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Purchasing Manager
Drees Homes
Family‑owned U.S. homebuilder delivering customizable homes across 11 metro areas.
Manages purchasing, contracts, cost analysis, and vendor relations for the Raleigh division.
Analyze costs of contractors and suppliers to ensure that Drees Homes maintains a competitive cost position.
Monitor and manage legal issues that involve subcontractors and suppliers.
Work with Customer Care and Production Manager to maintain positive and prompt service from subcontractors and suppliers.
Monitor subcontractor/supplier statements to insure that invoices and payments are kept current.
Responsible for all contract document preparation for new and existing vendors; ensure all relative contract documents are on file and are a part of the contract; ensure contract documents are executed prior to the first payment to the vendor.
Maintain a cost system to provide preliminary costing of new and proposed products as well as a cost analysis of product and feature changes; perform cost analysis on all prototype homes.
Perform cost analysis and review of existing and new plans for cost effectiveness and proper use of construction details, systems and materials; make recommendations for changes to main cost efficiency.
Recommend additions of and/or changes of vendors based upon cost analysis and work performance.
Work to expedite settlements and payments from subcontractors and suppliers on insurance/warranty related issues.
Initiate procurement of bids from subcontractor and vendors and conduct appropriate analysis/comparisons to current cost structure.
Assist in the administration of promotional and volume discounts and update divisions.
Negotiate, coordinate, and secure new vendors with input from the division Construction Managers, Production Manager and Regional Purchasing and Ops manager.
Analyze budgets and job cost for accuracy with goal of eliminating errors and variances.
Coordinate preliminary and final bids for new products to ensure cost effective products and systems.
Monitor products offered and implement pricing strategy that generates profitable upgrades and options.
Analyze FPOs weekly for opportunities to reduce variances and improve takeoffs and BOM.
What you bring
college degree
purchasing
ms office
homebuilding software
negotiation
residential construction
4 year college degree
Experience with completing house take-offs and estimates
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must be goal oriented, deadline driven and a team oriented
2+ years purchasing experience in residential construction
MS Office skills including Excel and Outlook
Demonstrates willingness to work with suppliers and subcontractors
Good understanding of homebuilding software systems such as JDEdwards , FAST, BuildPro or similar software
Must be able to adapt to changing environments and exercise independent decision making
Familiarity with regional construction processes
Knowledgeable of the Nashville market and its suppliers and local contractor base
Must have possess strong negotiation and analytical skills
5+ years residential construction knowledge/experience
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