Purchasing Agent

Skills

• Bid solicitation
• Subcontractor pre-qualification
• Cost tracking and management
• Budget maintenance and updating
• Price increase approval process
• Direct cost analysis and variance preparation
• Lot start execution
• Unit cost final proofing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
• One to two years related experience and/or training

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Solicit bids
• Pre-qualify subcontractors
• Setup and monitor option costs and sales prices
• Maintain and update current budgets
• Spread revised bids and obtain approval for any price increases
• Prepare direct costs analysis and variances for review
• Input original Direct Costs budget
• Execute lot starts
• Final proof all unit costs

About the role

The Purchasing Agent plays a crucial role in the purchasing department of D.R. Horton, Inc., a leading homebuilder. This position involves bidding on new projects, maintaining scopes of work, tracking blueprints and design changes, and managing budgets and costs.