Junior Buyer – Food & Beverage

<p><strong>The role…</strong></p> <p>The Junior Buyer is an procurement professional responsible for supporting the sourcing of direct food and beverage-related goods and supplier management across the Soho House locations in North America.</p> <p>The role will cover a wide array of procurement activities including, but not limited to purchasing system management, vendor setup and invoice management, cost control, spend analytics, contract review, and process and policy governance.</p> <p>In addition, there is a requirement to support local kitchen/chef with product and recipe management and ensure all information (product and pricing) in our Purchasing System (Adaco) is kept up to date.</p> <p><strong>Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as a point of contact for operational teams by responding to product, supplier, and procurement-related inquiries.</li> <li>Maintain Purchasing System and ensure supplier and product database always up to date and optimised</li> <li>Proactively monitor orders to identify and engage the business regarding those that may be problematic</li> <li>Provide administrative support and inputs for stock and margin reporting</li> <li>Provide ad-hoc reporting as and when requested</li> <li>Efficiently managing the workflow to minimise invoice queues at any given time</li> <li>Support the Procurement and Accounts Payable with relevant ad-hoc requests</li> <li>Work closely with Ops, Chefs, Finance and Procurement to optimise supplier performance management</li> <li>Cleansing and enrichment of supplier and spend data</li> <li>Verify that invoices, payment terms and payment methods comply with agreed terms</li> <li>Ensure database cost prices and purchase codes are accurate</li> <li>Liaise with the Finance department to provide timely adjustments on the systems (Adaco and Sage), after the site food and beverage rec is sent out.</li> <li>Develop dashboards for our suppliers, and proactively seek actionable insight</li> <li>Continuous improvements to systems and processes to ensure best practice, optimum effectiveness and efficiency</li> <li>Continuously monitor and review the market and relevant commodities to stay informed with the latest commercial trends and supplier movements</li> </ul> <p><strong>Experience Required</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Hospitality Management, Finance, or a related field preferred</li> <li>1-3 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management within Food and Beverage</li> <li>Experience working with Purchasing or ERP platforms/tools is a plus (Adaco, Oracle, Bir