Food Services Purchasing Assistant

St. Luke's Health System•Boise, ID

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About The Position

At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work. What You Can Expect: Food Services Purchasing Assistant, under supervision, is responsible for ordering food, supplies, and/or equipment for food services. Follows through with vendors on shipment and delivery. Receives and unload freight. Verify items received with purchase order, ensure proper temperatures of delivered foods and correct products/brand received. Conducts inventory to ensure an adequate level of supplies is maintained. Rotate, date and discard all food products per standards. Inspects products received for quality and quantity to ensure adherence to specifications. Distributes food, chemical and paper products to kitchens, and food service areas outside of kitchen as needed. Order supplies, ensuring that all paperwork is completed accurately. Resolves basic issues using knowledge of procedures and policies. Refers more complex issues to higher-level staff. Performs clerical duties as assigned. Expenses and transfer supplies to departments. Maintains records and follow up files of purchases, shipments, and related matters. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Responsibilities

ordering food, supplies, and/or equipment for food services
Follows through with vendors on shipment and delivery
Receives and unload freight
Verify items received with purchase order
ensure proper temperatures of delivered foods and correct products/brand received
Conducts inventory to ensure an adequate level of supplies is maintained
Rotate, date and discard all food products per standards
Inspects products received for quality and quantity to ensure adherence to specifications
Distributes food, chemical and paper products to kitchens, and food service areas outside of kitchen as needed
Order supplies, ensuring that all paperwork is completed accurately
Resolves basic issues using knowledge of procedures and policies
Refers more complex issues to higher-level staff
Performs clerical duties as assigned
Expenses and transfer supplies to departments
Maintains records and follow up files of purchases, shipments, and related matters
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned