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Director of Purchasing, Food and Beverage

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Elysium is pioneering the future of human living through a new category: experiential real estate communities—a holistic living system where housing, food, energy, mobility, and a city OS work together to create high experience yield.

Food is not a perk here. It’s a pillar.
Which means purchasing isn’t “ordering.” It’s strategy, reliability, and margin protection.

The mission (what you’ll actually do)

You will own the sourcing engine behind Elysium’s food program—quality, cost, supply reliability, and vendor performance—so residents get consistent excellence without operational chaos.

You will:

  • Build the purchasing and procurement system for all F&B goods (ingredients, beverages, disposables, smallwares).
  • Negotiate vendor agreements: pricing, terms, delivery SLAs, substitutions, quality standards.
  • Design inventory and par systems aligned to volume, menu cycles, and waste minimization.
  • Coordinate tightly with Culinary + F&B Ops to forecast demand and prevent stockouts or over-ordering.
  • Build vendor redundancy and substitution playbooks that protect quality.
  • Track purchasing KPIs: food cost %, waste, shrink, delivery performance, variance.

Profile we’re looking for (non-negotiables)

  • 7–15+ years in purchasing/procurement for high-volume F&B (resorts, campuses, hotels, cruise, multi-unit ops).
  • Strong negotiation instincts with disciplined vendor management.
  • Deep understanding of inventory, par levels, food cost control, and supply chain risk.
  • Highly organized, systems-driven, and calm under pressure.

What you’ll build in your first 90 days

  • A vendor ecosystem: primary + secondary suppliers with negotiated terms.
  • Par/inventory system, receiving standards, and cycle-count cadence.
  • Purchasing dashboard: cost variance, waste/shrink, service reliability, compliance.
  • Substitution rules so quality stays stable even when the market doesn’t.

How to apply

Submit your resume using the “Apply” button below.Record a 1-minute video (one take, unscripted — without reading; script reading won’t be entertained).

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