Luis Tello

A highly motivated Purchasing and Hospitality professional offering 18+ years of experience seeking a new and challenging opportunity that will leverage extensive background in multiple aspects of food & beverages and purchasing industry. Superior leadership, communication skills, problem solving abilities and high-level of flexibility and dedication to profession.

Director of Purchasing & Receiving at Fairmont Breakers Long Beach (2024-06 – Present)

• Part of the opening team, Property opened November 2024
• Developing purchasing strategies, sourcing suppliers, and services.
• Vendor sourcing, account set up, completion of credit applications and Contact Reviewing.
• Establishing appropriate policies/procedures for Purchasing/Receiving
• Receiving OS&E & FF&E deliveries.
• Birchstreet, Purchasing system set up and implementation. Completion of various templates to ensure proper vendor information, user information, and item information is submitted.
• Creating and Implementing SOP’s for the department.
• Inventory Management, working with F&B Team for opening order of food and beverage.
• Brand Management, working with Sales and Marketing team for branded collateral for Rooms.
• F&B Brand Management, securing vendors for printing of F&B Collateral for various outlets.
• Ensuring operation is adhering to proper safety, health code, and cleanliness standards.
• Accomplishments:
• Leader of the Month February 2025

Director of Purchasing at Mission Inn Hotel & Spa (2024-03 – 2024-05)

• Developing purchasing strategies, sourcing suppliers and services.
• Overseeing the Purchasing/Receiving team in daily activities.
• Managing and optimizing inventory levels and ensuring they are maintained and controlled.
• Controlling operational expenses/ identifying ways to mitigate loss/establishing proper PAR Levels.
• Vendor sourcing/vendor relationship.
• Ensuring operation is adhering to proper safety, health code, and cleanliness standards.
• Establishing appropriate policies/ procedures for purchasing/receiving.
• Inventory ordering system administrator.
• Securing proper security of inventory/storerooms
• Executive Committee Member

Assistant Director of Purchasing at The Beverly Hills Hotel (2019-07 – 2023-11)

• Dual Property/ stationed at Hotel Bel-Air
• Approver to all requisitions Property wide
• Purchase Order Creator/ Vendor Relationship
• Maintaining Pars for Collateral Items in off-site Warehouse for both properties
• Ordering weekly supplies for all departments from off-site warehouse
• Paper Supplies ordering
• Corporate American Express Credit Card Holder for Purchases/ Maintaining Proper Log
• Capex Projects Requester/ Compiling Competitive Bids for CAPEX
• Team Management & Leadership
• Serving as back up to the Area Director of Purchasing

Purchasing Manager at Santa Monica Proper Hotel (2019-05 – 2019-06)

• Opening Team
• OS&E Ordering and Deliveries
• Vendor Relationship/Set-up for ordering
• Creating and Implementing SOP’s
• Setting up Ordering System- BirchStreet
• Food & beverage/Non-Food/Paper Supplies purchasing
• Budgeting & Cost control
• Team Management & Leadership

Storeroom Manager at The Beverly Hills Hotel (2012-11 – 2019-04)

• Food & beverage purchasing
• Non-Food purchasing
• Office Supplies purchasing
• Budgeting & Cost control
• Building relationships with vendors
• Finding Cost Saving alternatives for items
• Accomplishments:
• Nominated for Manager of the Quarter on 3 different occasions
• Selected as Manager of the Quarter – Q4 2014

Purchasing Clerk at Hotel Bel Air (2011-10 – 2012-11)

• Receiving deliveries
• Maintaining Pars
• Breaking down Pallets and Rotating all items in accordance to FIFO
• Food ordering when Buyer was on vacation
• Closing of all Invoices for payment

Storeroom Clerk at The Beverly Hills Hotel (2008-02 – 2011-09)

• Requisition Building
• Maintaining Clean Storerooms in line with Health Department
• Delivering Requisitions to all outlets
• Daily Inventory of Storeroom for Ordering
• Covering Food Buyer when on off days/vacation

Associates Degree in Business Administration – Citrus College (2013-09 – 2018-06)