HR Specialist (Vendor Manager) Fully Remote

Aston Carter; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

Aston Carter is actively seeking a Vendor Manager to partner with procurement, legal, and finance teams to drive cost efficiencies and manage end-to-end vendor contracts. The role requires handling complex multi-vendor engagements and global compliance across a distributed supplier base.

Responsibilities include onboarding new vendors, monitoring SLAs, and delivering budget-to-actual analyses while navigating in-country signatory and tax considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years of vendor management, finance, or procurement experience.
• Experience with vendor contract lifecycles and financial operations.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end vendor contract lifecycles 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.

Skills

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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 lifecycles 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 lifecycles (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) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 18, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.