Assistant Purchasing Agent
Assistant Purchasing Agent
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13-04-2025
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Job Description
Overview:
The Assistant Purchasing Agent will work with the Purchasing team to procure material and services for community projects. In addition the Assistant Purchasing Agent will work with external and internal customers to provide the best services at the best price possible.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and distributed bid packages (construction plans scope of work relevant reports and option selections)
- Set up Option Descriptions for new communities.
- Conduct effective negotiations to achieve desired results.
- Set up and monitor option costs.
- Maintain and update project budgets.
- Prepare direct cost analysis and variances for review.
- Track design changes and cost impact.
- Special Buyer requests.
- Provide support to other members of the Purchasing team.
- Adhere to all Blue Heron safety operations and regulatory compliance policies practices and procedures.
- Provide accurate and timely local supplier negotiations and contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e. cost quality productivity service)
- Manage supplier performance monitoring within the division (i.e. cost quality productivity service)
- Assist in resolving issues and conflicts related to Trade Partner activities.
- Maintain all applicable databases (used in developing the cost and quantity estimates.
- Verify estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques
- Performs analysis of Trade Partner data submissions and manages the impact of commodity fluctuations.
- Communicate completed estimates to the construction personnel trade subcontractors and vendors.
- Other Duties as Assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree or combination of experience and education preferred.
- One to two years purchasing experience preferably with a construction company.
- Excellent communication skills
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the purchasing and estimating functions within a residential construction company.
- Superior analytical and organizational skills
- Drive to achieve and produce results on time and with accuracy.
- Must be Proficient in Microsoft Suite
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
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