Purchasing Operations Manager

About the Role

Wing is looking for a Purchasing Operations Manager to join our Sourcing & Procurement team. This role is hybrid based in Palo Alto, CA. In this individual contributor role, you will serve as a critical operational bridge connecting Wing’s business teams, Finance, Accounting, Sourcing, and Alphabet’s central Procure-to-Pay (P2P) operations. You will own and execute end-to-end procurement workflows—from vendor onboarding and purchase order validation to ad hoc payment resolutions, account reconciliations, and P2P governance projects. You will combine hands-on operational excellence with process automation, ensuring compliant, rapid, and friction-free purchasing practices across SAP, Ariba, and Embark.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new vendors in strict compliance with Wing and Alphabet (parent company) onboarding policies, approval guidelines, and payment terms.
• Partner with Alphabet Vendor Enrollment teams to manage cross-border vendor setups in Ariba and Embark, ensuring proper tax compliance documentation and audit readiness.
• Validate all Purchase Orders (POs) for completeness, accurate coding, quote feasibility, and contract alignment prior to releasing them to vendors.
• Apply 3-way invoice matching dynamics and collaborate with Ariba/Finance teams to propose, support, and apply credit memos against vendor balances to maintain accurate vendor health metrics.
• Act as the primary point of contact for time-critical procurement escalations, managing off-cycle and ad hoc vendor payments, urgent invoice resolutions, and Proof of Payments (PoP).
• Partner with Accounting and Finance to investigate prepaid account applications versus amortization schedules, ensuring financial accuracy and proper expense recognition.
• Drive and execute P2P governance initiatives, including maintaining approval hierarchies, managing policy updates, and resolving long-aged POs.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), conduct root-cause analyses on purchasing bottlenecks, and collaborate with SAP technical teams to design automated workflow solutions.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Procurement Operations, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Accounting, or Supply Chain Management within a fast-paced or tech environment.
• Hands-on proficiency with enterprise P2P platforms, specifically SAP and Ariba (including Embark or similar vendor enrollment tools).
• Demonstrated expertise in PO validations, vendor credit memos, prepaid account schedules, and foreign vendor tax documentation.
• Proven track record hands-on executing governance projects, updating system approval workflows, and driving P2P process improvements as an individual contributor.
• Exceptional analytical and cross-functional communication skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with Legal, Sourcing, Accounting, and Technical SAP teams.
• Stakeholder Management, proven ability to navigate matrixed organizations and mediate competing priorities between business urgency and compliance control.

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000 USD - $195,000 USD + bonus + equity + benefits.