Purchasing Manager

Stanley Martin•Southport, NC

11d

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, helping to ensure the division is operating effectively.