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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

Job Posting Title:

Coordinator, Culinary Arts Procurement

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for procuring food, dry goods, kitchen equipment and chemical products used in the Culinary Arts Department. Evaluates purchased materials and vendor performance to ensure qualify for the culinary operation.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1) Coordinates the purchase of goods for the culinary arts department with vendors.  Obtains updated pricing.  Compares between vendors to ensure that quality is maintained while keeping departmental costs down.
2) Inventories all ordered items, both perishable and non-perishable, and insure the quality of product. Returns any items not acceptable and follows up to make sure that credits are applied back to the department as needed.
3) Researches and sources specialty items requested by faculty instructors as needed. 
4) Processes invoices on all purchases.  Maintains warranties on equipment purchases.
5) Operates, installs, maintains, and troubleshoots equipment.  Schedules maintenance and repairs of equipment, including sanitation and kitchen equipment. 
6) Updates and maintains the culinary arts lab budgets.
7) Establishes deliveries and services with vendors.
8) Monitors the success of products and services and revises as needed.
9) Ensures safe conditions including safe and secure handling and storage of food, supplies and equipment; recommends, implements, and maintains safety standards and departmental policies and procedures to comply with federal, state, and local hazardous materials, health and safety, hazardous waste regulations, and other applicable regulations.

Knowledge
* Knowledge of the practices, procedures and regulations relating to food service.
* Knowledge of the principles and practices used in ordering, receiving, and storing food.
* Knowledge of budgeting and accounting practices and procedures.

Skills
* Maintaining an established work schedule.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
* Effectively working with a diverse and multicultural student body.
* Effectively using organizational and planning skills, including the use of attention to detail and follow-through.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills, including the use of tact and diplomacy.

Technology Skills
* None

Required Work Experience
* Two years related work experience.

Required Education
* Associate degree.

Preferred Education
* Culinary Arts Certificate or Associate degree in Culinary Arts.

Physical Requirements
* Work is performed in a variety of settings including commercial kitchen areas.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, and at times subject to stooping, crawling, and climbing.
* May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
* May be exposed to a variety of temperatures, noise, moving mechanical parts, or chemicals.
* Specific vision abilities may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to focus.

Salary Range

$49,205 - $61,506

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

April 4, 2023

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.