What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Agent position at Impression Homes?
JOB TITLE: Purchasing Agent
REPORTS TO: Purchasing Manager
OBJECTIVE: Competitively bid out trades and produce accurate cost comparisons. Prioritize and efficiently work on multiple projects. Provide exceptional customer service to field team, trades, and other internal departments.
Job Responsibilities include but not limited to:
Request cost proposals from existing and prospective trade partners
Analyze bids and proposals to ensure they are accurate and comparable to current specifications
Enter budgets and takeoff data in the Brix system
Identify new trade partners to competitively bid out and compare to existing trades for management to review and take action on
Ability to track and manage annual bid list while prioritizing additional daily projects
Manage contracts and coordinate set up of new trade partners
Prepare and distribute various reports
Resource planning when needed
Work closely with other purchasing agents and coordinators to share workload and fill in when necessary
Support Purchasing Manager and VP of Purchasing
Additional tasks assigned by Management
Skills and Qualifications:
Residential Homebuilding experience required
Hyphen Solutions (Brix/BuildPro) experience preferred
Computer skills with the ability to work with Outlook, Word, and Excel
Consistent attention to detail and accuracy required
Ability to effectively prioritize and perform multiple tasks, while meeting simultaneous deadlines
Strong organization, documentation, research, and analytical skills
Ability to work both has part of a team and independently
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000