Purchasing Manager

Location

Wilmington, NC | United States

Job description

Description

The Purchasing Manager must build strong, productive relationships with trade partners, business partners and all McKee Homes departments. Lead with process improvement and implementation to ensure quality performance and enhanced quality of life for McKee associates, homeowners, customers, and trade partners.  As a McKee team member, the Purchasing Manager will negotiate with vendors for the purchase of all materials, supplies, equipment, and services used by the company as well as overseeing plans, permitting, costs, and budgets.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates with other departments and leadership to identify and develop needs and requirements for equipment, materials, products, and acceptable substitutions.
• Develops a purchasing strategy.
• Negotiates prices and contracts with suppliers.
• Assesses current material availability; reasonably predicts future availability based on the market, delivery systems, and other variables.
• Prepares and presents market conditions and merchandise cost reports.
• Evaluates and approves conditions for issuing and awarding bids. Evaluating vendors based on quality, timeliness, and price.
• Research potential Trade Partners and have a clear understanding of all capabilities and ensure all are prepared for future growth and business plan expectations.
• Builds and maintains relationships with Trade Partners while also resolving grievances with vendors, contractors, and suppliers.
• Maintains and/or implements purchasing and recordkeeping systems.
• Acts as the company’s representative in negotiations with suppliers
• Work collaboratively with other departments, including but not limited to land development, construction, marketing, finance, and design to ensure all internal goals and deadlines are met.
• Communicate product changes to sales, construction, and Trade Partners.
• Assist in reviewing house budgets to verify accurate base house and margin costs.
• Incorporate regular field time into your schedule to better understand trade performance and opportunities to affect change.
• Validate that architectural plans are accurate and reflect most current specifications.
• Ensure scopes of work are updated on a quarterly basis.
• Ensure that all new communities are properly prepared for bid, that bidding is completed and correctly set up in the system prior to starting any production homes.
• Drive value-engineering efforts to ensure the most cost-effective product. Provide recommendations to reduce costs.

COMPETENCIES

• Ethical Conduct
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven negotiation skills
• Organization
• Attention to detail
• Technical Capacity
• Collaboration
• Time Management
• Leadership
• Business Acumen
• Decision Making
• Excellent organization skills
• Professionalism

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no supervisory responsibilities  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment  such as computers, phones, photocopiers, electronic stamp machines, and online systems. Must exercise initiative and meet objectives with minimal supervision.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to sit; occasionally required to stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to bend, twist, or climb.
• Moderate concentration/intensity, which includes prolonged mental effort with limited opportunity for breaks.
• Average memory, taking into consideration the amount and type of information.
• Moderate level of complexity for decision making. Average time pressure of decision making.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

TRAVEL

No travel is expected for this position.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business, Engineering, Finance or Accounting
• Finance or Accounting work experience strongly preferred
• Homebuilding industry experience preferred, but not required
• Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Excel

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS

• None required for this position.

EEO STATEMENT

McKee Homes provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, McKee Homes complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

McKee Homes expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of McKee Homes’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

OTHER DUTIES 

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

ABOUT US

The culture at McKee Homes is built on our shared Core Values – McKee Focus, Good People, Continuous Improvement, and Work Smart / Play Hard. McKee Focus means that we are one team working to deliver quality and consistency. We work together across our Regions to Build a Cure for Alzheimer’s. Good People means that we embrace diversity and kindness. We are passionate and authentic with each other and believe in clear and respectful communication. Continuous Improvement means we advocate for our personal journey. We are lifelong students and coaches that never stop learning and continuously empower change. Work Smart/Play Hard means we celebrate family and each other. We recognize stellar achievement, and we love what we do!

It is important that you share these values as we hire, review, reward and recognize outstanding associates based on these.

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