Food Services Purchasing Assistant-160154

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

Description & Requirements

At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work.

Description & Requirements

At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work.

What You Can Expect

The Food and Nutrition Purchasing Assistant, under general supervision, supports food and nutrition services operations through ordering, receiving, inventory management, storage, and distribution of food, supplies, chemicals, paper products, and equipment. This role coordinates purchasing and inventory activities to ensure adequate supply levels, timely product availability, product quality verification, shipment tracking, inventory control, operational readiness, and compliance with organizational, food safety, sanitation, and regulatory standards while also performing clerical, documentation, and administrative support duties related to purchasing and receiving processes.

• 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.

What's In It For You

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

• Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.