Purchasing Agent

Title: Purchasing Agent

Location: Farmers Branch, TX

Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent / Onsite

Mattamy Homes is the largest privately owned home builder in North America, with 40-plus years of history across the United States and Canada. Every year, Mattamy helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of home ownership. In the U.S., Mattamy is represented in 11 markets - Charlotte, Dallas, Jacksonville, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, Southeast Florida, Southwest Florida, Tampa, Tucson and Wellen Park.

• Control, develop and produce approved budgets and proformas with input from appropriate internal departments
• Negotiate and solicit the best price/value combination from suppliers and trade contractors; analyze cost comparisons and differences in products and services on long term/short term contract agreements, while ensuring the correct amount of product or service is received at the appropriate time
• Participate in review, development, and analysis of scopes of work aimed at quality control and standardization of equipment, materials, supplies and services
• Conduct analysis of drawings for value engineering opportunities and pricing thereof
• Develop and qualify new subcontractors/suppliers while maintaining and monitoring existing ones
• Act as liaison between subcontractors, construction, marketing, sales, customer service and land departments
• Prepare quantity take-offs from working or design drawings for budgeting or bid purposes.
  
  Manage and maintain take-offs within the software(s) utilized by the company
• Participate in site visits and work with construction team members to check performance of trades against scope of work/contract
• Additional duties to be discussed

• Bachelor’s degree minimum with 4+ years related work experience in the construction field
• Several years progressive experience in the residential construction industry, estimating and purchasing
• Extremely well-organized, flexible, ability to prioritize workloads, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Understanding Building Codes, National Electrical Code, OSHA Guidelines, and other applicable building codes and practices
• Professional experience dealing ethically with people/situations/issues and ability to demonstrate what processes are applied in decision-making which reflect professionalism and integrity
• Solid understanding of generally accepted purchasing principles and practices
• Working knowledge of house building and construction material purchasing
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills
• Excellent mathematical skills with the ability to analyze, look for trends and superior estimating skills
• Prior experience in preparing and analyzing budgets
• Experience in computerized environment for production planning, ordering, analysis etc.
• Superior computer skills in MS Office – in particular Excel

• Knowledge of Build Pro/Supply Pro preferred
• Knowledge of JD Edwards preferred

At Mattamy Homes, we’re passionate about creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work. Diversity and inclusion are important aspects of the work we do to support our home buyers, colleagues and communities.

Our competitive compensation and full-time employee benefits package includes:

• 3 weeks of company paid vacation + 1 week of company paid time off + 1 week of sick time + 1 wellness day
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending, 401K with Company Matching and Tuition Reimbursement
• Entertainment Discounts, Employee Home Ownership Program and Company-wide Volunteer Program

To provide the best homeowner experience

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