Division Cadence Manager

Taylor Morrison•Sarasota, FL

About The Position

As a Division Cadence Manager working for Taylor Morrison you will be responsible for developing, implementing and driving Cadence Construction for the division that aligns all needed resources to meet divisional yearly plans. Continuous communication with Construction and Purchasing teams to assist with identifying shortfalls, opportunities, and process improvements in order to keep production moving forward. Work directly with VP of Construction and ACM’s to keep production pace by working with purchasing and starts. You are the liaison between Construction and Purchasing departments in order to keep production moving forward and guide adherence to critical milestones from start to completion and assist with addressing production issues if the process falls off track.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Superintendent, Project Manager or Cadence Administrator role preferred
Understands production scheduling, sequence, batching, and capacity
Proficient to Expert in BuildPro with the ability to update and improve schedules
Understands production scheduling, sequence, batching, and capacity
Demonstrated leader of Contractors, Suppliers and Superintendents in order to achieve buy in that improves our operational process, adherence and predictability
Leader that drives results through process improvement
Problem solver and not a problem reporter
Ability to collaborate and sell processes upward for leadership buy-in
Skilled communicator across a wide range of disciplines

Responsibilities

Manage starts/releases by week that compliments the Community Cycle Plan (CCP) and desired production universe to meet desired divisional cadence plan
Slot all homes at sale using slotting mythology in order to provide a forecasted start and closing forecast for 100% division predictable alignment
Lead weekly starts meeting and utilizing 100% Prestart BuildPro Task report in order to drive predictability and identify all shortfalls causing delays in order to meet the divisions start per week cadence plan
Work with the Purchasing team in order to create optimal division pods for distribution of partnership workload
Centrally manage starts and drive adherence to forecasted starts, Frame Starts, Drywall, Cabinets, QC and Final CO Review, develop and manage BuildPro schedules for cycle time efficiency.
Assure sequence of activities are optimal and cycle time is efficient with the allowable acceptable dead days for weather delays
Manage and hold all Superintendents accountable for BuildPro daily update adherence
Provide weekly communication to division on what month/week slots the team is selling for
Manage Inventory plan developed by Operations team that communicates Showcase homes in Process, Showcase homes Complete, Showcase homes in the permit process and Showcase homes permits approved but on the shelf for immediate start once released
Lead weekly production meeting with ACM for an accurate update of all homes under production.
Manage Vendor Schedule adherence
Provide solutions and recommendations for cycle time improvement and adherence
Review and recommend to VPC appropriate staffing to meet community management and production needs
Review and recommend to VPP and VPC appropriate trade partner change opportunities, discipline for no shows causing other vendors to be delayed, and recommendations for new trades and capacity needs based on growth
Provide bi-weekly Divisional metrics around even flow starts and closings, schedule adherence metrics for identified milestones and provide analysis and recommendation for improvement
Perform other duties as assigned