Receiving & Inventory Coordinator

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10 days ago Requisition

The Kress embodies the culture, spirit, and traditions of downtown El Paso while offering a work environment focused on the overall employee experience. The Receiving & Inventory Coordinator supports daily operations by receiving deliveries, organizing storage areas, maintaining inventory accuracy, and helping ensure products and supplies are handled safely, efficiently, and in accordance with food-safety standards.

This role serves as an important link between vendors, delivery drivers, tenants, kitchen teams, and management. The ideal team member is dependable, detail-oriented, organized, safety-minded, and comfortable working in a fast-paced food hall environment where accuracy, communication, cleanliness, and follow-through are essential.

• Receive, inspect, and assist with incoming deliveries, including dry goods, refrigerated items, frozen goods, produce, packaging, and operational supplies
• Verify delivery accuracy by comparing items received against packing slips, invoices, purchase orders, or other receiving documentation as needed
• Check products for visible damage, labeling concerns, quality issues, expiration dates, pest evidence, temperature concerns, or signs of improper handling
• Communicate delivery discrepancies, shortages, damaged products, temperature issues, or other concerns to management promptly
• Coordinate respectfully with vendors, delivery drivers, tenants, kitchen teams, and management to support smooth receiving and delivery flow
• Organize and maintain assigned storage areas, including dry storage, walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, shelving, receiving areas, and back-of-house supply spaces
• Support accurate inventory counts, product rotation, stock movement, and storage organization to help reduce waste and improve operating efficiency
• Follow first-in, first-out rotation, date marking, labeling, allergen awareness, and cross-contamination prevention practices
• Assist with inventory checks, internal product staging, supply tracking, and communication of low-stock items or unauthorized product movement
• Maintain clear aisles, accessible storage zones, proper product placement, and safe stacking practices in all assigned areas

• Help maintain food-safety and sanitation standards in receiving, storage, cooler, freezer, and dock areas
• Monitor temperature-sensitive products during receiving and move refrigerated or frozen items to proper storage promptly
• Follow cold-chain, temperature-awareness, product-separation, cross-contamination prevention, and safe food-handling procedures
• Assist with temperature logs, storage checks, product condition reviews, and other compliance-related documentation as directed
• Report product safety concerns, equipment issues, pest concerns, spills, broken packaging, or storage hazards to management immediately

• Help coordinate dock activity, delivery staging, freight flow, courier pick-ups, and internal product movement to reduce congestion and support smooth operations
• Operate material-handling equipment safely, including carts, dollies, pallet jacks, and other equipment as assigned or certified
• Maintain clean, organized, and hazard-free receiving, loading dock, staging, storage, and waste-disposal areas
• Assist with trash, recycling, cardboard breakdown, product movement, supply stocking, and general facility support tasks as needed
• Follow safety procedures when working around delivery vehicles, wet or slick surfaces, heavy products, moving equipment, cold storage areas, and high-traffic work zones

• Communicate clearly and professionally with coworkers, tenants, delivery drivers, vendors, and management
• Maintain reliable attendance, punctuality, and readiness to work assigned shifts
• Adapt to changing delivery schedules, business volume, tenant needs, staffing levels, events, and seasonal demand
• Work morning, afternoon, evening, weekend, holiday, event, and flexible schedules based on business needs
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support Kress Food Market operations and guest experience

Education, Experience & Certifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Previous experience in receiving, inventory, stockroom, warehouse, food storage, restaurant operations, grocery, hospitality, or facilities support preferred
• Experience working with refrigerated, frozen, dry-storage, or food-service products preferred
• Basic knowledge of food safety, FIFO rotation, storage organization, temperature awareness, sanitation, and safe lifting practices preferred
• Food Handler certification required where applicable by law, regulation, or company policy
• Forklift, pallet jack, or material-handling equipment experience preferred;…