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 division 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.