Purchasing Agent
: Job Details :

Under general supervision of the Purchasing Manager, the Purchasing Agent solicits subcontractor's bids; base house and options, analyzes bids and selects the top candidates; negotiates pricing; collects, reviews, and processes contractual paperwork; resolves subcontractor issues; seeks out cost savings through value engineering; and sources and pre-qualifies new subcontractors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Solicits subcontractor bids (base and options), analyzes bids, selects top candidates based on construction, customer service ratings, and pricing. Negotiates the pricing to meet Company budgets. Processes all contracts once awarded via DocuSign, track progress until returned. Saves completed contracts and ensures community subcontractor list is kept updated. 35% Maintain Vendor relationships, sources and pre-qualify new subcontractors including checking references. Resolves subcontractor issues, such as delay in product delivery, change in specifications, PO questions, or other modifications. 20% Work with Sales and Designers to create and maintain Options. Maintain community Browse Book. Prices and processes NSO's (Non-Standard Option) requests. 20% Analyze cost increases and negotiate best pricing. Process cost changes and update Estimating Worksheets. 15% Seeks out cost savings through value engineering—evaluates other products that provide the same quality at reduced prices and inputs information into spreadsheet. 5% Work with Purchasing Manager to maintain and update Purchasing Procedures. 5% Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. PI62f25e6ba454-25448-#######3