R0011396 Amenity Purchasing Manager (Open)

We trust that as an Amenity Purchasing Manager you will: (responsibilities)

• Bidding and negotiation
• Work with National Purchasing on current and future National contracts as it pertains to Amenities
• Scope of Work creation, management, and implementation
• Specification creation, management, and implementation
• Prepare trade specific scopes of work, bid package, and construction contracts in coordination with Construction
• Evaluate and quantify bid results by trade in coordination with Construction
• Set direction on pricing methodology and procedure, reporting system set up and input requirements
• Establish service level needs and evaluation criteria for building products, subcontractors, and material suppliers
• Maintain contracts, bidding documents and the required insurances for the subcontractor
• Standardized Purchasing practices
• Take-Off creation and management
• GC & Trade sourcing
• Manage change orders and substitutions
• Site visits and field walks
• Responding to RFI’s
• Value and performance engineering
• Work with outsources to find lower cost substitutions for finishes based on what ID’s select
• Source new and better products, subcontractors, and material suppliers
• Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of scopes of work and specifications
• Responsible for bid variances (construction is responsible for field variances)
• Responsible for value engineering of product
• Monitor and report on subcontractor and material increases/decreases on a regular basis
• Monitor and report on construction costs by plan and location on a regular basis

 What you will need: (competencies, behaviors & attributes) 

• Business Acumen
• Customer Focus
• Developing Direct Reports and Others
• Drive for Results
• Priority Setting
• Self-Knowledge

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Business or another related field or have a minimum of 3 years in a similar or position with a production homebuilder
• High level of understanding of the system applications in one or more homebuilding software packages (i.e., FAST, J.D. Edwards, Lloyds, etc.)
• Experience with NewStar a plus
• Extensive knowledge of the homebuilding construction process
• Strong technical aptitude and willingness to learn new systems and processes is critical
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong relationship skills

FLSA Status: Exempt

Will have responsibilities such as:

• Interviewing, selecting, and training employees
• Setting rates of pay and hours of work
• Appraising productivity; handling employee grievances or complaints, or disciplining employees
• Determining work techniques
• Planning the work
• Apportioning work among employees
• Determining the types of equipment to be used in performing work, or materials needed
• Planning budgets for work
• Monitoring work for legal or regulatory compliance
• Providing for safety and security of the workplace

Essential Functions:

Successful job applicants will be able to perform these functions. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Report to Division/Corporate Office/Community daily and adhere to schedule
• Ability to oversee direct reports daily and provide guidance as needed
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer and/or electronic device
• Ability to have face to face conversations with customers, co-workers and higher level manager
• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and move around work environment as needed
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle
• Comply with company policies and procedure

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

*Taylor Morrison experience and/or successful completion of training program may override required education and/or experience requirement.

Job descriptions are not intended as, nor should be construed to be, exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job.  They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job duties and responsibilities essential for making fair pay decisions about the job.

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