As the leader in business and industry dining, Eurest is the company to join if you want a rewarding career packed with limitless opportunities. We feed the employees of the nation's largest and most-prestigious companies -- in every state and across all industries. As a member of Eurest's leadership and professional support team, you will help our 16,000 chefs, and in-unit associates excel as they deliver world-class meals in corporate cafes and executive dining rooms with on-site catering through vending innovations and more.

TAKE YOUR CAREER TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH EUREST & AMERICAN AIRLINES!

Eurest is seeking an experienced Purchasing/Procurement Specialist to join our corporate team, (supporting our American Airlines Lounges). This is a fantastic remote-based opportunity! Must be open to travel (10%).

Key Purchasing Specialist responsibilities include:

• Mass Add Menu Order Guide (MOG) menu changes.
• Mass Discontinue Dead Stock Items
• Source approved items for Contract
• Develop best practices for purchasing for each product on contract/compass catalog
• Assist individual units with product sourcing and best purchasing practices and provide expertise in relation to PAX
• Submit product requests for items to order guides/ track and follow up with units & purveyor
• Submit new vendor requests as needed for contract
• Assist in new openings & menu changes with creating new order guides, shelf to sheet inventories, dead stock removal & best purchasing/receiving practices
• Manage list of approved small wares for Contract
• Submit & Manage Large PO requests for Contract.
• Organize Bi-Weekly Purchasing calls for each region discussing best practices, item shortages, substitutions, vendor relationships, PAX & menu strategy, as well as leakage
• Organize effort to contain the contract leakage with off catalog purchases
• Provide both contract usage and unit level usage to multiple vendors in effort to manage menu purchasing
• Work with Chefs to develop new menus & source ingredients

Ideal qualifications include:

-Must have foodservice experience (culinary management role)

-Fluent understanding of contract services partnership and purchasing

-Expert level excel spreadsheet experience; strong business intelligence systems acumen

-Demonstrated ability to work remotely - time management and prioritization

-Forecasting experience (product/inventory level) preferred