Purchasing Coordinator

Company Overview

Opening our doors in 2017, Starlight Homes builds homes designed specifically for the first-time homebuyer. Our goal is to make the dream of homeownership a reality for everyone, offering expertly crafted homes at an affordable price and ensure its customers’ first journey into home buying is simple, smooth, and reassuring. Our New Home Sales Consultants take care of our customers throughout every step of the process regardless of their situation, we are here to help. Together with our parent company, 2023’s Builder of the Year Ashton Woods, we have welcomed over 60,000 people to their new home. Our company’s commitment to innovation and continually evolving to meet the needs of the market is a key reason we have seen the success we have. We believe that what we accomplish together is greater than what we deliver individually. Our team members have inspired the shared values we embrace in all decisions and actions: Unwavering Integrity, Trail Blazing, Bold Action, Collective Compassion, and Unconditional Respect.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Starlight sells new homes in Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, San Antonio and Tampa.

Position Overview

The Purchasing Coordinator supports the purchasing process by maintaining and managing systems, software, and documents. This role is responsible for communicating and problem solving with both external and internal customers of the purchasing department to include but not limited to Sales, Construction, Design and Trade Partners.

Responsibilities

• Maintain vendor contracts, agreements, and signed pricing backup for all active vendors.
• Setup, maintain, and update vendor contact database in Excel and in Dynamic Builder.
• Maintain invite-to-bid, bid awards, preferred and potential vendor documents.
• Generate, update, and reissue purchase orders for housing starts.
• Manage and track vendor insurance and communicate updates with corporate accounting.
• Set up new vendors in Dynamic Builder including access to the vendor portal for vendor and employees.
• Enter Lot Required Options provided by Director of Purchasing.
• Maintain House Plans and Engineering in Lot Documents in Dynamic Builder on each lot.
• Refresh POs for pricing and quantity changes as requested by Director of Purchasing.
• Confirm community specifications are uploaded with Corporate Purchasing.
• Bi-Weekly to Monthly Site visits to verify take-offs and trade partner performance
• Confirm Rebate numbers with Corporate Purchasing.
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Degree or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent job-related experience preferred.
• At least one year of administrative or customer service experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel).
• At least one year purchasing experience preferred.
• Active/valid driver’s license required
  
  

This is a hybrid role; the Purchasing Coordinator is required to be in the office two days a week. Typically, work is performed in an office setting with some field-based work is required.