F&B Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following and other duties may be assigned as necessary :

• Provide friendly, fast, and helpful customer service to all guests and team members.
• Perform services to accomplish the purchase of goods and services for all departments.
• Send and receive quotes via telephone, email or mail from vendors.
• Create, distribute, and analyze RFQs, RFPs and / or RFIs; and make recommendations based on evaluations.
• Supplier relationship management; including negotiating prices, terms and delivery, forming supply agreements, and evaluating performance measurements.
• Monitor the supplier’s pricing and performance on a continual basis to ensure the best price and performance.
• Monitor market sensitive commodity prices as often as necessary to maintain high quality with the lowest possible costs.
• Review requisitions for correctness and completeness of information; obtain bids as needed for goods and / or services and ensure required signature authority levels are documented on all paperwork related to procurement.
• Process purchase orders on a daily basis, prioritizing by urgency when the need arises.
• Determine appropriate methods of procurement such as direct purchase, bid, or credit card.
• Represent the purchasing department in departmental meetings to assist with their purchasing needs and resolve issues with suppliers and / or products.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, suppliers, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Ensure the best quality products are obtained at the best price with the best possible service accompanied by timely delivery.
• Assist Accounts Payable and requesting departments on variances between purchase orders and invoices.
• Assist departments with establishing and maintaining stock levels based on the needs of the business and supplier lead times.
• Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories. These records include contracts, bid prices, purchase orders and requisitions.
• Update department managers and Purchasing Director on market conditions and any other pertinent information.
• Conduct training on purchasing procedures to ensure adherence to corporate and local guidelines.
• Compile and enforce property diversity purchasing requirements.
• Maintain and promote a high code of ethics.
• Gather information for long and short term planning to assist the Purchasing Director and departments with budget preparation.
• Comply with all contractual obligations contained in any bargaining agreement entered into by the company.
• Must adhere to regulatory, department and company policies.
• Perform all job duties in a safe and responsible manner.
• Perform other job related and compatible duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be at least 21 years of age.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents In English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in English may also be required.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Must be able to efficiently and accurately count money and gaming chips and make a change. Possess the ability to operate an adding machine and have basic computer skills.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Team members must be able to qualify for licenses and permits required by federal, state, and local regulations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by a team member to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The team member frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.

The team member must regularly lift and / or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move up to 75 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here represent what a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Team member will be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted secondhand tobacco smoke