Culinary Stock Receiver Associate - Independent Living

Job Description
Position Title: Culinary Stock Receiver Associate
FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt (Hourly)
REPORTS TO: Executive Chef
SUPERVISES: N/A
DEPARTMENT: Culinary Service - Independent Living Services
COMPANY: MHS/The Overlook - Charlton Campus
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Culinary Stock Receiver Associate performs in their role under the primary direction and support of the Executive Chef, while also receiving supportive direction from members of the Culinary Services Leadership Team, especially regarding financial reporting. The Culinary Stock Receiver Associate receives and accounts for all goods, both food and non-food, for the Culinary Services department. Responsibilities include properly maintaining storage areas for organization of perishable goods, food safety and loss prevention; accounting for the supplies; ensuring the accuracy and quality of the shipment at the time of delivery; reconciling invoices with billing statements and entering invoices in the Dining Service's tracking system. Additional duties include performing weekly and monthly inventories which may include over 1000 items annually.
The Culinary Stock Receiver Associate functions as an essential part of the Culinary Services team whose mission is to provide The Overlook community with a high quality, wholesome, nutritious and varied menu and an exceptional dining experience.
Invariably, in a dining service which operates to provide for over several hundred meals a day, unforeseen challenges arise. Culinary Stock Receiver Associate as a team member and as an individual, must anticipate and pro-actively resolve some of these problems. For example, if a menu item is unexpectedly unavailable one may have to, without the assistance of the Supervisor, suggest a substitute item, perform research if necessary and find the substitute item within the established standards of quality and price parameters.
As the first point of control in a HACCP based system ensuring the safety of our foodstuffs thus the safety of our customer. This position is an essential element in maintaining our overall operational standards to ensure that our quality standards are met while preventing such things as spoilage and food borne illness. This individual decides where and how to store goods with an eye to loss prevention and minimizing risks and liabilities while communicating deficiencies.
This position works to resolve systemic issues ensuring the smooth operation of the recycling program. This person indirectly supervises and manages the processes of others through directing the use and supply of goods for the production and service staff as well as communicating and reinforcing standards related to sanitation and appropriate safe food storage.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Receives a volume of goods daily; ensures that delivered product is accurate, wholesome, and received and stored to standard.
• Communicates product availability, quality, and location, addressing questions regarding order placement.
• Coordinates deliveries with vendors enabling proper flow of goods necessary for menu production and customer service.
• Collects invoices in a timely and accurate manner in support of the accounting department to insure proper payment.
• Performs daily, bi- weekly inventory of stock as required; to ensure information is accurate when ordering supplies and when performing month end and annual usage reports.
• Maintains storage areas in an organized and efficient manner. Ensuring the effective rotations and quality of our product and most importantly the safety of our customer.
• Resource person for the Culinary Services team: retrieving supplies, making deliveries, keeping staff well informed of par levels, stock rotational needs & product substitutions.
• Performs detailed cleaning responsibilities throughout the kitchens to ensure our standards are maintained.
• Evaluate each delivery of goods for spoilage, damage, and accuracy of delivery to order to invoice. On average, the receiving tasks take hours to unload, sort, transport, and store deliveries. When multiple deliveries arrive simultaneously, they must quickly determine which items to store first per HACCP plans, health code and ServSafe requirements.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Chef.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. High School Diploma or GED - Required.
2. Extended education and/or experience in the Culinary,- Preferred.
3. A minimum of 2 years' experience in Food & Beverage - Required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
A percent of the Culinary Stock ReceiverAssociate's time is spent on the loading dock and within walk-in freezers and coolers. Time outdoors is spent on receiving goods from smaller vehicles that are not dock height, working community events, cookouts, and cleaning and shoveling snow from around the receiving area and loading dock. Working on the loading dock, outdoors, inside of freezers and walk-in refrigerators present temperature and weather extremes, wet and ice-covered floors, loud fans and truck exhaust fumes.
The position requires frequent lifting of 50 lbs. or less and more with assistance. Constant movement throughout the multiple levels of the dining areas and storage areas is required. Delivered product can amount to handling over a thousand pieces/cases of product per week. The position requires constant repetitive motion such as breaking down large deliveries, transporting products, sorting stock, storing product, and rotating product, cleaning tasks, recycling duties, working in the office keyboarding and writing. These movements include bending at the knees and waist, reaching with arms down, outward, and above head, stooping, frequent lifting and carrying, as well as eye to hand coordination and frequent use of hands and fingers.
The Culinary Stock Receiver Associate is considered essential personnel and is required to report to work if The Overlook closes due to inclement weather or during an emergency.
COMMUNITY OVERVIEW:
The Overlook is a non-profit organization operating since 1911 and offering a full continuum of care and services for older adults in MA. The organization embraces its rich history and heritage, owning and managing 218 Independent Living Apartment Homes and Cottages, 28 Enhanced Care Private Suites, a 14- Suite Assisted Living Memory Care neighborhood, 27-unit Short-term Post-Acute Rehabilitation, 112-bed Long Term Care Skilled Nursing, as well as Home Health, Hospice, Palliative Care, Private Duty and Care Management divisions.
The Overlook and its 3 subsidiaries are based in Charlton, MA, with satellite home health and hospice offices across the state. The organization employs approximately 600 talented and compassionate Team Members and serves 1,500+ Residents/Patients.
The Overlook has a Vision to design a mixed-use Community beyond its singular function as a Retirement Community, a pedestrian-friendly, walkable "Village Center" environment, with select retailers, restaurants featuring fresh, locally sourced food, a brewery, a large banquet, and events center, enriching programs, health and wellness-focused on mind, body and spirit, and more. The Overlook's bucolic setting on 450 acres of beautiful New England countryside, 16 miles of nature trails, a dog park, and a wealth of amenities offer limitless possibilities in helping us reposition our Campus.
JUST SOME OF OUR BENEFITS AND PERKS:
Solid Track Record of Promoting
Team Members from withinPlenty of Free ParkingFree Daily Lunch on
Campus
Vacation, Sick, Holiday Time + Floating Holidays
Travel Reimbursement
Professional DevelopmentFlexible Spending and Health Reimbursement AccountsEmployee Assistance Programs
Tuition ReimbursementShort + Long Term Disability, Life InsuranceMedical, Dental, and Vision InsuranceAccess to Fitness Center, Pool, and Onsite Massages
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Overlook will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective Team Members and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. The Overlook is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates, and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, The Overlook will better serve our communities. The Overlook is an employment-at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, The Overlook prohibits retaliation against an applicant or employee because he or she has engaged in protected activity under the statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
COMMUNITY OVERVIEW:
The Overlook is a non-profit organization operating since 1911 and offering a full continuum of care and services for older adults in MA. The organization embraces its rich history and heritage, owning and managing 218 Independent Living Apartment Homes and Cottages, 28 Enhanced Care Private Suites, a 14- Suite Assisted Living Memory Care neighborhood, 27-unit Short-term Post-Acute Rehabilitation, 112-bed Long Term Care Skilled Nursing, as well as Home Health, Hospice, Palliative Care, Private Duty and Care Management divisions.
The Overlook and its 3 subsidiaries are based in Charlton, MA, with satellite home health and hospice offices across the state. The organization employs approximately 600 talented and compassionate Team Members and serves 1,500+ Residents/Patients.
The Overlook has a Vision to design a mixed-use Community beyond its singular function as a Retirement Community, a pedestrian-friendly, walkable "Village Center" environment, with select retailers, restaurants featuring fresh, locally sourced food, a brewery, a large banquet, and events center, enriching programs, health and wellness-focused on mind, body and spirit, and more. The Overlook's bucolic setting on 450 acres of beautiful New England countryside, 16 miles of nature trails, a dog park, and a wealth of amenities offer limitless possibilities in helping us reposition our Campus.
THE OVERLOOK WAY:
All Team Members of The Overlook must embrace and commit to conducting themselves at all times in support of our 28 Guiding Principles, Culture of Excellence, and core values, which form the foundation of our unique culture. The Overlook strives to exceed expectations, inspire and "Do what's best for those we serve."
Integrity: saying what you mean, meaning what you say (in action and words), even if it hurts you personally or professionally
Respect for Individual Choice: empowering and supporting others in their Self-determination for health and well-being, as they define it
Compassion: understanding and empathy for others
Creativity/Innovation: thinking wildly, planning accordingly
Grace: putting people at ease, without compromising performance or outcomes
JUST SOME OF OUR BENEFITS AND PERKS:

1. Solid Track Record of Promoting
2. Team Members from within
3. Plenty of Free Parking
4. Free Daily Lunch on
5. Campus
6. Vacation, Sick, Holiday Time + Floating Holidays
7. Travel Reimbursement
8. Professional Development
9. Flexible Spending and Health Reimbursement Accounts
10. Employee Assistance Programs
11. Tuition Reimbursement
12. Short + Long Term Disability, Life Insurance
13. Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
14. Access to Fitness Center, Pool, and Onsite Massages

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Overlook will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective Team Members and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. The Overlook is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates, and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, The Overlook will better serve our communities. The Overlook is an employment-at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, The Overlook prohibits retaliation against an applicant or employee because he or she has engaged in protected activity under the statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.