Your Responsibilities on the Team
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of the Division Business Plan.
• Adopt the role of strategist as integral member of the Division Leadership Team.
• Ensure compliance to Purchasing Policies and Procedures throughout the purchasing department.
• Coordinate the use and further development of the automated purchasing system and other
systems used within the purchasing department.
• Analyze plans for cost reduction recommendations and research cost of proposed design ideas.
• Facilitate value engineering sessions with trade partners and construction associates.
• Train, advise, and assist purchasing, construction, and sales associates.
• Communicate status of new communities with the Florida ROC weekly.
• Review the month end reports (WIP and COP reports) for accuracy and use to control pricing
changes.
• Interact with the division associates to resolve any purchasing related issues.
• Review monthly cost comparisons for suppliers/trade partners.
• Review product and implement specification changes.
• Negotiate prices with suppliers / trade partners.
• Review weekly extra reports for material and labor.
• Manage and oversee options in JDE and Oracle.
• Ensure purchasing department is taking advantage of its volume to increase quality and reduce
cost wherever possible.
• Establish and implement new procedures as technology and needs change.
• Interact and communicate with the Florida ROC to ensure schedules and deadlines are met.
• Work with the management of the Florida ROC to enhance performance and service provided to
the division.
• Work with divis.ion associates to enhance the working relationship between purchasing and the
division
• Ensure division has the best subcontractors in place to meet deadlines and assure budgetary
needs are fulfilled.
• Benchmark industry sourcing and supply management best practices.
• Responsible for improving the division and product’s cost per square foot and product’s financial
performance.
• Ensure continuity of supply and labor to division communities.
• Oversee architectural and plan review.
• Analyze plans for cost analysis recommendations and value engineering adjustments.
• Negotiate and question pricing and legitimacy of EPO’s.
• Identify areas and trends in extra EPO’s to prevent and to reduce costs.
• Generate and analyze variance reports.
• Participate in division variance meetings, communicating results to the purchasing and
construction team for any adjustments needed.