Purchasing Manager - Residential Construction

Purchasing Manager - Residential Construction

21 Sep 2024
Utah, Salt lake city, 84101 Salt lake city USA

Purchasing Manager - Residential Construction

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Salt Lake City, UT

Purchasing Manager - Residential Construction

Salt Lake City, UT

Purchasing Manager - Residential ConstructionApply Now The Job was shared succesfully! Share Job Apply Now Share Job Job Description David Weekley Homes is seeking an experienced, professional Division Purchasing Manager to lead the Salt Lake City Division's Purchasing team and Design Center to ensure cost-effective resources are available to build homes on schedule. The Salt Lake City Purchasing Manager will work closely with the Regional and National Purchasing teams to accomplish these goals. The successful candidate must possess extensive knowledge of the residential home building industry, a strong work ethic, great communication skills, ability to manage multiple priorities and be a respected team leader.Primary Responsibilities:

Create accurate hard cost budgets.

Coordinate with regional and national teams to adjust estimates and budgets as needed.

Lead price negotiations for divisionally-defined partners.

Assist the national and regional purchasing teams in negotiations on products and services impacting David Weekley Homes purchasing agreements.

Lead capacity planning for divisional-preferred partners; assist in capacity planning for national and regional preferred partners.

Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage team members for the divisional Purchasing and Design Center team.

Recruit, onboard, build and maintain relationships with division-specific trade partners.

Exit underperforming trade partners.

Train trade partners on Weekley Partner Hub (internal software) and Scopes of Work.

Direct the Design Center.

Keep the Regional Director of Purchasing and Division President informed of critical market conditions, capacity and forecast.

Secondary Responsibilities:

Support National Purchasing job start processes.

Direct bidding process and analysis for items not estimated nationally or regionally.

Direct field visits as needed to support local building efforts.

Support the Design Services team with value engineering initiatives.

Support National Accounts with rebate collection data.

Support the Division with the community rollout process.

Community-level feature selection using nationally and regionally created feature offerings.

Extra order and back charge purchasing order management.

Oversee new plan redlines, first-time build walks.

Conduct cost-reduction exercises.

Qualifications

Experience working in purchasing or supply chain management.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related degree.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build quality relationships with internal departments and external Preferred Partners, manufacturers, and material suppliers.

Proven conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

Solid estimating capabilities.

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks effectively with disciplined, self-directed work habits.

Readily adaptable to change.

Knowledgeable in all functional areas of a homebuilder.

Additional Information.What We Offer:Come build your future with our winning team, recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" 18 times! David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets across the U.S. and is one of the largest private home builders in America. We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision

401k and discretionary 8% match

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Profit Sharing

Vacation, Paid Holidays, plus PTO

New Home Discount for Team Member and Family

College Scholarship Program

Community Outreach

Sabbaticals

And more!

David Weekley Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://careers.davidweekleyhomes.com/eeo) , and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law.Note to Job Seekers: No telephone calls or walk-ins please. Interviews are by appointment only. Your resume will be reviewed and qualified candidates may be contacted in the event of a potential job match, or if further information is needed.

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