Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage team members for the divisional Purchasing and Design Center team
• Create accurate hard cost budgets
• Coordinate with regional and national teams to adjust estimates and budgets as needed
• Lead capacity planning for divisional-preferred partners; assist in capacity planning for national and regional preferred partners
• Recruit, onboard, build and maintain relationships with division-specific trade partners
• Exit underperforming trade partners
• Direct the Design Center
• Keep the Regional Director of Purchasing and Division President informed of critical market conditions, capacity and forecast
• Direct bidding process and analysis for items not estimated nationally or regionally
• Direct field visits as needed to support local building efforts
• Community-level feature selection using nationally and regionally created feature offerings
• Extra order and back charge purchasing order management
• Oversee new plan redlines, first-time build walks
• Conduct cost-reduction exercises

Qualifications

• The successful candidate must possess extensive knowledge of the residential home building industry, a strong work ethic, great communication skills, ability to manage multiple priorities and be a respected team leader
• Experience working in purchasing or supply chain management
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related degree
• Proven conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Solid estimating capabilities
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks effectively with disciplined, self-directed work habits
• Readily adaptable to change
• Knowledgeable in all functional areas of a homebuilder