Purchasing Agent

About the role

You will facilitate the buyout process, negotiate, and award direct construction costs to create high value for customers with low impact to costs. You will work directly with trade partners, distributors, and manufacturers to establish and maintain strong working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to trade partners as necessary.
• Deliver consistent and reliable information to the Purchasing Manager for back-office data, including documents, reports, and analysis.
• Cultivate a network of trade partners, distributors, and manufacturers committed to reducing costs and increasing service, quality, and value.
• Create comprehensive buyouts with take-offs, unit pricing, turn-key costs, and in-depth analysis of base house and option costs.
• Continually decrease hard costs and increase per-house rebates.
• Take a firm stance on price increases without sacrificing supplier relationships.
• Minimize variance costs.
• Provide company-wide support and synergy on costs, prices, margins, specifications, new communities, and changes to ensure the department remains accurate, timely, and reliable.
• Execute all cost changes and provide variance support through approval and research.
• Process change orders.
• Collaborate with Construction, New Home Center, Product Development, and other departments to maximize profitability through value engineering and trade relations.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within the residential construction industry.
• Expert-level experience in Excel and Microsoft products.
• Ability to say "no" without damaging relationships.
• Proven negotiation experience.
• Excellent multi-tasking skills, strong attention to detail, and adaptability.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and maintain a positive attitude while providing exemplary customer service.
• High degree of self-awareness and accountability.
• Aggressiveness, decisiveness, and a drive for progressive responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting productivity benchmarks.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual in-person attendance.
• Capability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Clear communication skills (talking, listening, and speaking).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA accounts, 401K, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and EAP.
• Time Off benefits: Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Bereavement, Jury Duty, FMLA, refresh/floating holidays, and parental leave.
• Home purchase discount.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Pay

Expected salary: $70,000–$80,000 annually, with eligibility for additional performance incentives in the form of quarterly bonuses.