What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Manager position at Douglas Brooke Homes?
The Purchasing Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating the purchasing of materials, products, and services for Douglas Brooke Homes. This role entails the building of relationships with Trade Partners and negotiation of contract and trade partner agreements, as well as creating and maintaining budgets for projects.
Responsibilities include
- Develops a purchasing strategy.
- Reviews and processes purchase orders.
- Maintains records of goods ordered and received.
- Negotiates prices and contracts with suppliers.
- Builds and maintains relationships with trade partners.
- Selects prospective trade partners and negotiates contracts.
- Evaluates trade partners based on quality, timeliness, and price.
- Schedules deliveries and ensures timely fulfillment of orders.
- Researches and evaluates to compare pricing and services.
- Coordinates with fellow managers to monitor inventory and determine supply needs.
- Ensures quality of procured items and addresses problems when they arise.
- Keeps up with trends in procurement.
- Stays current with purchasing technology trends and oversees purchase and implementation, as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years purchasing manager experience with at least 1 year in construction industry.
- Experience with Buildertrend a plus
Benefits:
DBL Family of companies provides benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Medical insurance with HSA Options
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Telemedicine service
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Indemnity plan options (Accident, Critical Care, Hospitalization)
- Up to 8 paid holidays/year*
- 80 hours of Paid Time Off (PTO)*
*Paid holiday and PTO effective after your 90-day introductory period.