Job Description
The Senior Buyer is responsible for supporting daily procurement operations for a luxury integrated resort environment by managing high-volume purchasing activities, vendor communications, and supply chain coordination. This position serves as a critical liaison between operating departments, suppliers, warehouse operations, sourcing, receiving, and finance to ensure uninterrupted service levels across hotel, food & beverage, casino, retail, entertainment, and support operations.
The role manages an average workload of 50–300 purchase orders daily, oversees 50+ vendor-related communications per day, and proactively resolves shortages, backorders, pricing discrepancies, and open purchase order issues to maintain operational continuity.
Key Responsibilities
Purchase Order Management
- Create, process, modify, and expedite 50–300 purchase orders daily across multiple operational categories.
- Review requisitions for accuracy, completeness, budget compliance, and proper sourcing.
- Monitor order status from creation through receipt and invoice reconciliation.
- Ensure timely delivery of products and services required for resort operations.
- Maintain purchasing records and documentation in accordance with company policies.
Vendor Management & Communications
- Manage daily email and phone communications with vendors, suppliers, distributors, and internal stakeholders.
- Follow up on open orders, shipment delays, shortages, substitutions, and damaged deliveries.
- Coordinate with vendors to resolve supply chain disruptions and maintain service continuity.
- Establish and maintain strong supplier relationships while ensuring contractual and service-level expectations are met.
- Escalate critical supply issues impacting operations and recommend alternative solutions.
Open PO & Shortage Resolution
- Review and manage open purchase orders to ensure timely fulfillment.
- Investigate outstanding receipts, partial deliveries, and backordered items.
- Work closely with warehouse, receiving, and operating departments to validate shortages and delivery variances.
- Coordinate expedited shipments and alternative sourcing options when necessary.
- Maintain accurate open PO reporting and provide status updates to department stakeholders.
Price Variance & Data Maintenance
- Research and update product pricing within procurement systems.
- Validate invoice pricing against contracted agreements, bid pricing, and approved quotes.
- Investigate and resolve price variances, unit-of-measure discrepancies, and supplier billing exceptions.
- Maintain accurate item master data, lead times, supplier information, and purchasing parameters.
- Support cost control initiatives through pricing analysis and market comparisons.
Sourcing & Procurement Support
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing teams to identify sourcing opportunities and supplier alternatives.
- Assist with quote gathering, supplier evaluations, contract implementation, and vendor onboarding activities.
- Provide data and reporting to support negotiations and sourcing initiatives.
- Participate in product conversions and supplier transition projects to achieve operational savings and efficiency improvements.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Food & Beverage, Hotel Operations, Retail, Entertainment, Engineering, Housekeeping, Warehouse, Receiving, Finance, and other operating departments.
- Communicate order status, delivery schedules, substitutions, and potential supply risks.
- Support emergency operational requirements and urgent procurement requests.
- Provide exceptional customer service while balancing competing operational priorities.
- Functional guidance, training, operational oversight to Buyers.
Reporting & Analytics
- Generate and maintain reports related to:
- Open Purchase Orders
- Shortages and Backorders
- Price Variance Tracking
- Supplier Performance
- Delivery Compliance
- Purchasing Activity Metrics
- Analyze purchasing trends and recommend process improvements.
- Support departmental KPI reporting and procurement performance metrics.
Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience in a high-volume hospitality, gaming, foodservice, or resort environment.
- Experience managing large-scale purchasing operations with high daily transaction volumes.
- Strong understanding of procurement systems, ERP platforms, and purchasing workflows.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and procurement reporting tools.
- Ability to analyze pricing, identify discrepancies, and resolve complex purchasing issues.
- Proven ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced operational environment.
Additional Information
Wynn Resorts is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Wynn Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.