Food Services Purchasing Assistant

At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work. What You Can Expect: The Food and Nutrition Purchasing Assistant, under general supervision, supports food and nutrition services operations through ordering, receiving, inventory management, storage, and distribution of food, supplies, chemicals, paper products, and equipment. This role coordinates purchasing and inventory activities to ensure adequate supply levels, timely product availability, product quality verification, shipment tracking, inventory control, operational readiness, and compliance with organizational, food safety, sanitation, and regulatory standards while also performing clerical, documentation, and administrative support duties related to purchasing and receiving processes. Order food, supplies, chemicals, paper goods, and equipment based on established purchasing procedures and operational needs. Receive, unload, inspect, and verify deliveries against purchase orders and specifications for accuracy, quality, quantity, and compliance, including temperature and safety standards. Conduct inventory counts, maintain par levels, rotate stock, label and date products, and monitor expiration dates in accordance with food safety standards. Store, distribute, and transfer food products and supplies to kitchens, storage, and patient care areas as needed. Maintain accurate records for purchasing, receiving, inventory, transfers, shipments, and departmental expenses, adhering to invoice and inventory compliance standards. Coordinate with vendors regarding orders, delivery schedules, shortages, substitutions, returns, and product issues. Perform clerical and administrative duties including data entry, filing, tracking records, and preparing documentation and reports. Monitor storage areas for cleanliness, organization, proper rotation, and compliance with sanitation and safety standards. Perform duties with consistency under general supervision while adhering to established policies, procedures, safety standards and regulatory requirements. Resolve routine purchasing and inventory issues and escalate more complex concerns to leadership as needed. Support operational readiness during high-volume periods, deliveries, inventory cycles, and staffing shortages. Maintain professional communication and effective working relationships with vendors and departmental staff. Perform other duties as assigned.

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