Nutrition Procurement Specialist

Job Description:

Purchases goods from approved suppliers. Ensures quality of the products when received and appropriate inventory levels are maintained by managing weekly turns. Plays an integral role in ensuring the department meets budgets and operates profitably.

Position Details

• Full Time, 36 hours per week

• Pay Rate: Based on Experience ($17.68 - $22.99)

• Work Schedule: Sunday-Saturday 7:30am-3pm

• Additional Details: Physically demanding role requiring relocation of heavy department inventory within facility with some use of carts & equipment during while remaining on your feet during the entire shift.

• Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details

Skills

• Adaptable to monthly process changes

• Floor Stocking

• Warehouse duties

• Food handling, Safety and Sanitation

• Warehousing Operations

• Material Handling Equipment

• Inventory Management

• Food Storage

• Power Pallet Jack

Essential Functions

Receiving and Storage Functions:

• Receives and verifies physical shipment with packing slips and purchase orders and notifies Culinary procurement of discrepancies. Identifies damaged or missing items to expedite credits and refuses sub-standard products

• Stocks materials in proper storage locations following FIFO and labels products according to department procedures within multiple Intermountain Health facilities. Follows HACCP, local and state health department standards.

• Processes outbound (shipping) supplies and equipment to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

• Maintains a clean and orderly storage and receiving area/dock.

Distribution Functions:

• Customer service to support interdepartmental needs within multiple Intermountain Health facilities.

• Picks orders according to production needs, verifies unit of measurement, quality and correct product.

• Ensures all delivery containers are labelled, dated and staged properly.

• Problem solves picking issues by making adjustments and corrections to pick lists.

• Performs data entry on materials that were disbursed and transferred.

• Distributes food and non-food products to assigned locations, including satellite facilities.

• Stores and uses cleaning chemicals properly according to Joint Commission and OSHA standards. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid state driver's license, if required by facility (required).

• Current food handler's permit (required).

• One or more year of experience in food services, inventory management or warehouse inventory (preferred).

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with members of department and medical staff.

• Demonstrated ability to write accurately and legibly.

• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and apply procedures and instructions.

• Demonstrated ability to use a power pallet jack and all other material handling equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Interact with co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
• Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
• Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
• Climb, squat, kneel, and lift (up to 50 pounds) to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work in a fridge or freezer

Location:

Intermountain Health American Fork Hospital

Work City:

American Fork

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$20.45 - $27.04

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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