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Sr. Storekeeper, Nutrition - UCLA West Valley Medical Center

University of California - Los Angeles Health
United States, California, West Hills
Aug 06, 2025
Description Join UCLA West Valley Medical Center's Nutrition team as a Sr. Storekeeper, ensuring the safe and efficient handling of food and supplies. Key Responsibilities: Receive, store, and rotate food and supplies using FIFO procedures while maintaining proper labeling and storage conditions. Inspect incoming supplies for quality, report shortages, and distribute requisitioned items to appropriate units. Monitor equipment temperatures, follow food safety protocols, and maintain hygiene and sanitation standards. Assist with inventory management, support department operations, and collaborate professionally with team members. If you are detail oriented and organized, we welcome you to apply and join our team! Salary Range: $23.97-$29.79 Hourly Qualifications Required: Knowledge of JCAHO and departmental rules and procedures of sanitation and safety as applied to kitchens, food storage and supplies. Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to communicate effectively with vendors, ordering units and management. Skill in using flat carts, 2-wheel dollies, scales. Skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers without a calculator to fill orders, take physical counts of inventories, and verify quantities listed on invoices were received. Skill in using Basic English words and phrases to make corrections on receiving documents and requisitions, and reporting and recording vendor shortages or discrepancies. Ability to read food and refrigeration thermometers to verify appropriate food and storage temperatures. Ability to communicate clearly by telephone to make inquiries and place orders with vendors as needed. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and numerous ordering units and vendors. Ability to frequently lift 75 pounds, push or pull a cart with 1500 pound load, bend to reach items stored on low shelves, reach for items stored above shoulder level, and climb a ladder to store, rotate and issue food supplies. Skill in adapting to frequent changes in workload. Ability to work in an environment with extreme variations of temperature with appropriate protective clothing. Skill in working independently and identifying potentially more effective methods of work operation. Ability to work with frequent interruptions. Ability to work in a non-smoking environment. Ability to communicate clearly by telephone to place orders with vendors.