Culinary Food & Beverage Purchasing Clerk

Company: Mustard Seed Health Food Market, Inc.
Location: Akron
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

We are Akron's original healthy restaurant and prepared foods grocer that features all natural and organic ingredients, made fresh to order and served with a smile! Our forward-thinking menus offers a wide variety of Gluten Free friendly, Hormone and Antibiotic free Meats, Vegetarian, Vegan and Allergen-Friendly cuisine inspired from around the world. We take great pride in creating amazing food and top level service!
Job Summary
Orders, purchases, receives, and is responsible for inventory of food service products. Responsible for product research, ingredient standards integrity, vendor cost comparisons and recipe costing.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Responsibilities

Orders, receives and stores all food service dry, refrigerated and frozen goods for all food service departments.
Orders appropriate quantity and quality of products; maintains product integrity for our natural food standards.
Responsible for researching new products that meet Mustard Seed Market & Caf--'s ingredient standards.
Compares pricing from various vendors to ensure best purchasing practices.
Takes all food service inventory. Responsible for all data input of inventory, transfer verification and communication of all inventory information.
Maintains cleanliness, FIFO, and proper storage of all perishables following HACCP practices.
Properly allocates supply and product cost to appropriate food service department.
Enters and codes all invoices into food costing software for accounting purposes.
Monitors product cost fluctuations and trends to ensure appropriate retail pricing.
Communicates all cost fluctuations to appropriate manager.
Maintains and organizes coolers, freezers and storage rooms.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Education And Experience
Requires high school education or equivalent as well as 3-5 years purchasing experience. Culinary experience is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Strong Interpersonal Skills
Strong Written and Verbal Communication
Demonstrated experience in complying with policies, procedures and regulations, the use of personal safety gear, and management of safety protocols.
Basic computer skills using the windows operating system including internet, printing, and email
Basic usage of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, and Excel

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