Purchasing Buyer

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Purchase goods and services for use by the hotel.
• Manage inventory levels to maximize fulfillment while minimizing inventory costs.
• Seek to obtain the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible cost.
• Conduct sourcing, RFx, negotiate and award contracts/purchase orders that ensure the correct amount of the product or service is received at the appropriate time and at the most favorable cost.
• Make return and follow-up on calls to maintain proper communication with clients, departmental staff and management staff.
• Confer with departments regarding requirements, specifications, quality of merchandise and delivery requirements.
• Set-up purchase documents and acquire approvals to assure compliance with established purchasing procedures.
• Confirm orders with suppliers, securing firm delivery dates, checking for shortages and discrepancies, and perform follow-up activities with suppliers as necessary.
• Solve invoice/receiving/inventory discrepancies.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with business contacts and team members at all levels of the company.
• A strong attention to detail.
• The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, staff, customers, and public.
• The ability to resolve problems/conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products: Project, Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher and Outlook.
• Simple reading, writing, math, and task completion skills.
• Clerical, compiling, analyzing, following instructions, influencing others, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment, and decision making skills.
• Flexible to work all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekend hours as business needs dictate.

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Finance or Business is preferred.
• Three to five years’ purchasing experience or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is constantly sitting and occasionally standing and walking during the duration of their shift.
• Must be able to occasionally lift/carry and push/pull 50lbs or less.
• The team member will constantly have repetitive use of their dominant hand.
• Constantly have finger dexterity of both hands.
• Constant use of vision abilities is required including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.

Work Environment

• Work performed indoors, alone and frequently with and around others.
• Team Member will perform work face-to-face including verbal contact with others on extended shifts around computer equipment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• Team Member may be exposed to confined areas and secondhand smoke.