Assistant Purchasing Agent

Exciting Opportunity at Hakes Brothers!

Join us in pursuing excellence and making a difference in your career! Hakes Brothers is looking for a dynamic individual to join our team as an Assistant Purchasing Agent.

About Us

At Hakes Brothers, we are more than just a company; we are a values-driven community dedicated to achieving results through team unity. Our professional work culture, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits package reflect our commitment to excellence. Founded in 2006, Hakes Brothers is the largest homebuilder in New Mexico, passionate about professional architecture, innovative design, and high-quality construction. Join us on our journey to provide supreme value in homeownership.

The Role

The Assistant Purchasing Agent's primary responsibility is house releases for all Division communities while also monitoring costs associated with products in both development and construction phases, collaborating with other departments to identify and implement new and the most cost-efficient methods and materials, sourcing new vendors and trades, vendor/trade negotiations to obtain reduced costs and purchase order/work-order execution.

Responsibilities:

House Release

• Follow House Release Process exactly to ensure correct variance reporting.
• Provide detailed Load Budgets Request Sheets to Accounting with proper expectations when asking for budgets to be loaded.

Controlling and Reducing Costs

• Choose vendors using a balanced approach, including quality, costs, and service.
• Procure contracts and material costs at the lowest possible cost while maintaining quality and service standards.
• Work with other departments to value engineer new product and projects.
• Provide support and feedback for purchasing strategy adjustments.
• Work with peers to come up with ideas to cut costs; motivate team to achieve these goals.
• Complete detailed estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets.
• Design and implement strategies that reduce build-time, cost, and maintain or increase quality standards.
• Directly responsible for purchasing information accuracy on sales documents (option prices, custom option costing and pricing, selection, colors, etc.

Variance Reporting

• Meet the goal of <.5% variances for all houses in all subdivisions.
• Create and analyze Variance Report on a monthly basis. Work with peers to give explanations of variances that are over/under $300.
• Be diligent in working with Accounting to fix any variance issues after reviewing the Variance Report.
• Ensure the Exception Report is processed within 3.5 hours of receipt from Accounting; give to Construction Project Managers by 12PM and back to Accounting by 1:30PM.

Hard Costs

• Provide hard costs for new communities and plans in a timely fashion.

Custom Options

• Review and track Custom Option Requests.
• Assist Estimating team with custom options requests if needed (ensure all estimates are completed within 3 days of the request or 5 days for structural requsts that require a drawing).
• Responsible for the accuracy of all custom option estimates for Sales.

Rebates

• Ensure that Hakes Brothers is submitting and collecting on all rebate programs on a quarterly basis by the 10th of the month.

Builder of Choice

• Help Hakes Brothers become the Builder of Choice for our trade contractors.
• Manage trade contractors and suppliers relationships so they can accomplish their jobs effectively and efficiently.
• Work with trade contractors to create value for them, as well as for Hakes Brothers.
• Be firm but fair; be consistent and reliable; instill discipline; provide proper materials to execute job; negotiate pricing that creates a win-win atmosphere; be a good listener, and show respect.

Manage Professional Relationships

• Cooperate with other departments and work to better the overall culture at Hakes Brothers.

Qualifications

• Required: High School diploma or GED
• Required: Valid driver's license and auto liability insurance; you must own or have access to a vehicle for your daily work
• Preferred: At least two years relevant experience

Incentives

• Paid vacation, sick leave & holidays
• Discount off the sales price of a Hakes Brothers home
• 401k & Profit Sharing
• Medical, dental and vision insurance

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to Commute:

• McAllen, TX 78503 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• McAllen, TX 78503: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person