Purchasing Manager

Procurement Manager

Schaumburg, IL

Come join a national top 3 homebuilder in a high-growth role! If you are a Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Estimating Manager or Construction Manager this may be a great next step for you!

Highlights:

2024 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® by Great Place to Work® and Fortune, top 50!

Lead a talented team!

4.5 weeks of PTO, hybrid work schedule and division performance bonus paying out at 200% of target.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for entering into negotiations with suppliers by reviewing terms and conditions, establishing pricing, contract formulation, and any supplier management conditions affecting the division.

What you will do:

Provide accurate and timely local and/or Zone supplier negotiations and contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service).

Manage supplier performance monitoring within the zone and /or division (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service).

National: manage compliance to agreements, scopes, etc.

Local: manage and execute contract agreements consistent with sourcing guidelines.

Collaborate with Zone Product, DCOs, CMs, FMs, PIMs, RPMs and Sales.

Manage supplier relationships and assist in resolving issues and conflicts related to daily Trade Partner activities.

Maintain all applicable databases (Purchase Pro, DMTs, etc.) used in developing the cost and quantity estimates.

Verify estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques.

Responsible for Trade Partner Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement and validation.

Performs analysis of Trade Partner data submissions and manages impact of commodity fluctuations.

Communicate completed estimates to the construction personnel, trade subcontractors and vendors (Purchase Pro).

Develop material and labor optimization solutions using Value Engineering tools and methodology.

Control top trade category costs by utilizing zone tools & methods.

Responsible for Project Tracker categories and rebate capture.

Develop and implement division specific tools and methodologies for estimating and controlling trade category costs as required.

Assist zone estimating in methodology development and optimization.

Manage option programming /customer option estimates.

Follow business processes for supplier management.

Subject matter expert for the Strategic Sourcing Director.

Hiring agent for zone trades for assigned categories.

Develop procurement strategy and plans to meet changing economic and competitive conditions.

Develop scopes and standard operating procedures that assure Trade Partner compliance with construction standards, local, state and national building codes, and safety regulations.

What you will need:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Experience as an analyst.

Ability to develop and improve vendor partnerships.

Construction knowledge preferred.

Ability to work in continuous improvement environment.