Purchasing Buyer

Your Career at Hakes Brothers

Find your greater purpose with an exciting new career with Hakes Brothers. We are a values driven company that focuses on results and team unity. We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and a great work culture. Apply today!

Purchasing Buyer (position located in Lansing, KS)

Job Responsibilities

Controlling and Reducing Costs

• Choose vendors using a balanced approach, including quality, cost, 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 and to provide ideas to reduce costs, build-times or increase quality standards.
• Provide support and feedback for purchasing strategy adjustments.
• Complete detailed estimates of costs and quantities of residential products.
• Take the lead on soils and post-tension engineering.
• Directly responsible for purchasing information accuracy on sales documents.

New Communities

• Provide accurate quantity take offs of new plans.
• Create accurate materials list and contract budget for each new plan.
• Negotiate with trade contractors and vendors to deliver high value.
• Create accurate lot premium budget for each new subidivision.

Variance Reporting

• Track VPOs on a daily basis on the VPO Log. Forward all VPO Approved emails to Superintendent. Review VPO Log at month end and provide recommendations for changes to improve future variances.
• Process Exception Reports upon receipt and submit to Construction and Accounting departments.

Hard Costs

• Complete all Hard Cost updates, bids and reports by deadlines.
• Run and review Hard Cost Report and Option Price Updates.
• Update hard costs/SF trends and history within 2 days of approved hard costs.
• Enforce vendor increase policies.

Custom Options

• Track Custom Option Requests and status on Custom Option Tracker.
• Estimate accuracy of custom options for Sales.

House Release

• Follow process exactly.
• Provide detailed Load Budget Request Sheet to Accounting.

Cost Cuts

• Strive to achieve cost cut goals each quarter through negotiating and value engineering.
• Record progress.

Sales

• Process all sales or design addenda per procedural timeline.

Vendor Paperwork

• Update vendor paperwork per procedural timeline.

Rebates

• Ensure Hakes Brothers becomes Builder of Choice.
• Manage trade contractors and supplier relationships to accomplish their jobs effectively and efficiently.

Qualifications

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

Incentives

• Vehicle allowance
• Phone allowance
• Discretionary bonus
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Discount off the sales price of a Hakes Brothers home
• 401k & Profit Sharing
• Medical, dental and vision insurance

About Hakes Brothers

Hakes Brothers is dedicated to providing its family of customers with supreme value in homeownership. Founded in 2006, Hakes Brothers has grown to become the largest homebuilder based in New Mexico. Hakes Brothers has helped over 4,000 families enjoy the home that best fits their lifestyle. Hakes Brothers is passionate about new homes, including professional architecture, innovative design, and high-quality construction. With prime locations that extend from Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico in the north to El Paso and San Antonio, Texas in the south, and now in Kansas City, Hakes Brothers has set the standard for new homes in the region.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

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

Schedule:

• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60,000 - $70,000