Purchasing Manager

Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

The 444-room Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa is classic Rancho Mirage re-imagined for the 21st-century traveler. Our luxurious Palm Springs hotel rooms surround you in Spanish Colonial-inspired style and a soothing desert palette of beige, sand, and ivory. With plenty of space for your peace and your quiet, you'll also open French doors to your very own private patio or balcony where the warm desert air and breathtaking views await.

Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa's associates enjoy a dynamic and exciting work environment, comprehensive training and mentoring, along with the pride that comes from working for a company with a reputation for exceptional service. We embody a culture of respect, gratitude and empowerment day in and day out. If you are a friendly, motivated person, with a passion to serve others, the Omni Rancho Las Palmas may be your perfect match.

This role will provide report to the Controller and support Operations Teams for the acquisition of food, beverage, and non-perishable purchases at maximum economics based on business activity and act as a liaison between the resort and supplier representatives in the procurement of goods and services required to achieve the objectives of each department.

• Lead the daily operations of the resort's Purchasing and Receiving functions.
• Directly supervise, train, coach, and develop the Purchasing Supervisor and Purchasing/Receiving associates.
• Attend all food and beverage and related meetings such as menu tie-down, weekly forecast and financial services.
• Maintain close communications with the chefs and catering department on requirements for future menu events to evaluate menus against par inventories in determining necessary requirements for outlets and banquet functions.
• Partner with the Controller to maintain strong purchasing, receiving, inventory, and accounts payable controls and establish and maintain training tools for subordinates to achieve a better knowledge and understanding of the purchasing process and applications such as: product familiarity, receiving and storage standards. EOM reconciliation of food and beverage, EOM accounts payable closing.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes, reduce costs, strengthen controls, and improve service to resort departments
• Responsible for department training, reviews, disciplinary actions and associate recognition.
• Manage vendor relationships, pricing negotiations, competitive bids, product specifications, and purchasing agreements.
• Ensure purchases are made in accordance with Omni purchasing policies, approved budgets, and established authorization levels.
• Oversee and maintain purchasing activity within Birch Street, including purchase orders, receiving processes, vendor information, and related controls.
• Work closely with Culinary, Food & Beverage, Rooms, Engineering, Finance, and other resort departments to anticipate purchasing needs and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Evaluate vendor performance in compliance to purchasing bid procedures.
• Monitors vendor ability to provide timely and consistent quality according to established specifications.
• Coordinate food and beverage purchasing and assist operational leaders with product sourcing, substitutions, availability, and pricing.
• Monitor market conditions and communicate significant price changes, supply-chain issues, and purchasing opportunities to the Controller and appropriate operational leaders
• Oversee receiving procedures to ensure deliveries are accurate, properly documented, and consistent with purchase orders and product specifications.
• Support monthly inventories, inventory controls, product rotation, and reconciliation of significant…