Purchasing Agent

Responsibilities

• Bidding and negotiating with vendors and subcontractors to enable Grand Homes to provide our buyers with the highest quality products at the best possible price.
• BRIX experience preferred but not required.
• Experience in residential home building is preferred but not required.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel.

• Actively seek and identify new qualified trade partners and continuously negotiate to align pricing with the current market conditions. Maintain integrity and order of all bid files and contracts.
• Reach out to existing and potential vendors to solicit bids for new plans and communities.
• Maintain Dropbox folders to include all plans, scopes of work and community specifications.
• Prepare and review contract packages for approval and filing.
• Negotiate competitive pricing on all bids for your assigned trade partners.
• Prepare, analyze, and accurately maintain cost comparison for each trade partner category.
• Review weekly EPOs for your assigned cost codes and conduct business meetings as needed to eliminate any unexpected costs.
• Negotiate any price changes and ensure POs are updated as needed.
• Collaborate with your assigned trade partners to resolve any invoicing and AR issues that may arise.
• Work with estimators and budgeting coordinators to provide accurate pricing for buyer selected options.
• Assist with new trade partner onboarding, standards, and enforcing scopes of work
• Become proficient in custom option and sales pricing for buyer selected options and assist with weekend pricing 2 weekend days per month.

• Acquire and maintain a minimum of 5 qualified bids for each cost code.

• Voted two-time winner America’s Best Builder out of 75,000 builders nationwide
• 2019 Grand Award by Texas Association of Builders
• 2005, 2009, 2010 DFW Builder of the Year
• Consumers’ Choice Award 2007 through 2021
• Top 50 companies to work for in the U.S.
• Best Company to Work For in Addison 2015
• 5th Fastest Growing Builder in Texas
• Winner of more Design & Architectural Awards than any other builder in Dallas the last five years