Purchasing / Buyer (m/f/d)

Company Description

MAMA?

Founded in 2008 by Serge Trigano and his sons Jérémie and Benjamin (co-founders of Club Med), Mama Shelter is a creator of living spaces and a director of daily life!

Our locations are unconventional places where everyone feels at home – places born from a mix of influences, freedoms, sensations, and emotions. Each Mama tells the story of the city it is in, and all influences merge together. We offer our guests a cheerful atmosphere and exceptional service at an affordable price. 

More than just rooms and restaurants – Mama Shelter is a dynamic, a vibe: real urban retreats, not only aesthetically pleasing and modern but also popular, welcoming, and sexy.

Regardless of your role, we are all here to make the customer experience unforgettable.
Our mission: to enrich people with small moments of happiness. 

Our growth allows us to offer our teams great career paths through internal development and international mobility – regardless of degrees or years of experience.

Mama Shelter is part of Ennismore, a creative hotel group rooted in cultures and destinations with a global brand portfolio. Ennismore is a joint venture with Accor, founded in 2021.

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Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:

Mama is an inclusive company, and our goal is to recruit and promote diverse talents. Our job postings are gender-neutral; the generic masculine is used here only for better readability. 

Job Description

Would you like to be part of the opening of our new Mama Shelter in Zurich?

YOUR MISSION, IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT:

As our Cost Controller, you are the genius behind the scenes ensuring everything remains profitable – without ever compromising the legendary Mama vibe.

These are your tasks:

Cost control like a pro: You work closely with the F&B team to create and maintain technical data sheets, calculate ideal selling prices, and ensure every dish is as profitable as it is delicious. 🍽️
Inventory monitoring: Spot checks, orders, inventory – you keep an eye on everything, ensure seamless stock management, and get to the bottom of discrepancies. 🕵️‍♀️
Purchasing master: You ensure a smooth and smart purchasing process – checking orders, controlling invoices, and negotiating with suppliers when prices get too creative. 🧐
Cost expert: You track costs and ratios across all hotel areas – from F&B to guest services to the shop. You lead menu engineering meetings with the F&B team, analyze sales costs, and prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports to optimize results. 💰
POS pro: You assist in setting up and maintaining the cash register system, create menu items, train new colleagues, and ensure the system runs smoothly. ⚙️
Month-end closing genius: Inventory, provisions, transfers, etc. – at month-end, you ensure all bookings are perfectly recorded. 🧮
Cross-departmental team player: You collaborate with F&B, Housekeeping, Front Office, and other departments, support everyone, and keep an eye on the numbers. 🤝

Qualifications

MADE FOR YOU? ONLY IF…

• You are not a beginner in cost control and ideally not a newcomer to the hospitality and/or gastronomy sector. 🏨

• You are detail-oriented, nothing escapes you, and you spot every little deviation before anyone else does. 👀

• You love numbers, they are your best friends, and you know how to make them work for you. Excel is your comfort zone. 💻

• You are super organized and used to multitasking, you prioritize like a pro – even if you have an inventory list in one hand and a call to a supplier in the other. 📋

• You like being close to operations and enjoy working with chefs, bartenders, housekeeping, and your finance team. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

• You are curious, independent, and a problem solver. 💡

• You have very good German skills (C1) and know the Swiss market inside and out 🧐

• Since there is an OPENING BUDGET, the salary range is (CHF 70,000.-75,000.00 incl. 13th month) - we are looking exactly for YOU - who loves hospitality and freedom - come as you are 😍

YOUR LITTLE EXTRAS:

• The opening phase is the moment for you to shoot profitability to the sky 🌚… or at least get it on the right track. 🛤️

• You master hospitality software like Simphony, Opera, and Sun Systems. 🖥️

• You are both funny and careful because at Mama we take our good mood as seriously as our budgets.

Additional Information

🎶 We are sure you know the rhythm:

1st verse: We arrange a first phone interview with our HR department if your application fits our rhythm.
Chorus: After the successful phone interview, we will see each other at Mama, be ready!
(Chorus x2 depending on the position)

Last verse: Mama will not leave you in suspense; you will receive an answer from us, no matter the outcome.