Purchasing Administrator

M/I Homes • Austin, TX

405d

About The Position

The Purchasing Administrator at M/I Homes provides essential administrative support to the Purchasing & Estimating department. This role involves maintaining costing and sales pricing information, assisting in the development of housing budgets, and performing routine tasks that contribute to the efficiency of the department.

Requirements

• High school graduate with basic academic and practical skills gained through school curriculum combined with at least one year of related work experience and/or training.
• General knowledge of administrative skills and office functions.
• General office and administrative skills to assist in the processing of departmental workflow.
• Customer service oriented with professional and courteous attitude.
• Good verbal and written communication skills for interaction with a variety of people inside and outside of organization; ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Good working knowledge of word processing, estimating and spreadsheet software packages.

Responsibilities

• Provides general administrative support for costing department including routine processing of correspondence from rough or revised draft, data entry, preparation and/or maintenance of miscellaneous reports and vendor files.
• Manage and maintain cost and price data for community specifications and standard option offerings.
• Responsible for gathering and filing necessary documentation to expedite the construction permit process, including driving to municipalities to drop off documents as needed.
• Develops and maintains filing systems for department and supervisor to ensure availability of documentation, copy letters, memorandums, forms and other documentation and files as required.
• Compiles, verifies, and provides updated costing information for data entry to estimating system.
• Assists costing team with utility applications and impact fee payments.
• Processes subcontractor bids; reviews and analyzes monthly cost changes to provide and maintain accurate sales pricing.
• Performs additional assignments as requested by supervisor.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
• Profit sharing plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Employee home purchase plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Construction of Buildings
• Education Level: High school or GED