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David Weekley Home Division Purchasing Manager in Orlando, Florida
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Orlando, FL
Division Purchasing Manager
Orlando, FL
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Job Description
David Weekley Homes is hiring a Divisional Purchasing Manager (DPM) to lead the Orlando Division's Purchasing team to ensure cost-effective resources are available to build homes on schedule. The Orlando Division Purchasing Manager will work closely with the Regional and National Purchasing teams to accomplish these goals.
Responsibilities include:
Create accurate hard cost budgets
Coordinate with regional and national teams to adjust estimates and budgets as needed
Lead price negotiations for divisionally-defined partners
Assist the national and regional purchasing teams in negotiations on products and services impacting David Weekley Homes purchasing agreements
Lead capacity planning for divisional preferred partners; assist in capacity planning for national and regional preferred partners
Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage team members for the divisional Purchasing team
Recruit, onboard, build and maintain relationships with division-specific trade partners
Exit underperforming trade partners
Train trade partners on Weekley Partner Hub (internal software) and Scopes of Work
Keep the Regional Director of Purchasing and Division President informed of critical market conditions, capacity, and forecast
Secondary responsibilities include:
Support National Purchasing job start processes
Direct bidding process and analysis for items not estimated nationally or regionally
Direct field visits as needed to support local building efforts
Support the Design Services team with value engineering initiatives
Support National Accounts with rebate collection data
Support the Division with the community rollout process
Community-level feature selection using nationally and regionally created feature offerings
Extra order and back charge purchasing order management
Oversee new plan redlines, first-time build walks
Conduct cost-reduction exercises
Qualifications
Five or more years working in purchasing or supply chain management
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related degree
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build quality relationships with internal departments and external preferred partners, manufacturers, and material suppliers.
Proven conflict resolution and negotiation skills
Solid estimating capabilities
Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks effectively with disciplined, self-directed work habits
Readily adaptable to change
Works well with math figures
Knowledgeable in all functional areas of a home builder
Additional Information
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What We Offer:
Come build your future with our winning team, recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" 18 times! David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets across the U.S. and is one of the largest private home builders in America.
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:
Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision
401k and discretionary 8% match
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Profit Sharing
Vacation, Paid Holidays, plus PTO
New Home Discount for Team Member and Family
College Scholarship Program
Community Outreach
Sabbaticals
And more!
David Weekley Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://careers.davidweekleyhomes.com/eeo) , and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law.
Note to Job Seekers: No telephone calls or walk-ins please. Interviews are by appointment only. Your resume will be reviewed and qualified candidates may be contacted in the event of a potential job match, or if further information is needed.