Procurement Administrator | Merivale

Our Story

Owned and run by the Hemmes family for over 60 years, Merivale began as a fashion house that led Sydney into the swinging sixties for all things music and fashion. With a knack for creativity, "The House of Merivale" injected a new energy into the theatre of Sydney transforming the brand into what we know now as one of the largest leading hospitality empires in Australia.

Remaining true to our heritage, our aim is to bring a little magic into the everyday. We are constantly growing and pushing the boundaries in over 90+ venues to encapsulate a unique and best-in-class experience no matter where you go. Each space is carefully executed with the same attention to detail across a seemingly endless supply of inspired concepts, restaurants, bars, cafes, pubs, nightlife, and retail.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Administratorto join our procurement team and the everchanging world of hospitality. The procurement team is responsible for negotiating commercially advantageous prices, terms and conditions for all major categories of operational expenditure and managing contracts and suppliers throughout the procurement lifecycle.

Your role is to assist the Procurement and Supply Chain team in maintaining systems, processes and databases. You'll provide excellent administrative support across the Procurement department as an enabler for the department to operate effectively, delivering great results passionately and with determination. You will offer assistance in support of the wider department objectives, ensuring all tasks are completed to the required timescales and standards and living our value of making it happen.

Responsibilities to include:

• Provide administration support for key team processes including maintaining the purchase order system, assisting suppliers with setting up on invoice matching tool and resolving invoice discrepancies
• Develop buying guides / catalogues to enable venues to be self sufficient
• Involvement in establishing/maintaining good working relationships with suppliers.
• Resolve issues e.g. invoice, delivery, quality problems with suppliers and A/P, Ops and end users.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities to product and service specifications
• Assist various users and suppliers in resolving questions with the Purchasing System & onboarding as catalogs develop.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to ensure business needs are being prioritised & met, identify and quantify trade offs between cost, quality and service.

The Essentials

• Proficiency with MS Office suite (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Previous experience in hospitality or procurement would be beneficial
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, and good organisational and problem solving skills
• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships
• Desire to contribute & drive improvement
• Ability to effectively prioritise and simultaneously manage multiple work streams, and work independently
• Ability to work in fast paced & cross functional environment

The Reward

In return you will be provided with a strong and supportive team environment that wants you to succeed. We are moving quick with this one, apply today!

We offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Amazing discounts at 90+ venues
• Free lunches in venue every day
• Career and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program