Purchasing Agent Temporary - InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown

Negotiable
Experience
1-3 years
Job Type
Full Time
Location
United States, Los Angeles
Job Description

About
Us

Do you see yourself
as a Purchasing Agent? What's your passion? At IHG we're
interested in YOU. We employ people who apply the same amount of care
and passion to their jobs as they do their hobbies - people who put our guests
at the heart of everything they do. And we're looking for more people like
this to join our friendly and professional team.

style="line-height: normal;">As the world’s
largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine
ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion
for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm
and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on
the world.

Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where
we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching
experience. If you’d like to embrace a wider world of experiences
and opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international
luxury hotel brand.

style="font-size: 12pt;">InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown is located in
the Wilshire Grand building, standing 73 stories tall in the core of Downtown’s
historic, entertainment, financial, arts, and sports districts. Ideally placed
at the heart of the revitalized, energy-charged urban center of the United
States’ second-largest city, the hotel provides first-class hospitality
that seamlessly intertwines with the fabric of the burgeoning Downtown
area.
 

style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Your Day to Day

PEOPLE

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  • style="text-align: justify;">Promote teamwork
    and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other
    departments.     

  • GUEST EXPERIENCE

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    style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Determine and maintain hotel
    inventory levels as specified; complete timely and accurate month-end
    inventories.  Maintain cleanliness and organization in all work areas
    and storerooms.

    RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

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  • Handle receiving of deliveries and ensure
    that goods received are in compliance with purchase orders in terms of
    the items, quality, quantity, price and specifications.

  • style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Maintain records of all partial deliveries and backorders.  Ensure
    that proper notations are made concerning short-shipped
    items

  • Ensure storeroom areas are kept clean,
    well-organized, secure to prevent pilferage, and safe to minimize damage
    and spoilage.

  • Based on Birchstreet requisitions
    from various departments, issue items requested in accordance with predetermined
    timetables.

  • Ensure that all documentation for goods
    received, issued and transferred is accurate and complete and is promptly passed
    on to the accounting department for processing.

  • style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Work with all department heads and managers to provide information (i.e.,
    status of goods requested, etc.) to assist in their
    departments.

  • style="font-size: 12pt;">Strive to improve the quality of the company's product
    while minimizing costs in all areas.

  • Other duties may
    be assigned.

  •  

    style="font-size: 12pt;">What We Need
    From You

    High school
    diploma or equivalent and one year experience in Purchasing Department
    or relevant field of work, or an equivalent combination of education
    and experience.  Must speak fluent English. Other languages
    preferred. 


    This job requires
    ability to perform the following:

    • Frequently standing up or moving around the facility
    • style="line-height: normal;">Carrying or lifting
      items weighing up to 100 pounds
    • Handling objects
      and boxes
    • Stooping, kneeling, and reaching

    Other:

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  • style="font-size: 12pt;">Communication skills are utilized a significant amount
    of time when interacting with clients, guests
    and employees. 
  • style="font-size: 12pt;">Reading and writing abilities are utilized
    often.
  • Basic math skills are used frequently.
  • May be required to work nights,
    weekends, and/or holidays.
  • The statements in this job description are intended
    to describe the essential nature and level of work being performed.

    They are not intended to be ALL responsibilities or qualifications of
    the job.

    What We Offer

    The hourly pay range for this role
    is $26.10 to $32.63. This range is only
    applicable for jobs to be performed in at the InterContinental Los Angeles
    Downtown Hotel. This is the lowest to highest pay scale we in good faith believe
    we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay
    more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.
    An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors
    including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications,
    experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift,
    and business or organizational needs. Hotel discounts worldwide are available
    as well as the chance to work with a great team of people.

    Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself.


    style="font-size: 12pt;">So what's your passion? Please click ""Apply"" and tell
    us how you could bring your individual skills to IHG.

    style="line-height: normal;">At IHG Hotels &
    Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels &
    Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees
    without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin,
    religion, sex, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
    This employer follows the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and California Fair
    Chance Act. All qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction
    records, will be considered.