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Job Title: Buyer Food
Department: Purchasing
Reports to: Purchasing Manager
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for managing Food item lists for cruise lines: sourcing monitoring usage and controlling inventory levels in the warehouse monitoring shortages onboard and follow up with corrective actions ordering receiving etc..
IMPORTANT : Resumes must specify experience in food purchasing resumes that do not include any previous experience in food purchasing will not be considered for evaluation
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Developing relations with suppliers and negotiating the best possible cost with them.
Sourcing additional food items or special requests for additional items as per instructions from Culinary team and communicating availability and prices for these items in timely manner
Analyzing warehouse stock for all Food items for replenishment including placing orders. Keeping Culinary team and purchasing agents informed of inventory status monitoring items with short shelf life and establishing depletion plans
Processing invoices for inventory orders and authorizing payments based on contractual agreements with suppliers or manufacturers.
Working with inventory management to ensure all deliveries are fulfilled and reporting any missing or backordered items.
Updating Culinary Operations on availability issues and price changes and working with the team on finding solutions and substitutions
Vendor performance evaluation for availability pricing and service based on reports from warehouse staff and vessels reports
Reviewing Quality Reports provided by vessels and work on corrective actions with suppliers and the Culinary team onboard
Reviewing Discrepancy reports provided by vessels and work on finding solutions for all shortages
Maintaining Items in the system for description unit of measures activation and deactivation
Providing reports and analysis as needed to the Culinary team
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Preferably College education.
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Full Time