Food & Nutrition Purchasing Specialist

St. Luke's Health System; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health System in Twin Falls, Idaho, is hiring a Food and Nutrition Purchasing Assistant to support dining services operations.

Under general supervision, you will handle purchasing, receiving, inventory management, storage, and distribution of food, supplies, chemicals, and equipment, ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance. This role requires coordinating with vendors, maintaining records, and providing clerical support to keep meals flowing during high-volume periods,

Responsibilities

• 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 escalated 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.

Job description

St. Luke’s Health System in Twin Falls, Idaho, is hiring a Food and Nutrition Purchasing Assistant to support dining services operations.

Under general supervision, you will handle purchasing, receiving, inventory management, storage, and distribution of food, supplies, chemicals, and equipment, ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance. This role requires coordinating with vendors, maintaining records, and providing clerical support to keep meals flowing during high-volume periods,