Purchasing Manager

Stanley Martin Homes • Greenville, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

A day in the life of a Purchasing Manager at Stanley Martin Homes involves overseeing every aspect of contracting and purchasing to ensure the smooth production of homes. Your day might include managing budgets, finalizing contracts, and maintaining master agreements while working closely with trade partners to negotiate pricing and drive cost-saving initiatives. You’ll coordinate bids, market-test costs, and update ERP systems to keep pricing and labor demands aligned with company goals. Ensuring smooth workflows, you’ll address material shortages, process work order revisions, and facilitate key meetings such as Neighborhood Specification and Final Neighborhood Start. Within this position you will play a key role collaborating with every department in the division to include Land, Production, Sales, and the Back Office, helping to ensure the division is operating effectively. Every decision and interaction you have reflects your commitment to supporting Stanley Martin’s Mission, Vision, and Values.

Requirements

• Purchasing Manager or construction experience in residential construction
• Project management skills to demonstrate experiences with managing projects effectively
• Exceptional Excel and Word and PowerPoint skills
• Strong communication skills verbally and in writing
• Creative thinking skills that show the ability to generate new ideas and approaches to problem solve
• Adaptability and eagerness to learn and pick up new skills as work environment changes

Nice To Haves

• College degree preferred
• Experience working with contracts and/or budgets

Responsibilities

• Overseeing every aspect of contracting and purchasing to ensure the smooth production of homes
• Managing budgets
• Finalizing contracts
• Maintaining master agreements
• Working closely with trade partners to negotiate pricing and drive cost-saving initiatives
• Coordinating bids
• Market-testing costs
• Updating ERP systems to keep pricing and labor demands aligned with company goals
• Addressing material shortages
• Processing work order revisions
• Facilitating key meetings such as Neighborhood Specification and Final Neighborhood Start
• Collaborating with every department in the division to include Land, Production, Sales, and the Back Office

Benefits

• Access to competitively priced, high-quality health care options through Aetna, MetLife and EyeMed
• Employer-paid Short Term and Long Term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance
• Employee-paid life, Legal Resources, and Aflac supplemental options
• 401(K), with up to $5K employer match
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 3 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent care
• 12 weeks of paid maternity leave through our Short-Term Disability Plan
• Well-rounded wellness benefits, including free and low-cost mental health resources and support services through our Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• 15 days of vacation (increases with tenure)
• 6 days of paid sick leave
• No-cost coverage for identity theft or travel mishaps
• Great discounts on buying a Stanley Martin home
• Discounts with our partners in mortgage and title services
• Discounts on cell phone service through Verizon
• Get access to your paycheck early with an advanced pay option through Dayforce Wallet
• Support local charities that are important to you through our Giving Back Program; with up to $250 match, 8 hours leave and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees