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About the Role
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts is hiring a Purchasing Manager to oversee procurement, inventory control, and supplier management. The role requires a bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and experience in hospitality purchasing.
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Responsibilities
- Manage purchasing operations for all categories, ensuring compliance with ordering, receiving, storing, and distribution procedures
- Assist the Executive Chef in maintaining/ reducing budgeted food/ controllable costs
- Order all food and beverage items based on business needs
- Ensure proper inventory rotation (FIFO) and maintain inventory at lowest possible levels
- Inspect received goods for quantity, quality, and specifications
- Perform daily and period end food and beverage cost calculations
- Maintain accurate records and logs, including perpetual inventory
- Communicate price and product availability issues to Food & Beverage Director and Executive Chef
- Ensure all employees follow standard operating procedures
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field
- Experience in purchasing or procurement, preferably in hospitality
- Knowledge of inventory management and cost control
- Proficiency in computer systems and software
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
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Job Overview
- Responsible for following established ordering, receiving, storing, distributing, and payment procedures.
- Maintains an approved list of suppliers for all categories.
Education and Experience
- Four year bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
Core Work Activities
- Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
- Organizes, codes, categorizes, calculates, tabulates, audits, or verifies information or data.
- Ensures compliance with sanitation requirements.
- Assists the Executive Chef in all aspects of purchasing (e.g., food, beverage, and controllable items) to ensure quality and profitability.
- Orders all food and beverage based on business needs.
- Assists the Executive Chef in maintaining/reducing budgeted food/controllable costs.
- Represents and executes FIFO inventory rotation for all storeroom products.
- Adheres to sanitation and safety standards as specified in brand guidelines.
- Ensures effective safeguards for the security of food and beverage storeroom assets.
- Works with storeroom personnel and kitchen management to practice product rotation and maintain inventory at lowest possible levels.
- Communicates with kitchen, restaurant management, and suppliers to ensure delivery times meet pre food production needs.
- Inspects invoices for received goods to ensure quantity, quality, weight, and purchase specifications match the order.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provides information to supervisors, co workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e mail, or in person.
- Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Interacts with kitchen staff, suppliers, and the Executive Chef.
- Effectively uses existing computer programs to maintain invoices, update items, and expenses.
- Attends and participates in all relevant meetings.
- Provides guidance and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting budget policies and procedures.
- Informs and/or updates executives, peers, and subordinates on relevant information in a timely manner.
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