Sr Buyer - Purchasing

Wynn Resorts•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The Senior Buyer supports daily procurement operations in a luxury integrated resort environment by managing high-volume purchasing, vendor communications, and supply chain coordination. The role is a liaison among operating departments, suppliers, warehouse operations, sourcing, receiving, and finance, helping maintain uninterrupted service across hotel, food and beverage, casino, retail, entertainment, and support operations. The position manages an average workload of 50–300 purchase orders daily and more than 50 vendor-related communications per day, resolving shortages, backorders, pricing discrepancies, and open purchase order issues. The Senior Buyer also provides functional guidance, training, and operational oversight to Buyers; supports sourcing and cost-control efforts; and maintains purchasing reports and data to help improve procurement performance.

Requirements

3–5+ years of purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience in a high-volume hospitality, gaming, foodservice, or resort environment.
Experience managing large-scale purchasing operations with high daily transaction volumes.
Strong understanding of procurement systems, ERP platforms, and purchasing workflows.
Excellent organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and procurement reporting tools.
Ability to analyze pricing, identify discrepancies, and resolve complex purchasing issues.
Proven ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced operational environment.

Responsibilities

Create, process, modify, and expedite 50–300 purchase orders daily across multiple operational categories.
Review requisitions for accuracy, completeness, budget compliance, and proper sourcing.
Monitor order status from creation through receipt and invoice reconciliation, and ensure timely delivery of products and services.
Maintain purchasing records and documentation in accordance with company policies.
Communicate daily with vendors, suppliers, distributors, and internal stakeholders by email and phone.
Follow up on open orders, shipment delays, shortages, substitutions, and damaged deliveries; resolve disruptions and escalate critical supply issues.
Establish supplier relationships and ensure contractual and service-level expectations are met.
Review open purchase orders, investigate outstanding receipts, partial deliveries, and backorders, and maintain accurate reporting and stakeholder updates.
Coordinate with warehouse, receiving, and operating departments to validate shortages and delivery variances; arrange expedited shipments and alternative sourcing when necessary.
Research and update product pricing; validate invoice pricing against contracts, bid pricing, and approved quotes.
Investigate price variances, unit-of-measure discrepancies, and supplier billing exceptions.
Maintain item master data, lead times, supplier information, and purchasing parameters.
Support cost-control initiatives through pricing analysis and market comparisons.
Partner with Strategic Sourcing on sourcing opportunities, supplier alternatives, quote gathering, supplier evaluations, contract implementation, and vendor onboarding.
Provide data and reporting for negotiations and sourcing initiatives, and participate in product conversions and supplier transition projects.
Collaborate with operating departments and communicate order status, delivery schedules, substitutions, and potential supply risks.
Support emergency operational requirements and urgent procurement requests while providing customer service and balancing competing priorities.
Provide functional guidance, training, and operational oversight to Buyers.
Generate and maintain reports on open purchase orders, shortages and backorders, price variance tracking, supplier performance, delivery compliance, and purchasing activity metrics.
Analyze purchasing trends, recommend process improvements, and support departmental KPI reporting and procurement performance metrics.