Job Description

Summary of Position Requirements

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

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure Lennar has only the best subcontractors in order to meet its manufacturing needs.
• Ensure Lennar’s subcontractors 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.
• Facilitate value-engineering sessions with subcontractors and associates from division customers.
• 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.

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.

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