Food & Beverage Purchasing Officer

Join us at Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort and Sunshine Coast Convention Centre, a leading resort and events destination offering over 370 rooms and a diverse range of hospitality and conference services. Our resort delivers everything from relaxed dining experiences to large-scale conferences, banquets, and high-volume event catering, providing seamless service across both leisure and corporate markets.

The Food & Beverage operations rely on strong purchasing, stores, and stock management to ensure kitchens and service areas are fully supported at all times. This is a hands-on, physically active role involving the receipt, movement, storage, ordering, and distribution of stock across multiple departments in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

As Food & Beverage Purchasing Officer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end coordination of stock across the resort and convention centre. This is a hands-on operational role, combining purchasing administration through Purchase Plus, with significant manual handling, lifting, transporting, and organising of goods across multiple storage areas and departments.

Working closely with culinary, stewarding, suppliers, and finance teams, you will ensure stock is accurately ordered, received, stored, and distributed to support seamless daily operations.

This is a full-time role, Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Place food and beverage orders via Purchase Plus, ensuring accuracy, timing, and alignment with operational requirements
• Receive, inspect, lift, and distribute deliveries across multiple departments, ensuring quality and quantity standards are met
• Physically move and store stock safely, including transporting goods between storerooms, kitchens, and service areas
• Maintain accurate inventory records and process stock movements through purchasing and inventory systems
• Conduct regular stocktakes, cycle counts, and assist with reconciliations
• Monitor stock levels and raise purchase requisitions to maintain optimal availability
• Ensure storerooms are clean, organised, and compliant with food safety and HACCP standards
• Liaise with suppliers regarding deliveries, discrepancies, and returns
• Support cost control through accurate stock handling and minimising wastage
• Work collaboratively with operational teams to ensure timely distribution of goods

• Experience in purchasing, stores, receiving, inventory control or hospitality operations
• Strong understanding of stock control, inventory systems, and cost management principles
• Experience using Purchase Plus or similar procurement systems highly regarded
• Physically capable of regular manual handling, lifting, and transporting goods as part of daily duties
• Forklift licence (current) highly regarded, or willingness to obtain one upon successful appointment
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A hands-on approach with a strong commitment to safety, cleanliness, and operational excellence

Why work for Accor?

Accor is one of the largest global hospitality businesses, with over 5400 Hotels across 110+ countries, the career development opportunities are endless.

Benefits Your Way

• Access to global accommodation and F&B discounts
• #LearnYourWay with a sophisticated modern training platform, which offers a constantly expanding database of free, industry focused training.
• Recognition of service anniversaries and Accor Tenure Milestones.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion.

• We are an inclusive employer, and our ambition is to attract, recruit, and develop diverse talent. We offer reasonable adjustments to support you. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, you are most welcome to let us know.

Please note that full working rights in Australia are required for this role.