Assistant Purchasing Manager
About The Position
A day in the life of an Assistant Purchasing Manager is full of hands-on involvement assisting with neighborhood management by overseeing trade partner set-up, monitoring construction budgets, and ensuring budget closeouts are accurate and on schedule. A key part of your role involves trade partner management, where you’ll help maintain strong relationships, evaluate performance, and ensure the team has the bench strength needed to meet project demands. Cost management is critical, as you will regularly market-test costs, review work order revisions for opportunities to improve Scopes of Work, and address material shortages to keep projects on track. You’ll also play a vital role in contracting by maintaining Master Agreements with exhibits, Scopes of Work, and other key documentation while ensuring purchasing information is up-to-date in the Homebuilder One ERP system. Your responsibilities include creating base and elevation budget estimates for new products, assisting in the development of Neighborhood-specific Product Books, and managing contract maintenance logs to ensure compliance and efficiency. You will grow your expertise by participating in prototype walks and implementing feedback to improve processes. Additionally, you’ll research and recommend solutions to challenges like material shortages and process problem invoices as needed. Spending 80% of your time in the office and 20% in the field, you’ll work closely with Purchasing Managers to uphold best practices, maintain department systems, and promote operational efficiency. Your work is crucial to maintaining smooth project execution, ensuring legal and financial compliance, and contributing to Stanley Martin’s mission, vision, and values.
Requirements
- Experience in purchasing
- Exceptional skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Excited to collaborate in a team environment
- Exudes active listening, confidence, and respect when communicating with others
Nice To Haves
- A college degree
- Experience working with contracts and/or budgets
Responsibilities
- Overseeing trade partner set-up
- Monitoring construction budgets
- Ensuring budget closeouts are accurate and on schedule
- Maintaining strong trade partner relationships
- Evaluating trade partner performance
- Ensuring the team has the necessary bench strength
- Market-testing costs
- Reviewing work order revisions for opportunities to improve Scopes of Work
- Addressing material shortages
- Maintaining Master Agreements with exhibits, Scopes of Work, and other key documentation
- Ensuring purchasing information is up-to-date in the Homebuilder One ERP system
- Creating base and elevation budget estimates for new products
- Assisting in the development of Neighborhood-specific Product Books
- Managing contract maintenance logs
- Participating in prototype walks
- Implementing feedback to improve processes
- Researching and recommending solutions to challenges
- Processing problem invoices
- Upholding best practices
- Maintaining department systems
- Promoting operational efficiency
Benefits
- Access to competitively priced, high-quality health care options through Aetna, MetLife and EyeMed
- Employer-paid Short Term and Long Term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance
- Employee-paid life, Legal Resources, and Aflac supplemental options
- 401(K) with up to $5K employer match
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 3 weeks of paid parental leave
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent care
- 12 weeks of paid maternity leave through our Short-Term Disability Plan
- Wellness benefits, including free and low-cost mental health resources and support services through our Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition and certification reimbursement
- 15 days of vacation (increases with tenure)
- 6 days of paid sick leave
- No-cost coverage for identity theft or travel mishaps
- Discounts on buying a Stanley Martin home
- Discounts with partners in mortgage and title services
- Cell phone service discounts through Verizon
- Advanced pay option through Dayforce Wallet
- Giving Back Program; with up to $250 match, 8 hours leave and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
