Toll Brothers · 1 month ago
Purchasing Director
Charleston, SC
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expToll Brothers is a Fortune 500 company known for building luxury homes and communities across the U.S. They are seeking a Purchasing Director to oversee vendor and subcontractor relations, manage contracts, and drive cost-saving strategies within the division. This role is essential for ensuring compliance with national purchasing policies and optimizing supply chain processes.
Architecture & DesignConstructionConsultingReal EstateArchitecture
Responsibilities
Oversee purchasing staff with trade partner negotiation and contracts
Manage relationships with local trade partners, manufacturers and distributors; either directly or through the management of their purchasing team
Manage new community contracting to strive for complete contracting before a community opens for sale
Oversee contract maintenance component of contracting to reduce dependence on EPOs
Measure trade partner performance, track, and counsel
Drive a culture of cost awareness and cost savings strategies through SKU rationalization, new business processes, streamlining processes and aggressive bidding of contracts
Analyze total spend by: trade category, supplier, community, option sales, etc. to identify opportunities to leverage spending for greater savings
Partner with National Purchasing to leverage company spend/size to drive divisional savings
Drive cost savings strategies by working with other stacks on architectural reviews and value engineering of new plan designs and product specifications
Work with Land/Forward Planning to prepare preliminary cost estimates for new land deals
Recommend strategic sourcing strategies to lower/mitigate costs/increases
Fulfill unit price "unbundling" strategy in key trade categories to gain greater visibility into material and labor costs
Work with in-house or third-party estimating resources to provide take offs for this "unbundling" strategy
Review and monitor EPOs/Custom Option costs in the division
Ensure vigilant contract maintenance to cut down on EPO spend
Work closely with division Controller and APMs to control cost overruns with requests for extras from the field
Work with cost managers/design studio on custom option requests from the studios
Manage the custom option request process of the purchasing team by costing the custom option request ahead of time and inputting into BuildPro
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry)
7-10 years of experience in contracting and negotiating residential homebuilder subcontractor contracts/building materials/supply chain management
Experience managing a team
Solid knowledge of residential building plans and materials from foundation to finish
Preferred
Experience with J.D. Edwards ERP software is a plus
Benefits
Comprehensive medical/dental
401(k)
Discounted stock purchase
Discounts on mortgages, homes, appliances, and much more
Company
Toll Brothers
Toll Brothers is a construction company that creates and sells construction homes.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2025-06-05Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1986-07-18IPO
Leadership Team
Seth Ring
Executive Vice President
Recent News
MarketScreener
2026-07-10
Company data provided by crunchbase