PURCHASING & ESTIMATING AGENT (DALLAS)

Posted on: April 11, 2015

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Opportunity:

OPPORTUNITY:

PSW is a progressive real estate developer and homebuilder headquartered in Austin, TX with a focus on sustainable urban communities.  We are driven to produce high quality products while delivering an exceptional customer experience.  Our employees enjoy an autonomous working environment, competitive benefits, and a very generous vacation policy.

PSW has an immediate opening for a full-time Purchasing & Estimating Agent in Dallas, TX.

The Purchasing Agent is responsible for leading all aspects of purchasing/procurement for all residential operations in Dallas.  The Purchasing Agent owns the bid process as well as vertical budgets to support PSW homebuilding operations.  An essential function of the Purchasing Team is to support other PSW business units to ensure smooth processes among both internal and external clients.  This position reports to Regional Purchasing Manager and Area Leadership.

 




Summary of Position Requirements:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop top 10 homebuilder systems and processes
  • Develop and implement best practices/procedures for the purchasing team
  • Establish tools needed to carry out essential functions of the department
  • Manage & develop relationships with PSW business units as well as local, regional, and national Trade Partners

PURCHASING FUNCTIONS

  • Identify trade needs for PSW & source accordingly
  • Specifying products, including product research
  • Bidding/Analyzing/Qualifying/Negotiating/Awarding contracts with Trade Partners
  • Contract management
  • Assist in Negotiations for national and/or regional accounts along with rebate management from vendors and providers
  • Reconcile division feedback on bid awards and receive sign off
  • Ensure timely input of contracts, scopes, plans, and other necessary documents into the company’s software system
  • Ensure all tasks critical to field production take place in an orderly and timely manner

BUDGETING FUNCTIONS

  • Build/Manage/Own direct construction cost budgets for vertical construction
  • Cost management/tracking market costs/identifying market trends
  • Track/analyze commodity pricing and compare against bids/contracts
  • Provide cost estimating for new projects
  • Manage purchase order system, negotiate change orders

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE:

  • College degree, construction related would be a plus
  • A minimum of 5 years experience in homebuilding, 2 years in residential purchasing
  • Estimating experience
  • Field experience preferred
  • Land development experience a plus
  • Multi-family construction experience a plus
  • Knowledge of & developed relationships with local trade base
  • Superior organizational skills
  • Strong management skills
  • Excellent financial/budget skills
  • Extensive experience in mining, organizing, and reporting high volumes of highly reliable data upon which major business decisions are made
  • Ability to read/understand/interpret construction documents, including: Architectural & Structural Plans, Soils Reports, Grade Plans, etc.
  • Understanding of scopes of work; hold trades accountable throughout the bid process
  • History of running a successful medium to high volume purchasing operation, managing others, implementing processes/procedures, and driving results

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The associate may need to stand for long periods of time. The associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to approximately 40 pounds. The noise level in the work environment can be moderate to loud.

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