Purchasing Manager

Taylor Morrison•Frisco, TX

17h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Purchasing Manager working for Taylor Morrison, you will manage the purchasing and cost estimating functions from product development through construction. You will initiate, negotiate, and contract for all labor and materials associated with the construction of homes. This role involves configuring and inputting house budgets, options, and area figures, ensuring material takeoffs are correct and complete, and setting direction on pricing methodology and procedure. You will maintain contracts, bidding documents, and required insurances for subcontractors, establish and maintain the Scope of Work for all construction phases, and define service level needs and evaluation criteria for building products, subcontractors, and material suppliers. Additionally, you will source new and better products, subcontractors, and material suppliers, and be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of plans and specifications. You will manage the non-standard option pricing program (if applicable), enter job-specific pricing into the reporting system, and issue initial purchase orders. Ensuring that plans, specifications, scope of works, and current house budgets (including standard and non-standard options) are included in the Builder “Start” packages is crucial. You will be responsible for bid variances and value engineering of products, and will regularly monitor and report on subcontractor and material cost changes, as well as construction costs by plan. You are willing to perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Business or another related field or have a minimum of 3 years in a similar or position with a production homebuilder
High level of understanding of the system applications in one or more homebuilding software packages (i.e., FAST, J.D. Edwards, Lloyds, etc.)
Extensive knowledge of the homebuilding construction process
Strong technical aptitude and willingness to learn new systems and processes is critical
Strong negotiation skills
Strong relationship skills
Must be able to able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Nice To Haves

Experience with NewStar a plus

Responsibilities

Initiate, negotiate and contract for all labor and materials associated with construction of our homes
Configure and input house budgets, options and area figures
Ensure that material takeoffs are correct and complete
Set direction on pricing methodology and procedure, reporting system set up and input requirements
Maintain contracts, bidding documents and the required insurances for the subcontractor
Establish and maintain Scope of Work for all construction phases
Establish service level needs and evaluation criteria for building products, subcontractors and material suppliers
Source new and better products, subcontractors and material suppliers
Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of plans and specifications
Manage the non-standard option pricing program (if applicable to their specific division)
Responsible for the entry into the reporting system of job specific pricing and issuance of initial purchase orders
Responsible that plans, specifications, scope of works and current house budgets (to include standard and non-standard options) are included in the Builder “Start” packages.
Responsible for bid variances (construction is responsible for field variances)
Responsible for value engineering of product
Monitor and report (on a regular basis) on subcontractor and material increases/decreases
Monitor and report (on a regular basis) on construction costs by plan
Interviewing, selecting, and training employees
Setting rates of pay and hours of work
Appraising productivity; handling employee grievances or complaints, or disciplining employees
Determining work techniques
Planning the work
Apportioning work among employees
Determining the types of equipment to be used in performing work, or materials needed
Planning budgets for work
Monitoring work for legal or regulatory compliance
Providing for safety and security of the workplace
Report to Division/Corporate Office/Community daily and adhere to schedule
Ability to oversee direct reports daily and provide guidance as needed
Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer and/or electronic device
Ability to have face to face conversations with customers, co-workers and higher level manager
Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and move around work environment as needed
Ability to operate a motor vehicle
Comply with company policies and procedure