Job Details

Purchasing Manager - Hourly - Marriott San Diego Gaslamp Quarter

We are seeking a detail-oriented Purchasing Manager to oversee all aspects of our kitchen storeroom operations, including shipping and receiving, organizing, and managing or assisting food and beverage orders. This role ensures accurate inventory control, cost management, and compliance with food safety standards.

This is a full-time position and eligible for group health benefits including Medical, Dental and more.

The hourly range for this position is $35-$38 per hour depending on experience; overtime eligible.

Benefits

• Medical (Anthem, Kaiser or Simnsa)
• Dental (Aetna)
• Vision (VSP) and Life (The Hartford)
• Voluntary Benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Supplemental Life (The Hartford)
• 401K Retirement Benefits with 4% match and immediate 100% vesting (Transamerica)
• Vacation, Holiday and Sick Pay
• Free Parking at the hotel ($200 value)
• Meal allowance per 8hr shift ($10 per meal period)
• Room Discounts with any Marriott Brand Hotel (38 different brands globally)
• Additional Room Discounts for select hotels within portfolio
• Two pairs of slip resistant shoes a year

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Receiving

• Receive all deliveries to the hotel, including food, beverage, and miscellaneous items.
• Verify quality and freshness of perishable items; return any that do not meet standards.
• Weigh high-cost items (meat, fish) and check against invoices; report discrepancies.
• Maintain detailed logs of all deliveries, including date, time, invoice amount, and recipient.
• Process food and beverage invoices according to hotel and accounting procedures.
• Secure invoices and deliver to accounting daily.
• Complete monthly inventories of food and beverage items.

Requisitions

• Manage requisitions from storeroom for cooks, bartenders, and servers.
• Ensure all products needed for shifts are requisitioned before end of day.
• Maintain minimum inventory levels for smooth operations.
• Maintain liquor perpetual inventory and enforce empty bottle exchange policy.

Cost Control

• Keep liquor storeroom locked when unattended.
• Report inventory discrepancies immediately to Director of Food & Beverage.
• Conduct monthly food and beverage inventories and complete cost worksheets.
• Code invoices for monthly P&L reporting.
• Source competitive bids for all orders to optimize cost efficiency.

Food Safety & Organization

• Maintain storeroom and coolers in clean, organized condition.
• Follow FIFO procedures and monitor expiration dates.
• Ensure all items are dated and priced.

Other Duties

• Maintain par levels of essential supplies.
• Work with vendors on various tasks.
• Coordinate shipping of packages for the hotel.
• Ensure proper operation and sanitation of dish machine.
• Operate all equipment safely and as designed.

Why San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter?

Are you ready to join the premiere team in the Gaslamp Quarter? We are not the Padres, but we are known as one of the best hotels in Downtown San Diego. We embody the energy and vibe that is the heart of the historic Gaslamp Quarter featuring the best views from our Award Winning rooftop bar Altitude Sky Lounge. Located next to Petco Park, Padres game days are also filled with fun, cheer and team spirit!

Come be a part of our family and help welcome our guests to their home away from home. Making you and our guests a part of one big family. Our mission is for our hotel to be a place where our associates would love to stay and our guests would love to work!

The San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to Tracy Smith at ...@gaslampmarriott.com or call (619) ###-#### to let us know the nature of your request.

Skills

Preferred

Problem Solving

Intermediate

Organized

Intermediate

Multi-Tasking

Intermediate

Detail Oriented

Advanced

Critical Thinking

Some Knowledge

Decision Making

Intermediate

Budget

Intermediate

Contract Negotiation

Intermediate

Behaviors

Preferred

Leader:

Inspires teammates to follow them

Functional Expert:

Considered a thought leader on a subject

Detail Oriented:

Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred

Work-Life Balance:

Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work

Self-Starter:

Inspired to perform without outside help

Ability to Make an Impact:

Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

High School or better.

Experience

Preferred

1-2 years:

Bar or Restaurant Inventory

1-2 years: Purchasing

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Food Handler

CA RBS Training