Purchasing Manager

Amherst•Cuero, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded by Amherst, the full-service real estate solutions platform, Amherst StudioBuilt™ homes is an innovative approach to home development that utilizes offsite construction to create new housing supply at scale without sacrificing quality. StudioBuilt homes are constructed at Amherst’s housing studio in Cuero, Texas as well as partner studios across the Southeast and then installed on site. At full capacity, the Cuero facility will create over 250 manufacturing jobs, making Amherst the third largest employer in the area. The StudioBuilt team is comprised of experienced individuals from all trades, working to continuously improve the production process.

Requirements

BS/BA in supply chain, finance, or construction
2 or more years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing
Excellent leadership, pro-activeness, problem solving skills.
Demonstrated relationship building capabilities with other areas such as Finance, Engineering, Quality, Production, Warehouse and Compliance.
Positive attitude, and capable to develop the strategies, direction, goals, objectives and key measurement systems to ensure the business goals are met.
Ability to adjust/adapt to changing environment.
Detail oriented personality with strong leadership and organizational skills.
Requires a flexible work schedule as overtime is often necessary.
Expert knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Positive team player with strong problem solving skills.
High attention to detail and accuracy.
Work independently and collaboratively within a team setting with excellent interpersonal skills.
Strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction.
Ability and flexibility to take on other responsibilities as assigned.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, learning and successfully working in multicultural environments.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain supply chain systems and procedures to align with industry and StudioBuilt benchmarks in ensure long term results.
Ensure production materials are sourced at the lowest cost while maintaining quality standards and consistently delivered on time to meet production schedules.
Coordinate with corporate procurement as well as identify and maintain local and regional suppliers of materials working to optimize the cost, quality, and reliability of the supply chain.
Supervise purchasing specialists who coordinate day to day material and supply purchases.
Accountable for execution and continuous improvement of a business process.
Lead mapping, documenting, reengineering, quality assurance, staffing, metrics, controls and risk identification to achieve service level expectations.
Confer with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
Select products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items.
Lead and train staff.
Estimate values according to knowledge of market price.
Determine method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid.
Review bid proposals and negotiate contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
Maintain procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories.
Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
Verify specifications of purchase requests.
Count inventory items to determine if material on hand is in sufficient quantity.
Prepare purchase orders and send to supplier and department originating request.
Compute total cost of items purchased.
Confer with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
Expedite delivery of goods to users.
Meet production requirements on a daily basis while controlling inventory with various lead times.
Assist heavily with periodic plant inventory.
Perform other duties as assigned.