Purchasing Manager

WELCOME TO SWISSÔTEL CHICAGO
Swissôtel Chicago is a luxury 4 diamond hotel with 662 rooms and suites located in the heart of downtown Chicago. Inspired by our brand pillar, Vitality, our Swissôtel Chicago family is united by a common vision to re-engage, re-inspire and re-vitalize our commitment to delivering quality service, building quality relationships and living quality lives.

At Swissôtel Chicago, we put the emphasis on our people. We are extremely proud of our Vitality initiatives and offer a variety of wellness programs for our Colleagues, who – in turn – aspire to bring quality of life into our guests’ lives. Our goal is to provide a motivating and rewarding environment that attracts talented individuals who wish to develop their careers within a culture that values creativity and innovation in order to execute winning results aligned with our Vitality vision. Through our initiatives and Vitality culture, we have been named a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune for 8 years in a row!

Be Bold, Be Inspired, Be You.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Purchasing Manager

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Business Support, the Purchasing Manager is an organized individual who has the ability to build relationships with not only vendors and suppliers, but each department in the hotel. Your combination of task-driven mindset plus connection-based approach leads to cost-savings, organizational success, and optimization.

Receiving

• Receiving all deliveries to the hotel, including food, beverage, and miscellaneous items.
• Verify quality and freshness of perishable items; return any that do not meet standards.
• Weigh high-cost items and check against invoices, report discrepancies.
• Maintain detailed logs of all deliveries, include date, time, invoice amount, and recipient.
• Process food & beverage invoices according to hotel and accounting procedures.
• Secure invoices and deliver to accounting daily.
• Complete monthly inventories of food and beverage items.

Purchasing

• Manage the end-to-end purchasing process, from identifying needs to final delivery, ensuring all items meet quality, service, and price standards
• Work with current purchasing program to maximize savings and rebates & Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, negotiate for reduced pricing for non-program vendors, and evaluate vendor performance regularly
• Work with Director of Finance to control costs, analyze expenditures, and ensure purchasing aligns with budget expectations
• Track team performance (one team member- storeroom manager), quality standards, and service delivery, identifying opportunities for improvement
• Manage purchasing and inventory of our retail outlet
• Work with F&B management team & finance on month-end reporting
• Comply with all policy and procedures
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