Director of Purchasing and Receiving

About Fairmont Grand Del Mar

Bask in the San Diego sunshine and enjoy our five-star setting at Fairmont Grand Del Mar. Immersed in the charm of Los Peñasquitos Canyon, the resort hosts 249 elegantly appointed guestrooms and suites, an 18-hole private Tom Fazio-designed golf course, a five-star spa and offers two dozen weekly outdoor activities across the 400 acres of dramatic canyon scenery including yoga, meditation and archery. The Grand includes six different dining venues, including San Diego’s only three-Michelin starred restaurant, Addison.

Growth and advancement are not only accessible but actively encouraged. We promote a balanced life for our colleagues and continually seek new ways to enhance our environment and support our beautiful home of San Diego.

About the Application Process

At Fairmont, we want to bring out your highest potential. Shortly after applying, you will receive an email from our partner AssessFirst prompting you to create a profile and complete a questionnaire. This is a mandatory step for your candidacy to be considered as it enables us to explore your compatibility with this role and our culture of luxury excellence.

We invite you to join the world of luxury hospitality at Fairmont Grand Del Mar, as our new Director of Purchasing & Receiving.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Business Support, responsibilities and essential job functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Purchasing

• Oversee and participate in the procurement of materials, equipment, supplies and services necessary to support the Hotel
• Lead and develop purchasing team, providing training and performance management
• Supervise all procurement activities and approve purchase orders to ensure compliance with company Standard Operating Procedures
• Manage the receipt of all incoming products; including verifying products have the proper quality, proper weight, agreed upon quantity and appropriate temperature, as applicable
• Timely ensure the receipt and closure all POs through either direct action or administrative oversight
• Manage vendor set ups in both the back office system (Oracle GFS) and the Purchasing System (Birchstreet), to include proper vendor activation in both systems and interface
• Collaborate with departments to anticipate demand and coordinate purchasing activities, including short lead Banquet requirements to ensure sufficient stock, and coordinate orders with each department
• Attend BEO meetings for large groups or those with special requirements
• Act as liaison with Entegra representative (or current Group Procurement Manager) to ensure approved vendors perform per contract, property is maximizing approved vendor usage and off brand vendors and services are pushed into the current Group Procurement Manager program, as an official vendor
• Negotiate and qualify non Group Procurement Manager (currently Entegra) suppliers to ensure reasonable and appropriate to service the Hotel including facilities inspections, certificates of insurance, product specs in alignment with the standard, and other key performance metrics, and ensure maximum company benefit
• Initiate cost reductions through standardization of materials, value analysis and seek opportunities for new or improved products or services.  Present to the appropriate Division/Department Heads
• Communicate temporary product substitutions or brand standard changes and perform a cost analysis
• Ensure prompt payment of invoices through expeditiously addressing pending clarification invoices, actively addressing vendor concerns and reconciling statements, daily invoice scanning to the shared services mailbox (CASD) and working closely with the A/P team
• Communicate and lead the monthly inventory process in accordance with the SOP
• Produce and distribute a daily F&B cost report and work closely with the Chef and F&B Director to perform an analysis of the cost vs. sales as per the SOP and reconcile back to the G/L.
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