Receiving Clerk – Hospitality Operations

About the role

As a Receiving Clerk at Fairmont New Orleans, you will be the first point of contact for all incoming goods, ensuring that deliveries meet the hotel’s high standards of quality and accuracy. You will collaborate with purchasing, finance, culinary and operational teams to keep inventory flowing smoothly throughout the property.

Key responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, and verify incoming shipments, deliveries, and inventory for accuracy and quality.
• Match received products against purchase orders, invoices, and delivery documentation.
• Identify and promptly report discrepancies, shortages, damages, or quality concerns.
• Accurately record receiving documentation in inventory and accounting systems.
• Coordinate distribution of deliveries to appropriate hotel departments in a timely manner.
• Maintain organized receiving areas, storage rooms, and documentation files.
• Support inventory counts, stock rotation, and product organization as assigned.
• Ensure proper handling and storage of food, beverage, and operational supplies in line with sanitation and safety standards.
• Collaborate with vendors, Purchasing, Finance, Culinary, and operational departments to support efficient hotel operations.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of loading dock and receiving areas.
• Operate equipment such as pallet jacks or carts safely and responsibly.

Required profile

• Previous experience in receiving, warehouse, inventory, purchasing or hospitality operations preferred.
• Hotel, restaurant or luxury hospitality experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and time‑management abilities.
• Ability to work accurately with numbers, invoices and inventory records.
• Professional demeanor, reliability and ability to work both independently and within a team.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Required skills

• Basic computer proficiency.
• Ability to operate pallet jacks or carts safely.