Purchasing Coordinator

Life Care Services•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cypress of Charlotte is recruiting for a hospitality focused Purchasing Coordinator to join our team! This position is responsible for managing and controlling all kitchen inventory working with the Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director, and assists in the supervision of all kitchen employees.

Requirements

Proven management/supervisory experience in purchasing or operations within hospitality or food service.
Strong knowledge of food products, culinary operations, and kitchen workflows.
Two to three years cooking experience in a hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining preferred.
SERVSafe Certification required.
Ability to perform simple arithmetic and understand measurements and conversions.
Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards.
Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance.
Some knowledge of nutrition and diet.

Nice To Haves

Culinary education and supervisor background desirable.

Responsibilities

Budget and inventory cost control - manages kitchen budget and weekly spend down reporting, approves and enters purchase orders, works with finance to reconcile accounts.
Monitors inventory levels, conducts monthly inventory audits, implements and enforces FIFO inventory practices, tracks wase and optimizes stock rotation to reduce loss and improve efficiency.
Procurement and supply management - evaluates and selects supplies based on quality, service, and pricing, maintains supplier price records, oversees receiving, storage of all products.
Operational coordination and management - collaborates to align purchasing with operational needs, serves as opening manager until the Executive Chef arrives, implements and manages requisition system to streamline internal ordering processes, assists kitchen staff with all aspects of daily assignments, such as food orders, prepping, cooking, expediting orders, etc.