Land Purchasing Manager

Lennar•Carmel, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

We are Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for our Homeowners, Communities, and Associates. We build quality homes, provide exceptional customer service, give back to the communities in which we work and live, and foster a culture of opportunity and growth for our Associates. Lennar has been recognized as a Fortune 500® company and is consistently ranked among the top homebuilders in the United States. The Land Purchasing Manager is primarily responsible for contracting of all Land Development vendors and review of construction plans and specifications to ensure compliance with Lennar Land Development standards. This role requires experience with heavy civil engineering, purchasing, or estimating. A career with purpose, built on making dreams come true, zero defect homes, cost management, and adherence to schedules.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum 3 years in raw land development, civil engineering, value engineering, or estimating.
Must have superior analytical and communication skills.
Must have sound financial management knowledge and project management skills.
Must have sound negotiating skills and influencing skills.
Valid driver’s license and a good driving record.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints and civil engineering plans.

Nice To Haves

College degree in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering preferred.
Offsite Purchasing experience is highly preferred.
Experience with infrastructure, developing scopes, grading, environmental is highly preferred.
Significant knowledge of the residential development and homebuilding industry highly preferred.
Experience with JD Edwards accounting systems and Build Pro payment and scheduling software highly preferred.
Experience with on-screen takeoff applications, such as Bluebeam or Planswift.

Responsibilities

Review civil construction drawings and provide feedback to engineering consultants to ensure construction plans are consistent with Lennar's standards and requirements.
Work with Project Managers to ensure development budgets are current and accurate.
Oversee the bidding of work to ensure we are receiving the best price, quality and performance in accordance with applicable standards.
Issue contracts and work orders ensuring they are appropriately entered into the system and applied to the correct budget and line items.
Track issued contracts and work orders against the development budget.
Assist in forecasting of expenditures for cash flow modeling purposes.
Monitor macro trends in the materials/supplier base and implement plans to react to increasing cost.
Manage relationships with vendors/suppliers to build effective partnerships.
Process and provide purchasing related information (e.g. bid documents, tabulations, forecasts, specifications, contracts, etc.) for the purpose of updating and coordinating with other departments.
Assist in the preparation of development cost estimates in coordination with the land acquisition team for the purpose of determining the feasibility of land development opportunities.
Maintain purchasing information, files and records for the purpose of ensuring availability of documentation and compliance with company policies.
Maintain and update Project Manager ratings of individual vendor performance.