, legal and tax considerations, and country-specific compliance nuances.
• Troubleshoot and resolve vendor escalations (e.g., payment delinquencies, invoicing disputes, service failures, Purchase Order/invoicing violations) with urgency and sound judgment.
• Provide ad hoc and regularly scheduled updates to leadership on vendor portfolio health, contract status, and compliance posture.
• Act as a subject matter expert on contract terms for Service Delivery, customers, and leaders.
• Support cross-functional initiatives including AI strategy development, vendor and service deep dives, and vendor onboarding process improvements.
• Effectively communicate through high-quality written and verbal communications, including documents for L10+ audiences.

Qualifications Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional / military experience in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 3+ years professional experience in Vendor Management, Finance, Procurement, or a related field.
• Experience managing vendor contract life cycles (negotiations, renewals, amendments) with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with vendor financial operations including purchase orders, invoicing, accruals, and budget forecasting.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive continuous improvement and vendor performance management.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in Excel to analyze large data sets and manage financial tracking.

Preferred Qualifications

• HR experience or exposure to HR processes and practices.
• Experience managing third-party security and compliance reviews
• Experience supporting global vendor portfolios across multiple geographies with varying legal and regulatory requirements.
• Exceptional project management skills with a track record of managing multiple concurrent deliverables and meeting tight deadlines.

Skills

• vendor management

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Atlanta, GA.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $28.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA)…