Nutritional Services Contracts Managerorlando, FL

Nutritional Services Contracts Manager

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has become Central Florida's major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care.

With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Learn more about our open positions and apply to become an invaluable part of our team.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

The community you'll be caring for:

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Demonstrates, through behavior, AdventHealth Orlandos service standards.
• Purchasing Management:
• Coordinates and supports the activities of NS Purchasing by managing system buyers.
• Provides training and support to interns.
• Manages product savings opportunities, recording savings appropriated or refused.
• Vendor Liaison:
• Manages contracted vendors to ensure compliance with Nutritional Services practices.
• Monitors discontinued items; requests appropriate substitutions, requests appropriate CBORD database changes, communicates and maintains detailed documentation.
• Compliance:
• Ensures purchasing compliance and process standardization through the development and implementation of guidelines and procedures.
• Identifies non-compliant purchasing system-wide and provides sites with corrective action plans.
• Reporting:
• Provides reports to the Business Resource and Purchasing Manager generated through both CBORD and other reporting tools, including specific compliance details for vendors, and providing financial data and analysis that assists in budget planning and meeting financial goals.

Qualifications:

What You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Food Service Management, Liberal Arts, or Communications OR Four (4) years of applicable experience OR Associate degree and 2 years of applicable experience
• Three (3) years of foodservice contracts experience
• One (1) year of leadership experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Food Service Management, Liberal Arts, or Communications
• Seven years of experience working with foodservice contracts, including process quality control
• CBORD MMS
• MM/MA Host System
• Bi-lingual (English required/Spanish preferred)
• ServSafe Certification

Job Summary:

The Foodservice Contracts Manager manages Nutritional Services System Purchasing function and acts as a Nutritional Services expert and resource for contract management. Serves as a liaison between purchasing, vendors, campuses and AHS Corporate. Ensures purchasing compliance through the effective implementation of parameters for standardization. Manages contracted vendors, advantages product and cost-saving opportunities, and ensures new product implementation meets purchasing and contractual requirements. Analyzes purchasing data for best practices and provides reports to the Business Resource Manager. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.