Purchasing Director

About Us

Since 1967, Toll Brothers has been building luxury homes and communities in premier locations across the U.S. As a Fortune 500 company operating in over 60 markets, we are the country’s premier luxury builder, offering the widest range of product types and price points to serve first-time, move-up, active-adult, and second-home buyers. We foster a culture where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed, and all employees are treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.

Responsibilities

• Oversee purchasing staff in trade partner negotiation and contract management.
• Manage relationships with local trade partners, manufacturers, and distributors, either directly or through the purchasing team.
• Ensure new community contracting is complete before a community opens for sale.
• Oversee contract maintenance to reduce dependence on EPOs (Extra Purchase Orders).
• Measure, track, and counsel trade partner performance.
• Drive cost awareness and savings through SKU rationalization, process streamlining, and aggressive contract bidding.
• Analyze total spend by trade category, supplier, community, and option sales to identify savings opportunities.
• Partner with National Purchasing to leverage company-wide spend for divisional savings.
• Collaborate on architectural reviews and value engineering for new plan designs and product specifications.
• Work with Land/Forward Planning to prepare preliminary cost estimates for new land deals.
• Recommend strategic sourcing strategies to lower or mitigate costs.
• Fulfill unit price "unbundling" strategy in key trade categories for greater visibility into material and labor costs.
• Work with estimating resources to provide takeoffs for the unbundling strategy.
• Review and monitor EPOs and custom option costs in the division.
• Ensure vigilant contract maintenance to reduce EPO spend.
• Collaborate with the division Controller and APMs to control cost overruns from field requests for extras.
• Work with Cost Managers and Design Studio on custom option requests.
• Manage the custom option request process by costing requests ahead of time and inputting into BuildPro.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry).
• 7-10 years of experience in contracting and negotiating residential homebuilder subcontractor contracts, building materials, or supply chain management.
• Experience managing a team.
• Solid knowledge of residential building plans and materials from foundation to finish.
• Experience with J.D. Edwards ERP software is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Discounted stock purchase plan.
• Discounts on mortgages, homes, appliances, and more.