About the Job

Location: West End Stadium - Cincinnati, OH

Mission

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for ensuring product availability, quality and cost effectiveness while delivering "The Levy Difference". Maintaining strong partnerships with all vendors, meet operations product needs on a timely basis and evaluate and recommend new products to enhance standards and increase profitability.

Major Areas of Responsibility

Operations

• Maintains "show quality" of all areas at all times
• Understands all menus, product offerings, packaging and pricing
• Establishes rapport with team members, management and partners

Controls

• Employs good safety and sanitation practices
• Practices proper product control and handling of all inventory and equipment
• Achieves daily sales and assigned cost goals
• Achieves assigned budget goals
• Contributes to required daily reporting
• Contributes to completion of required department reports and assists in compiling information at month end closing
• Ensures team members adhere to Levy Company guidelines as stated in team member training manual and employee handbook
• Thoroughly and accurately uses applicable Levy systems (BOSS, Point-of-sale, WFM and more)
• Ensures that all security, safety and sanitation standards are achieved
• Ensures all products are properly stored, rotated and dated in accordance with the Levy guidelines
• Monitors inventory procedures for accountability

Team

• Uses all performance management tools to provide guidance and feedback to team
• Promotes a cooperative work climate, maximizing productivity and morale
• Interviews, hires, trains and develops team members according to Levy guidelines
• Displays a positive attitude towards team members

Job Requirements

• Able to communicate effectively with management team, guests and team members by speaking and comprehending English
• English reading, writing, math and computer skills required
• Ability to taste and evaluate food and beverage products
• May be required to perform diverse physical tasks
• Stamina to work 60 hours or more per week
• Must be able to work extended shifts of 10 hours or more as business dictates
• Must be flexible with schedule and able to work different shifts
• Possible job hazards include, but are not limited to; slips, trips, falls, burns, cuts and strains
• Must be able to reach, lift, stoop, bend and perform extensive standing and walking (including stairs) throughout shift
• Ability to use hands in using office equipment, including the computer system
• Ability to talk and hear to conduct phone correspondence
• Close vision and focus capabilities to view computer screen and company documents