Position Overview
The Storekeeper / Receiver plays a critical back-of-house role in ensuring the kitchen is consistently stocked, organized, and equipped to operate smoothly. This position is responsible for receiving deliveries, checking goods for accuracy and quality, storing items correctly, and maintaining proper inventory control so the culinary team can deliver service without interruption. In a restaurant, club, or lounge environment, the Storekeeper / Receiver helps protect product quality, reduce waste, and support cost control by ensuring all goods are handled efficiently and recorded accurately.
- Organizational placement and reporting
- Sits within the Kitchen / Back of House team and works closely with the chef team, purchasing, and other operational departments as needed.
- Typically reports to the Executive Chef, Sous Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Store Manager, depending on the venue structure.
- Often serves as the main point of contact for suppliers and delivery drivers upon goods arrival.
- Key areas of responsibility
- Receive and inspect all incoming deliveries against purchase orders, invoices, and specifications.
- Verify quantity, quality, freshness, packaging, and temperature compliance for perishable and non-perishable items.
- Reject or escalate incorrect, damaged, spoiled, or non-compliant products immediately.
- Label, date, rotate, and store stock correctly using FIFO principles and venue storage standards.
- Maintain accurate records of deliveries, stock movement, and inventory levels.
- Support periodic stock counts, discrepancy reporting, and waste reduction efforts.
- Keep storage areas clean, orderly, secure, and compliant with hygiene and safety requirements.
- What success looks like
- Highly organized, dependable, and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of accountability.
- Comfortable working under time pressure and handling multiple deliveries with professionalism.
- Able to communicate clearly with chefs, suppliers, and management.
- Practical, physically capable, and committed to cleanliness, consistency, and operational discipline.
- Thrives in a role where accuracy, integrity, and teamwork directly affect service quality and profitability.