Procure-to-Pay Specialist, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement (DCSP) Post Contract
DESCRIPTION
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And, you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
As a Procure-to-Pay Specialist, you’ll be supporting procurement ops for data center construction categories.
We ensure our customers receive world class procurement and supply chain support through the entire procure to pay process. Customer Obsession, Bias for Action, and Ownership are the core of all we do.
Data Center Services Procurement (DCSP) supports Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD) in obtaining the best services at the lowest costs, and manages the full “Supplier Lifecycle” including Strategic Sourcing and Intake, Onboarding, Solicitations, Spending and Transaction Policy (S&TP) Compliance, Contract management, Supplier Development, as well as all the follow on activities with Requisitioning and Payment Operations.
Key job responsibilities
- Managing ticketing queue.
- Ensuring operations procurement compliance.
- Documenting operations scope and processes.
- Implementing mechanisms to increase procurement efficiencies.
- Managing procurement processes consistently on a regional basis.
- Become a subject matter expert on all systems and policies related to team programs.
- Manage PR queues and intake workflows.
- PO processes and resolving systems related issues
- Minimize invoice approval escalations and holds.
-Work across various business and technical SDE teams to define and implement procurement application functionality.
About the team
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 1+ years supporting requisitioning and purchase order management in a high volume industry.
- 2+ years of program or project management experience and 2+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience.
- 2+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience and 2+ years of supply chain experience.
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience as purchaser, buyer, or other operational role within a procurement organization, as well as experience with requisitioning, invoice management.
- 2+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience.
- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
- Experience with processes improvement and project management.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.