Nutrition Procurement Specialist

Intermountain Health; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette, Colorado is seeking a full-time Food Service Purchaser to manage purchasing from approved suppliers, maintain inventory levels, and help ensure the department meets budgets and operates profitably. The role focuses on using PAR levels, coordinating with culinary staff, and adhering to ServSafe storage guidelines while tracking metrics to reduce costs.

40-hour workweek, shift 6am-2:30pm, on-site.

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and apply procedures and instructions

Responsibilities

• Understands and follows managed order guides and processes for each supplier
• Manages appropriate inventory levels and assists with reducing waste
• Decides what and how much to order using PAR levels, engaging culinary members along with using other Intermountain tools
• Aware of and practices safe food storage guidelines as outlined by ServSafe
• Tracks and reports key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Assists in keeping storage areas clean and organized and ensures all Joint Commission and Health Department guidelines followed

Skills

Food Services

Food Production

Foodservice Equipment

Organizing

Communication

Food Storage/Inventory

Job description

Job Description:

Purchases goods from approved suppliers. Ensures quality of the products when received and appropriate inventory levels are maintained by managing weekly turns. Plays an integral role in ensuring the department meets budgets and operates profitably.

Posting Specifics

Pay Rate: Based on Experience

Shift Details: 40 hour per week / full time benefits

Monday - Friday 6am - 2:30pm - Holidays as needed

Essential Functions

• Understands and follows managed order guides and processes for each supplier
• Manages appropriate inventory levels and assists with reducing waste
• Decides what and how much to order using PAR levels, engaging culinary members along with using other Intermountain tools
• Aware of and practices safe food storage guidelines as outlined by ServSafe
• Tracks and reports key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Assists in keeping storage areas clean and organized and ensures all Joint Commission and Health Department guidelines followed

Skills

• Food Services
• Food Production
• Foodservice Equipment
• Organizing
• Communication
• Food Storage/Inventory

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and apply procedures and instructions

Physical Requirements

• Interact with co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
• Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
• Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
• Climb, squat, kneel, and lift (up to 50 pounds) to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work in a fridge or freezer

Location:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Work City:

Lafayette

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$21.02 - $29.72

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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