Purchasing Coordinator

Position : Purchasing Coordinator

Department : Hospitality

Reports to : Senior Manager, Warehouse

Position Summary

The Purchasing Coordinator leads the purchasing activities, ensuring product availability, quality, and cost standards are met. As inventory arrives, the Purchasing Coordinator assists the Warehouse Manager in all aspects of the Warehouse food and beverage inventory for the arena’s Hospitality services. This hands‑on management role works closely with the Culinary, Front of House, Warehouse, and Finance teams and suppliers to ensure the timely acquisition of quality goods and services. This role will also support similar requests from Toptable Group.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage Warehouse Material Handlers and support with part‑time scheduling
• Oversee the purchasing, sourcing, and storage of food and beverage goods and materials by partnering with the Culinary and Front of House teams
• Proactively monitor financial data and review inventory activities, ensuring the arena’s product needs are met on a timely basis
• Assist the Warehouse Manager during the inventory process with counting, entry, and analysis of cost of goods variances
• Develop strong partnerships with all vendors and suppliers
• Liaise with all vendors to ensure product quality, reconcile invoice discrepancies, shortages, over‑shipments, and arrange for emergency shipments / requisitions and defective merchandise returns
• Recommend new products to enhance standards and increase profitability
• Develop and implement purchasing and contract management procedures and policies, as well as sourcing and negotiation strategies for key spend areas
• Actively seek out rebate programs and monitor product purchases and rebate dollars for financial reporting

Required Experience And Qualifications

Vancouver is one of the most diverse cities in the world and Canucks Sports & Entertainment strives to create a workforce that is inclusive, equitable, and represents our beautiful, unique community. We value unique perspectives, ideas, and creativity that support a diverse, inclusive, respectful, collaborative, and fun work environment. Canucks Sports & Entertainment is committed to building and supporting a diverse team.

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