You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Food Services Buyer.

You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.

You’re generous with your thoughts, your partnerships and especially your knowledge, because your coordination of all things food services related is crucial.

You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

Saint Joseph Hospital is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver, and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence – Magnet designation – by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We’ll hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Food Services Buyer, you need to know how to:

• Process requisitions for inventory and non-stock items, equipment, and service and initiate order based on need of inventory.
• Review Purchase Orders, and fax and (or) EDI over to vendors.
• Monitor to ensure faxes and (or) EDI’s transmit successfully and confirm expected ship dates.
• Facilitate and process product returns as needed. Monitor/investigate aging returns to determine issues, resolve and close.
• Adhere to contract compliance by guiding volume to the best alternatives and preferred contracts.
• Obtain appropriate substitute products for backordered or unavailable items.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable to monitor and investigate open order reports/open invoice reports.
• Work closely with the Care Sites and suppliers to investigate, determine cause, and resolve shipping discrepancies.
• Ensure that deliveries meet health standards. Receive, put away, monitor and rotate inventory and stock. Maintain safe operating and cleanliness of storage rooms. Following Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required
• General purchasing contract knowledge, required
• Ability to effectively purchase perishables and non-perishables within the budget to manage waste or yield, required
• Ability to interface with external vendors and internal customers, have good telephone etiquette while reflecting SCL Health’s values, required
• At least two (2) years of food service purchasing or equivalent experience, preferred
• At least two (2) years of HACCP experience, preferred
• Knowledge of computer based automated purchase order entry system, preferred
• Proficiency with basic spreadsheet and word processing programs, preferred

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Food Services Buyer on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.