Purchasing Manager
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What you'll do
- Provide new community feasibility costs and bidding and contract new projects with annual re-bidding to ensure the best price.
- Material take-offs, including verification of custom price requests and current and new home, plan value engineering.
- Bid, negotiate, and award contracts for residential purchasing.
- Create and set up new communities to bid in the vendor database.
- Maximize hard cost reductions while maintaining positive business relationships.
- Deliver qualified trade partner resources that are consistently below market cost.
- Identify and implement new methods and materials to lower costs without sacrificing quality or perceived customer value.
- Maintain and manage all documents in the vendor database to include plans, sublists, community information, documentation, etc.
- Coordinate plan changes with architecture on new and active communities.
- Analyze plans for value engineering savings and research cost of proposed design ideas.
- Supervise the Take-off process for new and existing homes.
- Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of purchasing and estimating experience.
- Proven negotiating skills.
- The ability to analyze problems, recommend solutions, and maintain effective working relationships with customers, vendors, and other employees within the organization.
Nice to have
- Experience in residential construction, including purchasing and contracts, is preferred.
- A Bachelor's Degree is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- OSHA 10/30 Construction qualification is preferred.
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Full description from employer
What You’ll Do:
The Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing the originating and negotiating the procurement activities of trade goods and services.
Your Key Responsibilities Include:
- Provide new community feasibility costs and bidding and contract new projects with annual re-bidding to ensure the best price.
- Material take-offs, including verification of custom price requests and current and new home, plan value engineering.
- Bid, negotiate, and award contracts for residential purchasing.
- Create and set up new communities to bid in the vendor database.
- Maximize hard cost reductions while maintaining positive business relationships.
- Deliver qualified trade partner resources that are consistently below market cost.
- Identify and implement new methods and materials to lower costs without sacrificing quality or perceived customer value.
- Maintain and manage all documents in the vendor database to include plans, sublists, community information, documentation, etc.
- Coordinate plan changes with architecture on new and active communities.
- Analyze plans for value engineering savings and research cost of proposed design ideas.
- Supervise the Take-off process for new and existing homes.
- Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Maintain continuity among corporate, division, and local work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
- Manage and mentor direct reports.
- Perform other duties as needed or assigned.
What You Have:
- Experience in residential construction, including purchasing and contracts, is preferred.
- Proven negotiating skills.
- The ability to analyze problems, recommend solutions, and maintain effective working relationships with customers, vendors, and other employees within the organization.
Your Education and Experience:
- A Bachelor's Degree is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- 5+ years of purchasing and estimating experience.
- OSHA 10/30 Construction qualification is preferred.
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About Century Communities
Our mission of A Home For Every Dream® is only possible with the best talent in the industry. If that’s you, if you’re a self-starter, changemaker, and thoughtful collaborator ready to take your career to the next level, then apply today!
As one of the nation's largest homebuilders and an industry leader in online home sales, we strive to create thriving, enduring neighborhoods with lasting livability, focusing on building sustainable, affordably priced homes for our customers while reducing our carbon footprint. For team members, our goal is to provide the resources, opportunities, and benefits needed to build successful, rewarding careers.
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