Hospitality Purchaser & Storeroom Specialist

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, TX is seeking a Purchasing Clerk to maintain daily food, beverage, and general storeroom operations with accurate inventory control. You will receive, store, and issue goods, support storeroom leadership, and ensure timely distribution for hotel departments.

Ideal candidates have hotel purchasing/receiving experience, strong organization, attention to detail, and good English communication.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing/receiving and/or previous hotel experience preferred.
• Highly motivated self‑starter focused on quality, organization, cleanliness, and teamwork.
• The ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks/assignments and while working as a team player.
• Ability to clearly and pleasantly communicate both verbally and in writing in English with management and co‑workers, both in person and by telephone.
• Ability to read requisitions and complete orders as requested.
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Must be able to work with and understand financial information, data, and basic arithmetic functions.
• Ability to work cohesively with co‑workers both within and outside of your department
• Must be service oriented and possess a friendly approachable demeanor.
• Must be effective in handling problems in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary.
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance.
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Provide strong customer service to both internal and external clients to ensure that business partnerships are running smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Proper receiving, storing, and issuing of all food and beverage products in the food, beverage, and general storerooms under the guidance of the storeroom manager.
• Inspect and unpack all merchandise received, and stocks/stores it.
• Assists leadership in keeping the storeroom properly organized by sorting by group as stated by the storeroom manager.
• Assists in pricing and dating all groceries and canned goods; also, being aware of the importance of the first in/first out (F.I.F.O.) rotation.
• Strictly adheres to the operating hours of the storerooms.
• Assist in filling General Storeroom requisitions.
• Assists in keeping the storeroom properly organized by placing merchandise in its proper place as directed.
• Assist in end‑of‑month inventories.
• Keep all unauthorized persons "off premises", check requisitions for proper authorization.
• Assists in the inspection of the refrigeration units and brings attention to any deviation from the set temperatures as well as any deterioration of the quality of the perishables (record temperature on a daily log).
• Responsible for the cleaning of all storerooms.
• To follow/adhere to Omni Hotels operating procedures and local health regulations.
• Start a list for out of stocks/goods not received "items" so that follow‑up can be made.
• Notifies manager of “dead stock” items.
• Verify that no requisitions are left open (all requisitions should be completed and closed out).
• Check and lock all coolers/storeroom doors before departure at end‑of‑day.
• Comply at all times with Omni standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
• Verifies that no requisitions are left open, inform manager of all "shorts" on requisitions.
• Follow closing storeroom procedures, including ensuring all cooler doors are closed; all doors are locked, key tags on the outside door and logbook available.
• Monitors vendor ability to provide timely and consistent quality according to established specifications.

Skills

Communication in English

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Job description

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, TX is seeking a Purchasing Clerk to maintain daily food, beverage, and general storeroom operations with accurate inventory control. You will receive, store, and issue goods, support storeroom leadership, and ensure timely distribution for hotel departments.

Ideal candidates have hotel purchasing/receiving experience, strong organization, attention to detail, and good English communication.