Purchasing & Receiving Intern - Summer 2027

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa•Acme, MI

13d

About The Position

The Purchasing & Receiving Intern supports the resort’s daily operations by managing the flow of goods into storerooms and fulfilling department requisitions. The role helps ensure hotel outlets have the products they need to support the guest experience while developing experience in hospitality supply chain and inventory control. The intern receives, inspects, and records incoming deliveries; communicates with vendors about orders and delivery timelines; prices and fills requisitions on scheduled rounds; and helps put away food and beverage products. The role also includes stock rotation, recycling, and daily cleaning of storerooms and coolers. Replacing products that a lounge or restaurant has run out of is the commissary’s top priority and must be handled immediately. The intern must be currently enrolled at a university, college, or community college and receive college credit for the internship. The schedule is flexible and involves 30–40 or more hours per week, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Weekends are required. Interns attend bi-weekly meetings and committee meetings and complete internship projects. Employment is conditional on passing a background investigation and drug screen. Native American Preference will apply.

Requirements

Must currently be enrolled at a university, college, or community college and receive college credit for the internship.
Must be able to work a flexible schedule of 30–40 or more hours per week, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Weekends are required.
Must pass a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.
Maintain open communication with the supervisor and good rapport with fellow employees.
Demonstrate a positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn and communicate efficiently in writing and verbally.
Have secretarial skills, including telephone skills, personal grooming, appointment scheduling, filing, and accountability for numeric calculations.
Regularly stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear; occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and taste or smell; occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Previous accounting and/or purchasing experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

Receive, inspect, and log incoming materials against physical documentation and purchase orders.
Communicate with external vendors about order status, logistics tracking, and delivery timelines.
Price and fill requisitions three times daily at 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 1:00 p.m.
Deliver After-9 and Shores requisitions by 10:00 a.m.
Price and put away incoming produce, meat, seafood, and dry goods.
Assist the beverage clerk with filling liquor requisitions.
Work with the Purchasing Manager to complete projects and tasks on time.
Document quality-control anomalies, shortages, and damages, and help resolve discrepancies with vendors.
Rotate stock daily.
Sweep and mop the storeroom daily; clean coolers, floors, and shelving daily.
Break down boxes and place them in recycling containers; separate clear glass from colored glass and place it in recycling containers.
Attend bi-weekly intern meetings and committee meetings.
Complete internship projects.
Immediately fulfill requests from lounges or restaurants to replace products they have run out of.
Perform other duties as assigned.