Purchasing Agent - Temporary Role

Tim Lewis Communities•Roseville, CA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Tim Lewis Communities has been dedicated to building high-quality homes in Northern California and Nevada for over four decades. Known for its innovative and distinctive architecture, the company emphasizes superior customer service and steadfast commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability. With the Solar Living Homes neighborhoods, Tim Lewis Communities integrates solar power and energy-efficient features as standard offerings, helping homeowners save money while supporting environmental conservation efforts. Our purchasing department has an opening for a temporary position estimated to last 2 to 4 months to support exciting new project initiatives. Under general supervision of the Purchasing Manager, the Purchasing Agent solicits subcontractor’s bids; base house and options, analyzes bids and selects the top candidates; negotiates pricing; collects, reviews, and processes contractual paperwork; resolves subcontractor issues; seeks out cost savings through value engineering; and sources and pre-qualifies new subcontractors.

Requirements

High School (GED) plus 4 years direct experience in the Homebuilding industry (required).
High level of organization, time management, and attention to detail to successfully meet deadlines.
Microsoft Outlook: Open and reply to e-mails, open folders, set and reply to calendar appointments, and Teams meetings.
Intermediate to Advance Skills: Word and Excel. DocuSign.
BuildPro, Homefront, Sage preferred

Nice To Haves

BuildPro, Homefront, Sage preferred

Responsibilities

Solicits subcontractor bids (base and options), analyzes bids, selects top candidates based on construction, customer service ratings, and pricing.
Negotiates the pricing to meet Company budgets.
Processes all contracts once awarded via DocuSign, track progress until returned.
Saves completed contracts and ensures community subcontractor list is kept updated.
Maintain Vendor relationships, sources and pre-qualify new subcontractors including checking references.
Resolves subcontractor issues, such as delay in product delivery, change in specifications, PO questions, or other modifications.
Work with Sales and Designers to create and maintain Options.
Maintain community Browse Book.
Prices and processes NSO’s (Non-Standard Option) requests.
Analyze cost increases and negotiate best pricing.
Process cost changes and update Estimating Worksheets.
Seeks out cost savings through value engineering—evaluates other products that provide the same quality at reduced prices and inputs information into spreadsheet.
Work with Purchasing Manager to maintain and update Purchasing Procedures.