Director of Corporate Purchasing

View Homes•Greenwood Village, CO

32d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Corporate Purchasing is a senior operational role responsible for leading all national purchasing functions across View Homes' five-division markets. Reporting to the SVP of Operations, this position serves as the central authority for how View Homes selects, contracts, and manages its trade partners and material suppliers, translating purchasing strategy directly into job-cost performance and margin outcomes. This role owns the national purchasing framework end-to-end: from negotiating national purchasing agreements (NPAs) with material suppliers to building and maintaining a preferred trade partner network that supports production across Colorado Springs, Northern Colorado, El Paso, Las Cruces, and San Antonio. This position standardizes purchasing processes and contract documentation across all divisions, ensuring consistent execution at the local level while driving cost reduction through competitive bidding, value engineering, and disciplined supplier management. Beyond cost management, this role serves as a key cross-functional partner, coordinating with construction, operations, sales, and finance to align purchasing strategy with community timelines, product mix, and budgetary accuracy. This position is expected to build the infrastructure, relationships, and accountability systems that allow View Homes to buy better as the company scales. As a senior leader in this organization, this position is expected to maintain a mindset of continual improvement and work deliberately to foster that same culture within the purchasing function and across the company.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in construction management, business administration, supply chain management, or a related field. Required
10+ years of homebuilding purchasing experience required; multi-division or national purchasing scope. Preferred
Demonstrated track record of driving measurable cost savings through trade partners negotiation, competitive bidding, and value engineering. Required
Experience managing national or regional purchasing agreements with material suppliers across multiple product categories. Required
Familiarity with residential construction processes, trade sequencing, and production scheduling in a multi-community environment. Required
Experience developing and standardizing purchasing processes, scope-of-work documentation, and contract frameworks across multiple markets. Required
Experience working within a multi-division homebuilder with corporate and division-level reporting structures. Required
Strong financial acumen with the ability to translate purchasing decisions into job cost and margin outcomes.
Skilled negotiator with the ability to drive competitive outcomes while preserving long-term trade partner relationships.
Strong analytical skills, including proficiency with cost modeling, budget variance analysis, and purchasing performance reporting.
Process-oriented with the ability to design, implement, and scale purchasing systems and workflows across a growing organization.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex purchasing data into clear recommendations for executive leadership.
Deep knowledge of residential construction: trade scopes, material categories, scheduling dependencies, and quality standards.
Effective cross-functional collaborator, able to align purchasing strategy with the operational, financial, and sales priorities of the business.
High integrity and professionalism in managing vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and cost data.
Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage a high volume of contracts, suppliers, and market data simultaneously.
Able to use computers, screens, keyboards, and related technology for extended periods.
DL NUMBER - Driver's License, Valid and in State Required

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree or an advanced degree or professional certifications in purchasing or supply chain (e.g., CPM, CPSM). Preferred
Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) Preferred
Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M) Certified Professional Purchasing Manager (CPM, CPPM) Preferred

Responsibilities

Builds and maintains a national preferred trade partner network across all five division markets; owns performance standards, accountability frameworks, and relationship continuity.
Leads competitive bidding processes for trade partner selection, ensuring View Homes consistently accesses the best combination of price, quality, and reliability.
Negotiates master trade partner agreements, scope-of-work documents, and pricing schedules; ensures contracts are structured to protect the company and support operational execution.
Monitors trade partner performance against established KPIs (schedule adherence, quality, cost compliance) and manages escalations and corrective action as needed.
Travels regularly to division markets to maintain hands-on visibility into local trade partner relationships and market conditions.
Negotiates and manages national purchasing agreements (NPAs) with material suppliers across all major product categories, including framing, windows, doors, roofing, cabinets, flooring, and appliances.
Drives cost reduction through value engineering, contract renegotiation, and material substitution analysis, quantifying savings against budgeted cost targets.
Owns option and feature pricing strategy, ensuring profitability and competitive positioning across all markets and product types.
Monitors commodity pricing trends and proactively adjusts purchasing strategy to mitigate cost exposure.
Tracks and reports purchasing KPIs, including cost variance, trade partner performance, and contract compliance across all divisions.
Standardizes purchasing processes, systems, and contract documentation across all five division markets to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability.
Develops and maintains purchasing policy, scope-of-work templates, bid packages, and contract libraries that serve as the operational standard for all divisions.
Partners with division purchasing agents to ensure consistent execution of national contracts at the local level, providing training and oversight as needed.
Supports new community launches with procurement planning, trade partner onboarding, and baseline cost validation.
Maintains and continuously improves the company’s purchasing systems and data infrastructure to support real-time cost visibility.
Collaborates with Finance on budget accuracy, cost forecasting, and job cost reporting, ensuring purchasing decisions are reflected accurately in divisional and corporate financial models.
Coordinates with construction and operations leadership to align purchasing strategy with production schedules, community timelines, and absorption targets.
Identifies and flags purchasing-driven cost variances early, providing root cause analysis and corrective recommendations.
Supports division leadership with purchasing-related data and analysis for Investment Committee presentations and budget reviews.
Acts as a role model and lives the Company’s Values and Behaviors. Know the Company’s Vision, Mission, and Objectives and continually communicate and reinforce these to team members.
Serves as a key operational leader contributing to the company’s strategic direction under the SVP of Operations.
Advocates for and provides practical leadership in integrating ethical business practices throughout the company.
Maintains confidentiality on all corporate subjects so classified.
Able and willing to travel regularly across division markets, as needed.
Fosters, encourages, and rewards a fun, positive, successful values-based culture.
This position requires driving for the Company using either 1) a Company vehicle, at any frequence from Rarely to Constantly; or 2) a Personal or Rental vehicle to conduct Company business more than 50% of the time to perform work duties.