Receiving Purchasing Specialist

The New Jewish Home; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Jewish Home in Rochester, NY is seeking a Full-Time Kitchen Support to manage sanitation, receiving and purchasing for our kosher kitchen operations. This role supports Daycare, cottages, Leo’s Deli and catering needs.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED, basic English literacy, and computer literacy. Pay ranges from $16.56 to $18.00 per hour, with a Monday–Friday schedule 6:30am–3:00pm.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to read, write, add, subtract and communicate in English.
• Must be computer literate.

Responsibilities

• Sanitation: check coolers for outdated items, label and date products, clean storage areas and doors.
• Receiving: rotate stock, inspect for damaged goods, verify deliveries with supervisor, label new products.
• Purchasing: procure bakery, dairy, paper goods and ice cream items for catering, events, and daily needs.
• Backstock: restock items and inform management of shortages; sign off on received items for billing.

Skills

Computer literacy

Food service experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Pay Range: $16.56-$18.00 (Pay information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position)
Full Time 40 Hours Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00pm

GENERAL SCOPE: Receives all food products, checks for defects, kosher status and stores effectively in a sanitary environment. Purchases items listed below. Fills orders for Daycare, all homes for cottages, 6th floor kosher kitchen, and Leo’s Deli.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATION: High school diploma or GED preferred. Must be able to read, write, add, subtract, communicate understandably in English and follow directions. Must be computer literate.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Sanitation

• Check all coolers for outdated items. Make sure all food is labeled and dated.
• Set up mop buckets, one hot soapy water/one hot rinse water.
• Mop all coolers and the back hallway.
• Wipe off ice cream coolers including the top of the ice cream coolers.
• Wipes doors of walk-in coolers.
• Cleans areas and makes room for new stock before it comes in.
• Mops coolers, storeroom, and back hall area where boxes are broken down.

Receiving

• Rotate all bread by putting older bread in a position in which it will be used first.
• Receives all orders and verifies with supervisor.
• Examine all stock, looks for dented cans, open products and frozen goods that are not frozen.
• Rotates all products as new ones are received.
• Labels all new products if not already marked and dated.
• Cleans milk storage area before milk arrives. Put away milk order as soon as possible.
• Checks coolers and records temperatures.

Purchasing

• Purchasing of all bakery items needed for weekly catering, special events and holidays
• Purchasing of all dairy items including milk, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, etc.
• Purchasing of all paper goods for tower, catering, and Leo’s Deli
• Purchasing of all ice cream from dairy.
• Back fills all out of stock items and informs management of shortages.
• Signs off on all received items for billing purposes.
• All other job duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE: Food Service experience is preferred but not essential.

This description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of position scope.

Jewish Home is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis [“protected class”] including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

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