Purchasing Manager

Lennar•Roseville, CA

About The Position

The Purchasing Manager develops, negotiates, and executes division sourcing agreements for specific spend categories. The role supports production needs by building and maintaining strong trade partner relationships, improving sourcing and supply chain practices, managing costs, and ensuring quality and schedule adherence. The position works with trade partners and division associates to assess performance, negotiate pricing, facilitate value engineering, and resolve scope-of-work issues. This is primarily a sedentary office position, with travel to sites to assess trade partner performance. The role may be eligible for bonuses and commissions. Lennar describes a comprehensive benefits package that includes health coverage, retirement savings, leave, education assistance, adoption assistance, referral bonuses, and home purchase discounts.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience sourcing and managing Supplier/Trade Partner relationships.
Superior analytical and communication skills.
Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
Significant knowledge of the residential homebuilding industry.
Sound financial management knowledge.
Strong project management capabilities.
Effective negotiating and influencing skills.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferred.
Experience with a national homebuilder is ideal.
JDE/AS400 experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure Lennar has high-quality trade partners for production needs, with a focus on quality, schedule adherence, and pricing.
Conduct trade partner audits to assess quality and adherence to schedules.
Source, contract, negotiate, and onboard new trade partners, including verifying required insurance.
Travel to sites to assess trade partner performance and communicate findings to the Director of Purchasing.
Implement material sourcing strategies to optimize supply chain flow for designated categories.
Stay current on industry trends and best practices for specified sourcing categories.
Facilitate value-engineering sessions with trade partners and division associates.
Communicate proactively with division associates and benchmark sourcing practices.
Develop and use should-cost models for cost estimation and optimization.
Monitor and improve divisional cost per square foot for specified categories.
Negotiate and validate pricing and legitimacy of Extra Purchase Orders (EPOs).
Review scopes of work for accuracy and resolve issues with the Expeditor as needed.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) retirement plan with a $1-for-$1 company match up to 5%.
Paid parental leave.
Associate Assistance Plan.
Education Assistance Program.
Up to $30,000 in adoption assistance.
Up to three weeks of vacation annually from hire, plus holiday, sick leave, and personal day policies.
New Hire Referral Bonus Program.
Home Purchase Discounts.
Potential eligibility for bonuses and commissions.