Senior Infrastructure Business Operations Analyst
LinkedIn · Posted Nov 4
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About the role
The Infrastructure Business Engineering (IBE) Procurement Operations team enables LinkedIn’s global Engineering Infrastructure through efficient, compliant, and scalable procurement processes. The team manages end-to-end procurement operations, supplier and spend processes, systems integration, and operational insights across infrastructure portfolios, and is evolving processes with automation and AI. This role supports global data center and Engineering Infrastructure requirements through PR/PO processing, spend visibility, compliance, supplier coordination, and process improvements.
What you will do
- Intake management: Validate procurement request details, prioritize requests, and ensure adherence to procurement policies and SLAs.
- Purchase requisitions (PR) creation: Create accurate PRs in procurement systems with correct financial coding, documentation, and approval workflows.
- Purchase orders (PO) follow-up: Track PO creation and approvals; proactively resolve bottlenecks to ensure timely issuance.
- Delivery follow-up: Monitor supplier deliveries and service milestones; coordinate with stakeholders to address delays or fulfillment issues.
- Invoice approvals: Validate invoices against POs, contracts, and delivery confirmations; coordinate approvals and resolve discrepancies.
- Contract commitment management: Track contractual commitments, renewal timelines, and spend obligations to ensure accurate records and timely action.
- Reporting and insights: Maintain operational dashboards, track SLAs and KPIs, and provide actionable insights on performance and bottlenecks.
- Process enhancements and continuous learning: Identify improvement and automation opportunities, leverage AI tools where applicable, and build procurement, systems, and analytical skills.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 10+ years of total experience
- 3+ years of end-to-end procurement operations experience, including PR/PO creation and invoice management, in enterprise environments.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with procurement or ERP platforms (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Oracle).
- 2+ years of experience with supplier onboarding, supplier coordination, sourcing processes, and contract compliance.
- 2+ years of experience with budgets, cost tracking, spend analysis, accruals, and financial reconciliations.
- Proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and 1+ year of experience building reports or dashboards in Power BI.
- 1+ year of experience defining or improving procurement workflows and controls, including approval workflows and audit requirements.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple operational deliverables and meeting SLAs with accurate documentation.
Preferred qualifications
- 2+ years supporting data center or infrastructure supply chain procurement (commodities, lead-times, supplier coordination).
- Experience integrating or operating across multiple systems (e.g., Coupa, ZIP, Sentry) for procure-to-pay workflows.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Financials or SAP S/4HANA for procurement and invoicing.
- Experience using AI tools or copilots to automate procurement tasks (e.g., intake validation, matching, reconciliation) or scripting workflow automations.
- 2+ years of experience building operational dashboards and KPIs for procurement performance and bottlenecks.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, connecting over a billion users globally to create economic opportunity. Owned by Microsoft, the platform provides tools for job searching, professional networking, B2B marketing, sales intelligence, and online learning. Through its data graph, it bridges the gap between global talent and enterprise organizations.
- Industry
- Professional Network
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2003-05-05
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $103.5M raised
- 2003-11-01Seed$4.7M
- 2004-08-01Series A$10M
- 2007-01-15Series B$53M
- 2008-06-01Series C$22.7M
- 2014-05-15Post Ipo Debt$500M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office
President of Platforms and Digital Work
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer
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