Food and Beverage Buyer (Full-Time) - Hilton Columbus Downtown

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You

Picture yourself brightening someone’s day. When you join our Hotels team, that’s exactly what you’ll do every time you come to work! As a Food & Beverage Buyer, you’re not just purchasing goods for the hotel – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest.

Here's what you'll do during a typical day:

• Serve as the point person in the relationship between suppliers and hotel departments.
• Ensure all orders are placed via a purchase order, properly documented and coded. Order guides should be maintained at all times to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
• Monitor par levels for all products, adjust by period, and use as a baseline procurement guidance. Deadstock items should be tracked and actioned with department managers to maximize financial flow.
• Actively walk on-hand inventory prior to placing new orders to avoid over ordering and deadstock.
• Engage with the chefs and F&B managers daily to understand needs.
• Attend BEO meetings to understand forecasted needs for special group and then coordinate with suppliers to ensure product availability in time for events.
• Investigate opportunities for collaboration within the departments to maximize efficiency of products and reduce risk in inventory.
• Identify and organize all regular stock items and special order items with their required lead time to deliver.
• Create vendor hot sheet with every vendor’s information (primary delivery day, contacts, minimums, lead times, etc) for all Chefs/Managers to have access to information in one place.
• Monitor and manage inventory levels of respective categories. Use the Inventory Drill Down tool every day to view your inventory & age of your inventory.
• Communicate product cost increases and/or availability concerns in advance of needs.
• Address any quality concerns at point of delivery with provider in order to replace and mitigate any disruption to the operations.
• Forecast, forecast, forecast. Reactionary purchasing should be in emergencies only.

What It Takes to Make the Stay

At Hilton, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member:

A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.