About the Role
This role is primarily responsible for supporting local kitchen/chef, bar and operations teams with recipe, cost and inventory management. It ensures accuracy and timeliness of product, pricing, and stock information within the Adaco Purchasing System. The role is expected to evolve to encompass broader procurement activities across Food, Beverage, and Variables categories, including system management, vendor and invoice processing, cost control, spend analytics, contract review, and policy governance.
Responsibilities
- Ensure complete administrator responsibilities of Adaco
- Ensure database cost prices and purchase codes are accurate
- Create recipes in Adaco and link them to the MICROS Revenue System
- Report on missing PLUs & recipes weekly
- Review Global & Local recipes with relevant departments
- Perform regular cleanup of the F&B products database in Adaco
- Correct the database where appropriate, analyze mistakes, and advise site management on maintaining accuracy
- Provide monthly Adaco training
- Analyze COS and report against budget/theoretical
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, including benchmarking
- Consider price ceilings and competitor awareness
- Analyze purchases, losses, theft, and wastage
- Liaise with the Finance department for timely adjustments in Adaco and Sage systems
- Support the backup approach for missed invoices
- Perform weekly spot checks on site ordering & approving of deliveries/invoices and report findings
- Support teams with weekly Bev inventory/stock counts and quarterly Variable inventory/stock counts on select lines
- Ensure Variable par levels are accurate and up-to-date, and sites are ordering effectively against them
- Develop actions to support sites in reducing waste & purchasing costs
- Maintain the Purchasing System, ensuring supplier and product databases are up-to-date and optimized
- Support new sites and teams with onboarding and training of the Purchasing System
- Provide administrative support to the Procurement department and input for stock and margin reporting
- Provide ad-hoc reporting as requested
- Implement continuous improvements to systems and processes for best practice, optimum effectiveness, and efficiency
- Escalate to management details of individuals/departments who repeatedly do not meet compliance responsibilities
- Ensure relevant and key processes are well documented
- Establish and agree on key performance targets to optimize business performance and maintain payment and procurement effectiveness
Requirements
- At least 3 years progressive cost control and/or operational purchasing management experience
- Experience in Food and Beverage procurement is an advantage
- Operational experience within Hospitality is an advantage
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel/Spreadsheets
- Experience with Purchasing & EPOS systems, ideally Adaco Purchasing system & MICROS is desirable
- Must be able to seize, grasp, turn and hold objects with hands
- Must be able to work on feet for at least 8 hours
- Fast-paced movements are required to go from one part of the club to others
- Must be able to move, pull, carry, or lift at least 40 pounds
- Occasionally kneel, bend, crouch and climb as required
Skills
- Recipe management
- Cost management
- Inventory management
- Purchasing system management (Adaco)
- Vendor setup
- Invoice management
- Cost control
- Spend analytics
- Contract review and management
- Process and policy governance
- Microsoft Office (Excel/Spreadsheets)
- Purchasing systems
- EPOS systems
- MICROS
- Adaco Purchasing system
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years progressive cost control and/or operational purchasing management experience
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000—$70,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- Global benefits and perks
- Training to develop technical and managerial skills
- Medical, Dental & Vision (for full-time employees)
- Retirement fund with a 2% match (for full-time employees)
- Sick days + vacation days (for full-time employees)
- Career development opportunities (domestic or international, managerial or technical)
- Soho Impact initiatives (mentoring, apprenticeship, local outreach, sustainability)
- Extensive range of internal and external learning & development courses
- Access to Cookhouse & House Tonic events, trips, and trainings
- Monthly team events (fitness sessions, cinema screenings, art classes)
- Complimentary team meal while on duty
About the Company
- Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks.
- Soho House can progress your career domestically or internationally as well as managerially or technically.
- Soho Impact: Empowering the Soho House Community to make positive change, through mentoring, apprenticeship, local outreach and sustainability.
- Cookhouse & House Tonic: Celebrating our passion for food and drink.
