LOC - Purchasing Operations Manager

Lennar•Tampa, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are Lennar Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for their Homeowners, Communities, and Associates by building quality homes and providing exceptional customer service, giving back to the communities in which we work and live in, and fostering a culture of opportunity and growth for our Associates throughout their career. Lennar has been recognized as a Fortune 500® company and consistently ranked among the top homebuilders in the United States. Join a Company that Empowers you to Build your Future Oversee and optimize purchasing processes, managing team performance, troubleshooting issues, and contributing to strategic improvements. The LOC Purchasing Operations Manager is responsible to supervise and support the Purchasing Analyst daily duties. The responsibility of this position includes hiring, performance counseling and performance evaluations for these positions. The most important task for this position is keeping the start’s even flow while ensuring all corporate governance is followed.

Requirements

Bachelor degree and a minimum of 3-5 years of relative experience required.
Ability to establish and implement departmental goals and objectives.
Strong verbal and written skills, and ability to convey complex information in a way that others can readily follow.
Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel).
This is primarily a sedentary office position which requires the incumbent to have the ability to operate computer equipment, speak, hear, bend, stoop, reach, lift, and move and carry up to 25 lbs. Finger dexterity is necessary.

Responsibilities

Align to support rollout and execution of the strategic vision from the NPO/ Sr. Trade compliance manager positions regarding, standardization, simplification, and optimization.
Oversee the workload and performance of Purchasing analysts, ensuring efficient task allocation and quality of work.
Act as the first line of escalation for complex issues, providing guidance and solutions to analysts.
Responsible for addressing process issues identified by the team and providing solutions for seamless operations.
Measure analyst performance, provide coaching and constructive feedback for improvement and create development plans as needed.
Facilitate training sessions for new and existing associates, ensuring they understand existing LOC processes and tools including JDE.
Drive adherence to standardized processes (e.g., model home discounts, lot starts, homesite options maintenance, etc.).
Employ quality control processes and tools, including MacroBot-generated change requests to verify accuracy and compliance of analyst level materials.
Monitor production of budgets and start packages to ensure timely finalization for new starts.
Produce month-end reporting on team performance and productivity.
Oversee and finalize Starts budgets, packages and timelines; and explain cost variables if any.
Manage OCRs to identify pending change requests from divisions, taking corrective actions as necessary.