Purchasing / Buyer
Resume:
Richard Litherland
Houston, TX 77084
**************@*****.***
January 2009 - Present
Regency Walk LLC
Senior Purchasing Agent
• Managed a budget of 10 million dollars for 2 apartment rehabs.
• Analyzed product data to ensure accuracy and inconsistencies or anomalies
• Followed up on any outstanding purchase orders, change orders, cancellations.
• Negotiated and maintained pricing for current and future vendors
• Managed vendor contracts and scopes of works documents
• Established vendor metrics to measure vendor performance of delivery and quality.
• Researched product performance and quality for each product used on project.
• Managed procurement of necessary materials for apartment rehabs
• Managed construction schedule for 606 apartment rehabs
• Implemented lean production techniques to current construction processes
• Created and managed itemized floor plan takeoffs from foundation to roofing.
September 2007 – January 2009
Pulte Homes
Senior Purchasing Agent
• Negotiated and maintained pricing for current and future vendors
• Managed vendor contracts and scopes of works documents
• Established and maintained a value engineering procedure for the department
• Implemented lean production techniques to current construction processes
• Provided vendor training for the division and managed vendor contracts
• Analyzed product data to ensure accuracy and inconsistencies or anomalies
• Followed up on any outstanding purchase orders, change orders, cancellations
• Maintain variance purchase orders and field verify takeoffs as necessary
• Established vendor metrics to measure vendor performance of delivery and quality.
• Implemented products changes to save money on current and future homes.
• Managed floor plan takeoffs for over twenty five plans and 50 elevations in over 10 communities ranging in price from $125,000 – $800,000
• Created floor plan takeoffs for full house takeoffs from foundation to roofing
January 2007 – August 2007
Taylor Morrison Homes
Senior Estimator
• Maintain variance purchase orders and update takeoffs as necessary
• Managed vendor contracts and scopes of works documents
• Implemented products changes to save money on current and future homes.
• Managed floor plan takeoffs for over thirty plans and 40 elevations in over 15 communities ranging in price from $225,000 – $800,000
• Created floor plan takeoffs for full house takeoffs from foundation to roofing
• Created custom takeoffs per customer requests.
May 2004 – November 2006
Centex Homes
Senior Estimator
• Provided vendor training for the division and managed vendor contracts
• Mentored and trained up to four junior estimators at a time.
• Analyzed product data to ensure accuracy and inconsistencies or anomalies.
• Followed up on any outstanding purchase orders, change orders, cancellations
• Managed vendor contracts and scopes of works documents
• Created floor plan takeoffs for full house takeoffs from foundation to roofing
• Field verified estimate quantities and updated options as necessary
• Established and maintained a value engineering procedure for estimating department
• Established vendor metrics to measure vendor performance of delivery and quality.
• Researched and implemented new products, construction processes and/or services (Saved on average 15 percent per house)
• Managed and maintained cost and price data for community specifications and standard option offerings
• Created and maintained estimating template to streamline estimating process
• Updated custom options per customer request
Education
2001-2003
University of North Texas Denton, TX
Associates of Business Administration
Qualifications
• OSHA Certified (10 Hour Course)
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)
• Autodesk Auto CAD
• Autodesk DWF Composer
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