Director of Corporate Purchasing

About the role

The Director of Corporate Purchasing is a senior operational role responsible for leading all national purchasing functions across View Homes' five-division markets. Reporting to the SVP of Operations, this position serves as the central authority for how View Homes selects, contracts, and manages its trade partners and material suppliers, translating purchasing strategy directly into job-cost performance and margin outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains a national preferred trade partner network across all five division markets; owns performance standards, accountability frameworks, and relationship continuity.
• Ledes competitive bidding processes for trade partner selection, ensuring View Homes consistently accesses the best combination of price, quality, and reliability.
• Negotiates master trade partner agreements, scope-of-work documents, and pricing schedules; ensures contracts are structured to protect the company and support operational execution.
• Maintains trade partner performance against established KPIs (schedule adherence, quality, cost compliance) and manages escalations and corrective action as needed.
• Travels regularly to division markets to maintain hands-on visibility into local trade partner relationships and market conditions.
• Negotiates and manages national purchasing agreements (NPAs) with material suppliers across all major product categories, including framing, windows, doors, roofing, cabinets, flooring, and appliances.
• Drives cost reduction through value engineering, contract renegotiation, and material substitution analysis, quantifying savings against budgeted cost targets.
• Owns option and feature pricing strategy, ensuring profitability and competitive positioning across all markets and product types.
• Maintains and continuously improves the company’s purchasing systems and data infrastructure to support real-time cost visibility.
• Collaborates with Finance on budget accuracy, cost forecasting, and job cost reporting, ensuring purchasing decisions are reflected accurately in divisional and corporate financial models.
• Coordinates with construction and operations leadership to align purchasing strategy with production schedules, community timelines, and absorption targets.
• Identifies and flags purchasing-driven cost variances early, providing root cause analysis and corrective recommendations.
• Serves as a key operational leader contributing to the company’s strategic direction under the SVP of Operations.
• Advocates for and provides practical leadership in integrating ethical business practices throughout the company.
• Maintains confidentiality on all corporate subjects so classified.
• Able and willing to travel regularly across division markets, as needed.
• Fosters, encourages, and rewards a fun, positive, successful values-based culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in construction management, business administration, supply chain management, or a related field.
• Required Master's Degree or an advanced degree or professional certifications in purchasing or supply chain (e.g., CPM, CPSM).
• 10+ years of homebuilding purchasing experience required; multi-division or national purchasing scope.
• Demonstrated track record of driving measurable cost savings through trade partners negotiation, competitive bidding, and value engineering.
• Experience managing national or regional purchasing agreements with material suppliers across multiple product categories.
• Familiarity with residential construction processes, trade sequencing, and production scheduling in a multi-community environment.
• Experience developing and standardizing purchasing processes, scope-of-work documentation, and contract frameworks across multiple markets.
• Experience working within a multi-division homebuilder with corporate and division-level reporting structures.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to translate purchasing decisions into job cost and margin outcomes.
• Skilled negotiator with the ability to drive competitive outcomes while preserving long-term trade partner relationships.
• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency with cost modeling, budget variance analysis, and purchasing performance reporting.
• Process-oriented with the ability to design, implement, and scale purchasing systems and workflows across a growing organization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex purchasing data into clear recommendations for executive leadership.
• Deep knowledge of residential construction: trade scopes, material categories, scheduling dependencies, and quality standards.
• Effective cross-functional collaborator, able to align purchasing strategy with the operational, financial, and sales priorities of the business.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage a high volume of contracts, suppliers, and market data simultaneously.
• Able to use computers, screens, keyboards, and related technology for extended periods.
• DL NUMBER - Driver's License, Valid and in State Required.
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPM) Preferred.
• Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M) Certified Professional Purchasing Manager (CPM, CPPM) Preferred.

Skills

• Construction Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Administration
• Financial Acumen
• Cost Modeling
• Budget Variance Analysis
• Purchasing Performance Reporting
• Trade Partner Negotiation
• Value Engineering
• Contract Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Financial Forecasting
• Operational Alignment
• Team Leadership
• Communication Skills
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Cost Reduction Strategies
• Commodity Price Analysis
• Contract Documentation
• System Implementation
• Scalability Planning
• Continuous Improvement
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Cost Savings Driven Negotiations
• Financial Reporting
• Market Data Management
• Vendor Onboarding
• Community Launch Procurement
• Compliance Management
• Vendor Performance Monitoring
• Cost Variance Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Vendor Relationship Management
• Vendor Contract Management
• Vendor Performance Metrics
• Vendor Negotiation Techniques
• Vendor Relationship Building
• Vendor Contract Review
• Vendor Performance Evaluation
• Vendor Contract Renewal
• Vendor Contract Compliance
• Vendor Contract Renewal Process
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• Vendor Contract Renewal Timeline
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