Nutrition Procurement Specialist
About The Position
Join Our Nutrition Services Team at St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, Montana, as a Nutrition Procurement Specialist. In this important role, you’ll be supporting patient care by ensuring our Nutrition Services team has the food, supplies, and inventory needed to operate efficiently. As a Nutrition Procurement Specialist, you'll manage purchasing from approved suppliers, maintain appropriate inventory levels, and help ensure product quality while supporting a cost-effective operation. This role is ideal for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, and enjoys balancing inventory management, purchasing, and operational support in a fast-paced healthcare environment. You'll collaborate with culinary team members to manage inventory, monitor product usage and weekly inventory turns, support food safety and regulatory compliance, and help reduce waste while contributing to department budget goals and overall operational success. If you want to play a vital role in ensuring the right food and supplies are available to support patients, caregivers, and hospital operations, this is the place for you. St. Vincent Regional Hospital has provided compassionate, high-quality care for more than 125 years and is recognized as one of the region's leading healthcare destinations. In addition to 30 regional clinics, the hospital offers a broad range of specialty services and serves as a referral center for complex patient care needs throughout Montana and Northern Wyoming. With a new state-of-the-art hospital opening in 2029, now is an exciting time to join our team and help shape the future of healthcare in our community.
Requirements
- Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work
- Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
- Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and apply procedures and instructions
Nice To Haves
- One or more years of experience managing inventory in food services preferred
Responsibilities
- Purchases goods from approved suppliers.
- Ensures quality of the products when received and appropriate inventory levels are maintained by managing weekly turns.
- Plays an integral role in ensuring the department meets budgets and operates profitably.
- Understands and follows managed order guides and processes for each supplier
- Manages appropriate inventory levels and assists with reducing waste
- Decides what and how much to order using PAR levels, engaging culinary members along with using other Intermountain tools
- Aware of and practices safe food storage guidelines as outlined by ServSafe
- Tracks and reports key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Assists in keeping storage areas clean and organized and ensures all Joint Commission and Health Department guidelines followed
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
