Purchasing Coordinator: $50k - $60k

Company Description

Greyhaven Homes is a Texas‑based homebuilding company dedicated to crafting high‑quality, thoughtfully designed homes that bring comfort, functionality, and long‑term value to families across the region. We partner closely with trusted trade partners, suppliers, and real estate professionals to deliver exceptional communities and a seamless home‑buying experience. Our team is committed to innovation, customer service, and building homes that stand the test of time.  

Job Description:

The Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for contracting trade partners for labor and material items for each cost code they manage. In this capacity, the individual will work with local trade partners, national/regional suppliers, and distributors to continuously find opportunities for negotiating cost savings for their trade categories. This role will partner with Operations to ensure proper trade partners are bid, negotiated, and awarded. The Purchasing Manager will also collaborate with various departments to forecast needs and budget accordingly.

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Primary 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 
• Analytics/Process Improvement 
• 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 
• Product optimization, SKU demand planning 
• Determine optimum product specifications and ensure there is alignment with 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 
• Trade Partner Relationship Management 
• 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 

Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry) 
• Minimum 3 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
• Previous experience in homebuilding purchasing

Preferred:

• Hands-on residential construction experience 
• Supply Chain certification 
• Experience with EnterpriseOne (E1) and BuildPro software 
• Experience with Energy Star requirements, Green Building concepts, sustainability, etc. 

Industry

• Residential Building Construction 

Employment Type

• Full-time