1 Director of Purchasing Job in Fairhope, AL
ELLIOTT HOMES is Hiring a Director of Purchasing Near Fairhope, AL
Elliott Homes, LLC is seeking a Director of Purchasing specializing in residential construction to work at its new developments in the Baldwin County, Alabama region.
- Trade Base Management:
- Ensure acceptable thresholds of performance by trades and drive constant improvement in Safety, Quality, Service, Capacity, Costs, and Relationships.
- Monitor safety issues that have occurred and take corrective action as needed.
- Evaluate new trades and suppliers to ensure their experience lines up with Elliott Homes’ needs.
- Work with the Production Team and Customer Care Team to understand existing and emergent quality or service issues within the Supply Base and initiate remedial or replacement strategies on an ongoing basis.
- Understand the service obligations incumbent upon each area of the Supply Base and identify and introduce only Trades and Suppliers that meet these standards.
- Ensure the company is paying the lowest amount possible to achieve a minimum standard in Safety, Quality, Service, Capacity, Costs, and Relationships. Awareness of market pricing, negotiating the best deals, and understanding the nuances of the trades is key.
- Generate and evaluate new opportunities for cost reductions.
- Trade Base Administration:
- Ensure the company is always compliant by understanding the organization’s liability management contract documentation, ensuring new trades and suppliers are set up using the most current versions of all contract documents and bringing current non-compliant trades within compliance.
- Research new products and gather the necessary information to ensure new products are established only when needed.
- Establish a complete and correct price file for all active vendors and ensure pricing is always current and usable for issuing of purchase orders to the Trade Base.
- Production Team Support:
- Assist superintendents with purchasing-related support as needed.
- Bachelor's degree required, Business, Construction Management, or related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of directly related experience in the homebuilding industry.
- Possess comprehensive computer knowledge in MS Office and IHMS/Marks Systems preferred.
- Former experience in field management or estimating preferred.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
- Strong and clear communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to manage a language-based communication barrier.
- Enjoys negotiating.
Job Summary
Full Time
Building Construction
$132k-169k (estimate)
10/12/2023
06/06/2024
elliotthomes.com
YUMA, AZ
200 - 500
1914
JEFF KLEM
$10M - $50M
Building Construction
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About ELLIOTT HOMES
Elliott Homes is one of the largest privately owned new home builders in Northern California and Arizona. We offer affordable new construction homes in the Phoenix, AZ metro area, Yuma, AZ and the Sacramento, CA metro area. Check out our new homes in Arizona and our custom lots and new homes in Northern California and discover the Elliott Advantage!
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