Everhome Café is a design-led, experience-driven space built around the idea of comfort, familiarity, and thoughtful hospitality. Known for its warm, lived-in aesthetic and carefully curated menu, Everhome blends quality food, specialty beverages, and a strong sense of place. Every detail — from sourcing ingredients to plating and service — is intentional, aiming to create a consistent and memorable guest experience. As the brand grows, maintaining this balance between quality, efficiency, and authenticity remains central to every role within the team.
Role Summary
The Purchase Manager owns procurement as a strategic function — not transactional buying. This role ensures cost efficiency, supply reliability, and quality consistency across all food, beverage, and operational categories.
Reporting To
Founder / Head of Operations
Team Structure
- Store Executive(s)
- Receiving / Inventory Staff
Scope of Role
- End-to-end procurement across F&B, packaging, cleaning supplies, and operational consumables
- Vendor sourcing, onboarding, and lifecycle management
- Inventory planning aligned with menu cycles and business volumes
- Cost control and margin protection
Key Responsibilities
- Build a diversified, reliable vendor base with contingency options for all critical SKUs
- Lead commercial negotiations and rate contracts with clear benchmarking
- Work closely with kitchen leadership to forecast demand and plan procurement cycles
- Implement structured ordering systems (daily, weekly, buffer stock logic)
- Ensure strict GRN (Goods Received Note) processes, quality checks, and rejection protocols
- Monitor and control food cost variance against targets
- Identify opportunities for cost optimization without affecting product quality
- Maintain accurate purchase records, audits, and compliance documentation
- Track market trends (seasonality, inflation, shortages) and proactively adapt sourcing
Key Metrics / KRAs
- Food cost % vs target
- Stock variance and wastage levels
- Vendor reliability and fill rate
- Frequency of stock-outs (critical vs non-critical)
- Purchase price variance over time
Candidate Profile
- 5–8+ years in procurement within hospitality or food-driven businesses
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation capability
- Deep familiarity with perishables, yield, and storage constraints
- High system orientation — comfortable with inventory software and reporting
- Detail-driven with strong accountability mindset
What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)
- Stabilized vendor ecosystem with defined primary + backup vendors
- Predictable procurement cycles with minimal firefighting
- Visible improvement in cost control and reduced wastage
- Clean, auditable purchasing and inventory systems
Growth Path
- Scale into a Central Procurement Head role as new outlets/verticals expand
- Ownership of multi-unit sourcing strategy and import/specialty procurement
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹30,000.00 per month
Experience:
- Purchasing: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
