Purchasing Manager

• Responsible for all procurement and contract service needs of the property.
• Leads local procurement and distribution strategies to complement regional and national strategies, plans, and agreements, and coordinates with the regional and national offices to ensure that the property is properly represented and included in all sourcing activity.
• Ensures a constant drive for excellence through high standards of service, productive partnerships with internal stakeholders, and through the supply base.
• Effectively manages inventory in the context of cash flow and working capital to maximize turns through planning, maintaining adequate stock levels, and appropriate fulfillment strategies.
• Establishes effective communication and collaborative processes with key internal stakeholders. Coordinates with user departments in order to understand needs and anticipate/resolve issues
• Manages automated systems and appropriate data/information, monitors all inventory and non-inventory levels, conducts periodic inventory counts, and reports on variances to maintain integrity of the inventory.
• Monitors safety practices and makes necessary adjustments to ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards
• Monitors and reports on supplier performance to ensure high quality, on time delivery, fill rates, and service standards
• Schedules shipments in and out of property ensuring adequate supplies at all times
• Coordinates salvage programs to identify unused goods for disposition (sale, gift, internal transfer, etc.) in order to minimize storage needs and financial burden of unused goods.
• Hires, trains, motivates, evaluates, and supervises staff to ensure that all employees receive adequate guidance, coaching, and resources to perform their jobs and achieve department objectives.
• Responsible for supervising and managing staff in the Purchasing & Warehouse departments. Develops, implements and manages operational goals and monitors achievements of performance and profit objectives.
• Creates effective and efficient schedules, while maintaining labor costs, meeting staffing objectives and achieving deadlines.
• Responsible for assisting in the budget process for the department and provide recommendations; ensuring compliance to departmental budget initiatives; reporting budget concerns to manager.
• Responsible for monitoring and supporting the Property’s diversity spend initiatives.
• Procurement and expediting of all material & services  while recommending alternatives for consideration
• Monitors results of department/function through inspection, evaluation and analysis. Makes changes as necessary to achieve end result.
• Ensures that the procurement process is operating in an effective manner to ensure the optimum benefit as it relates to the bidding process, terms of contract and negotiations with vendors, while maintaining compliance with state regulations and internal controls.
• Develops new supply source where vendors are inadequate.
• Audits procurement documentation on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements. Reports potential issues to leadership.
• Identifies and implements economic savings and synergies across properties as appropriate.
• Enthusiastically supports, actively promotes, and demonstrates superior customer service in accordance with department and company standards and programs. Ensures customer service standards are followed by all team members and addresses issues as they arise.  Responsible for the overall achievement of department customer service goals.   
• Maintains strict confidentiality in all departmental and company matters.

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.S./B.A.) in Business, Finance, or related field from four-year college or university; five years progressive procurement experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience in supply chain or procurement with significant demonstrated responsibility in purchasing, receiving, warehousing, and inventory management
• Must be able to obtain and maintain valid gaming licenses
• Solid working knowledge of strategic sourcing and purchasing with particular emphasis on food & beverage, facilities maintenance, hospitality and gaming supplies and services
• Demonstrated ability in working plans across multiple business units
• Computer literate and possess supervisory and interpretative skills.
• Ability to successfully balance execute against multiple projects and priorities with often competing priorities.
• Effective and demonstrated skills in communication, negotiation, managing by influence, and coaching
• Strong analytics, such as price/cost analysis, demand planning, establishing PAR levels,
• Ability to motivate, direct, and communicate effectively with coworkers and employees.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has supervisory responsibilities.
• Responsible for staff development and training programs.
• Responsible for rewards and recognition program to maximize employee engagement.
• Evaluates team members within department and delivers constructive feedback to employees in regard to performance.
• Determines recommendation for staffing (including interviewing and hiring) and scheduling (planning, assigning and directing work) to meet business needs.
• Determines work procedures and expedites workflows.
• Responsible for employee performance (disciplining, coaching, counseling).

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in in English may also be required.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Employee must be able to qualify for licenses and permits required by federal, state and local regulations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities may be required by this job including close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employee could be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted second-hand tobacco smoke.