Purchasing Production Assistant

Highland Homes•Plano, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Highland Homes is currently accepting resumes for a Purchasing Production Assistant. The Purchasing Production Assistant is responsible for assisting the Production Team in all purchasing, budgeting, and options activities and the coordination of these processes with sales, operations, vendors, and accounting.

Requirements

High School Diploma Required.
Ability to read, interpret, and communicate information necessary in order to perform duties.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor degree preferred with concentration in Construction Management, Business or other related field.
Customer service and/or order entry experience preferred.
Proficient in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) preferred.
Proficiency in BRIX and SAM software preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist Production Team along with Purchasing Managers and Assistant Purchasing Manager(s) in maintaining logs, reports and daily purchasing tasks as assigned.
Assist Production Team in obtaining material and labor bids/budgets from the field and from vendors, enter data, verify accuracy and maintain information for new communities, new plan releases, plan revisions and community specification changes.
Assist Production Coordinator (s) in issuing material takeoff requests to Estimating Team for Prototypes, Models, Plan Revisions and Community Setup.
File and organize all information in electronic database.
Assist Purchasing Managers with monthly change analysis by keeping track of month to month price changes in takeoff revisions, price changes, and labor budget changes.
Assist Production Team in all aspects
Other duties as assigned.
Assist Production Coordinators with processing model requests from the field for extra material by entering and creating short order PO’s (SOPO’s) and expedite the receipt of material by communication with vendors by e-mail
Other duties as requested.