Nutrition Procurement Specialist

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.

At Intermountain, we are not your standard institutional hospital food. Our hospitals employ professional chefs, culinary leaders, cooks, and nutrition care associates. We treat our hospitals and catering events like hotels, with restaurant-quality cafes and a guest-centric culture of hospitality for our patients and caregivers.

With high-quality food as medicine, we bring new life into the world of hospital nutrition services and are making a difference in the lives of our patients every day.

Work Schedule

• Full Time, 40 hours per week
• Monday-Friday 5:00am-1:30pm
• Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details

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.
• One or more year of experience managing inventory in food services preferred
• 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:

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:

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Work City:

St George

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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

$17.85 - $23.21

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.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.