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Toll Brothers · 5 hours ago

Purchasing Manager

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Toll Brothers, an award-winning luxury home builder, is seeking a Purchasing Manager for their Houston, Texas office. The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for contracting trade partners, negotiating cost savings, and collaborating with various teams to optimize product specifications and manage trade partner relationships.

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Responsibilities

Budgeting/Contracting of trade categories in the Division

Collaborate with Community Planning to develop community specifications and trade budgets for new land deals and new community openings

Bid, negotiate, and approve trade partner contracts in partnership with division Operations leaders

Manage contract maintenance and scopes of work updates for their trade assignments

Partner with Community Planning, Architecture, and other functions to ensure new plan development is looked at through the lens of value engineering and SKU optimization

Partner with Architecture to ensure national guidance is adhered to for room and option naming

Recommend strategic sourcing strategies to lower total cost of ownership

Apply national strategies to local market, unbundling labor and material pricing, where applicable

Oversee the model home rebate collection process

Conduct industry benchmarking studies

Perform financial analysis of the impact of new and existing contracts

Determine the financial health of trade partners, notify others of potential problems

Analyze total spend by trade category, supplier, community, etc. to identify opportunities to leverage spending for greater savings

Determine optimum product specifications and ensure there is alignment with national and regional agreements

Optimize overall SKU availability in order to reduce cost, administrative burden and increase procurement accuracy

Develop an understanding of trade partners’ cost drivers

Facilitate a collaborative environment with trade partners, local distributors and manufacturers

Measure trade partner performance, track and counsel

Act as an intermediary with trade partners and Operations personnel to maintain quality standards of production and cost effectiveness

Qualification

Contract negotiationBudgetingSupply Chain ManagementMicrosoft ExcelEnterpriseOne (E1)BuildPro softwareDetail orientationInterpersonal skillsCreative problem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry)

Minimum 5 years of experience in contracting and negotiating pricing of building materials or some experience in the residential building sector

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, specifically Excel, and aptitude to learn new software programs (E1)

Organizes and articulates ideas clearly and concisely

Creative problem-solver

Strong interpersonal skills

Capable of forward thinking to the benefit of the organization

Ability to analyze information; identifying discrepancies and inconsistencies

Specific knowledge and a complete technical understanding of assigned product categories

Able to utilize department specific technologies to solve business challenges

Demonstrated ability to monitor progress and make changes as required

Able to plan and prioritize while focusing on detail orientation and effective time management

Collaborative and able to work with trade partners and employees across multiple departments