Warehouse & Food Purchasing Manager
You’re part of a proud tradition when you work with us at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. From our humble beginnings in 1946 as Santa Claus Land, America’s first theme park has grown into a world-class attraction in the heart of Santa Claus, Indiana. Holiday World’s top-ranked coasters and attractions, along with its lovingly restored and maintained classic rides, are matched only by Splashin’ Safari water park—the Water Coaster Capital of the World.
The Warehouse & Food Purchasing Manager coordinates, organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the identification, acquisition, production, and distribution of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari’s goods. This role oversees and manages Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari’s overall supply chain, logistics strategy, and warehouse operations in order to maximize the process efficiency and productivity. In addition, this position plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining good relationships with vendors and distributors.
Work Requirements
- Purchase materials and services needed by departments throughout company
- Issue Purchase orders and maintain the purchasing software in GP
- Manage LTL shipping process to ensure inbound shipments are being shipped in a cost-effective manner.
- Maintain receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing operational, and personnel policies and procedures
- Work with Director to ensure financial goals align with budget
- Monitor inventory levels by conducting physical counts in accordance with Accounting’s needs
- Maintain physical condition of Warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts, inspecting equipment, and issuing repair requests
- Maintain records of recurring purchases to ensure they are handled in a timely fashion
- Monitor inventory levels for some products to ensure orders are placed in a timely fashion
- Verify invoice pricing
- Contact vendors to resolve issues regarding pricing errors, shipment shortages and damaged goods
- Maintain a spreadsheet to track monies saved for the Company
- Manage seasonal staff including recruiting, scheduling, performance, daily tasks, company policies, and discipline including night shift during the operating season