Purchasing Manager

Lennar Homes
Hamilton, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 11/14/2023 CLOSED ON 11/25/2023

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Manager position at Lennar Homes?

Overview

Summary of Position Requirements

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing division sourcing agreements for specific spend categories.

 

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Responsibilities

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance to Purchasing Policies and Procedures in bidding practices.
  • Ensure Lennar has only the best Trade Partners in order to meet its manufacturing needs.
  • Ensure Lennar’s Trade Partners are continuously improving in the areas of quality, cost, and service and delivery performance.
  • Understand the material supply chains of specific spend categories, and implement material sourcing strategies to optimize the flow through the chain.
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of the industry for the specific major category being sourced.
  • Analyze plans for cost reduction recommendations and research cost of proposed design ideas.
  • Facilitate value-engineering sessions with Trade Partners and associates from division customers.
  • Perform Plan cost analysis to determine causes of cost differences between similar plans.
  • Review new plan budgets, take-offs and document cost variables.
  • Proactively communicate with all applicable associates within division customers.
  • Benchmark industry sourcing and supply management best practices.
  • Develop, maintain and use should-cost models for specific spend categories and related construction services.
  • Own the responsibility for improving the division’s cost per sq foot for their specified spend categories.
  • Negotiate and question pricing and legitimacy of EPO’s.
  • Review all extra EPO’s to verify within accordance of approved take-offs, scopes of work, proper reason codes utilized, and work with Expeditor to resolve issues as they arise.
  • Identify areas and trends in extra EPO’s to prevent and to reduce costs.
  • Rationalize the subcontractor base to the best of the best.
  • Ensure continuity of supply and labor to the division’s communities.
  • Obtain market research information from Trade Partners and NetPlus Partners for use in the development of future specification recommendations.
  • Actively communicate with Suppliers/Trade Partners.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required, college degree preferred
  • Minimum 3 years experience as a Purchasing Manager, preferably with a National Homebuilder
  • Must have superior analytical and communication skills.
  • Must have significant knowledge of the residential homebuilding industry.
  • Must have sound financial and project management knowledge.
  • Must be able to build and use should-cost models.
  • Must have sound negotiating skills and influencing skills.
  • Computer literate with the ability to work with JD Edwards, Buzzsaw, BuildPro and Excel preferred.
  • Professionally perform multiple, detailed-oriented tasks with simultaneous deadlines.
  • Possess strong work ethic, integrity and loyalty.
  • Team player with the ability to work well under pressure.

 

Contacts

Daily interaction with various division personnel, outside agencies, business partners, and consultants.

 

Physical Requirements

This is primarily a sedentary office position which requires the ability to occasionally bend, stoop, reach, lift, move and carry office supplies weighing 25 pounds or less. Finger dexterity is required to operate computer keyboard, calculator and telephone equipment.

 

This description outlines the basic tasks and requirements for the position noted.  It is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties of the associates.


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