Senior Purchasing Agent (Homebuilding)

New Home Co. is a new generation homebuilder focused on the design, construction and sale of innovative and consumer-driven homes in major metropolitan areas in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. NEW HOME was named 2019 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder and is a multi-year recipient of "The Eliant" for Best Overall Customer Experience in the multi-divisional builder segment.

At New Home Co., we believe that PEOPLE matter. The strength of our homes is built upon a foundation of focused, energized, visionary and dedicated team members. Our goal is to provide a workplace that supports you in doing the best work of your life. 

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Position Job Title: Senior Purchasing Agent

FLSA Status: Salaried Exempt

Specific Job Duties

• Create standard specifications for projects and update as needed.
• Prior to bidding a new project, create or collect necessary documents to have loaded into plan management data base (bid invite, standard specifications, project agreement, best practices, scopes of work and other documents required for bidding).
• Bid new projects (review plans, spread proposals and qualify proposals).
• Manage budgets closely with VP Purchasing.
• Negotiate pricing prior to awarding contracts.
• Send budget with recommended trades thru for approval to VP Purchasing prior to contracting a new project.
• Generate award letters and regret letters.
• Create and update Request for Budget Change orders and log on fee projects.
• Communication with Project Management, Site Managers, Sales Team, Design Team and Trade Partners.
• Project set up in New Star (Plans and Elevations).
• Add Model Subcontracts in Newstar for awarded trades.
• Update budgets with change orders and send to VP Purchasing for approval.
• Update Model Subcontracts in Newstar for pricing changes.
• Re-bid trades if needed.
• Work with Options PA to create Included Features Lists for new projects prior to Model Opening.
• Monitor construction starts
• Monitor lumber pricing to assure lumber is locked for each phase release at the appropriate time.

Position Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree  preferred

Experience

• 3-5 Years of experience in a Purchasing role for a Homebuilder preferred
• Newstar experience preferred
• BuildPro experience preferred
• Microsoft Office Suite experience preferred

Skills

• Capable of working independently and as part of a small, tightly knit team.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job in accordance with corporate requirements and professional business practices.
• Must be detail-oriented, organized and follow tasks through to completion.
• Able to manage time wisely and work within deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible, able to anticipate, prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to type at least 45 wpm.
• Ability to operate 10-key by touch.
• Ability to negotiate
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in blue print reading as well as take-off estimating.
• Ability to develop and improve vendor partnerships

Base Salary: The expected base salary range for this position is between $82,000 to $95,000 per year, depending on experience and skillset. Base Salary is paid bi-weekly, every other Friday. Additionally, this position is eligible for an annual bonus based on divisional and individual performance.

Benefits: In addition to competitive medical, dental and vision coverage, New Home Co. provides comprehensive benefits to eligible team members and their dependents, generous paid time off policies, like vacation, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, and bereavement; paid disability, parental and military leave; company-sponsored and voluntary term life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurances; a 401(k) retirement plan with bi-weekly employer matching of 50% up to the first 8% of team member contributions; as well as a wellness incentive program.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Similarly, the work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Activities

The activities that are essential to performing the position duties include:

•  Bending
•  Standing
•  Walking
•  Lifting: From 1 (lbs) to 15 (lbs)
•  Reaching
•  Seeing: Full Color Vision
•  Hearing
•  Repetitive Motion (i.e. Gripping)
•  Typing
•  Talking 

Environmental Factors

The environmental factors involved with the job duties and work location include: Normal Office

Normal Office

Noise Level: Low to Moderate (Corporate/Sales Office Environment)

New Home Co. retains the discretion to add or change job duties at any time.