Procurement Manager
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Full timeOn-site
Job description
We are looking for a Procurement Manager to keep all our restaurants on cost, well supplied, and food-safe, on every delivery and in every batch.
The ideal person has a strong meat background and a strong hospitality kitchen background.
Key Responsibilities
- Procurement: raise all purchase orders, manage the approved supplier list, compare supplier prices, flag savings or increases, and build cost-saving plans from supplier reviews
- Receiving: check weights, temperatures, and quality on every delivery against the invoice, following the receiving and weight-verification standards
- Cost control: track food cost %, butchery yield and waste against targets every week; run the monthly stock count and reconcile it with POS and invoices; keep recipe costings and min/max stock levels up to date
- Stock control: run FIFO / FEFO rotation, min/max levels and month-end closing stock value
- Hygiene and food safety: own the HACCP plan, daily logs and CCP records; manage allergen control, labelling, traceability and recall; lead staff hygiene training and keep all our restaurants audit-ready and prepared for Dubai Municipality inspections
- Reporting: send weekly cost, waste and supplier reports, and provide monthly P&L input and closing stock value
Requirements
- Senior experience in F&B procurement, ideally with a central kitchen or multi-outlet restaurant background
- Strong meat and protein knowledge: cuts, yields, butchery and supplier markets
- Hands-on experience with receiving, stock control and supplier approval processes
- HACCP Level 3+ and hands-on experience with UAE food-safety requirements, including allergen control, traceability and recall
- Strong with numbers, food costing and P&L reporting
- A proven record of hitting targets such as butchery yield per cut, waste under 3%, stock variance under 2%, complete HACCP / CCP logs, and zero failed inspections