Purchasing Manager

About the role

Toll Brothers, America's Leading Luxury Home Builder, is seeking a Purchasing Manager for our division office in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting/Contracting of trade categories in the Division
• Collaborate with Community Planning to develop community specifications and trade budgets for new land deals and new community openings
• Bid, negotiate, and approve trade partner contracts in partnership with division Operations leaders
• Manage contract maintenance and scopes of work updates for their trade assignments
• Partner with Community Planning, Architecture, and other functions to ensure new plan development is looked at through the lens of value engineering and SKU optimization
• Partner with Architecture to ensure national guidance is adhered to for room and option naming
• Recommend strategic sourcing strategies to lower total cost of ownership
• Apply national strategies to local market, unbundling labor and material pricing, where applicable
• Oversee the model home rebate collection process
• Conduct industry benchmarking studies
• Analytics/Process Improvement
• Perform financial analysis of the impact of new and existing contracts
• Determine the financial health of trade partners, notify others of potential problems
• Analyze total spend by trade category, supplier, community, etc. to identify opportunities to leverage spending for greater savings
• Product optimization, SKU demand planning
• Determine optimum product specifications and ensure there is alignment with national and regional agreements
• Optimize overall SKU availability in order to reduce cost, administrative burden and increase procurement accuracy
• Develop an understanding of trade partners’ cost drivers
• Trade Partner Relationship Management
• Facilitate a collaborative environment with trade partners, local distributors and manufacturers
• Measure trade partner performance, track and counsel
• Able to plan and prioritize while focusing on detail orientation and effective time management
• Collaborative and able to work with trade partners and employees across multiple departments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in contracting and negotiating pricing of building materials or some experience in the residential building sector
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, specifically Excel, and aptitude to learn new software programs (E1)
• Work in office 3-days per week. Additional in office days may vary per Division/Department

Qualifications

• Hands-on residential construction experience
• Supply Chain certification
• Experience with EnterpriseOne (E1) and BuildPro software
• Experience with Energy Star requirements, Green Building concepts, sustainability, etc.

Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package, including comprehensive medical/dental, 401(k) with a company match, discounted stock purchase, discounts on mortgages, homes, appliances, and much more!