Elevate Design + Build - Director of Purchasing

Director of Purchasing – Lead Strategic Procurement and Cost-Control for Premier Residential Builds Job Overview

• Company:
  Elevate Design + Build
• Salary/Pay Rate: $105,000 - $135,000+ per year
• Location:
  
  Lee's Summit, MO
• Job/
  
  Employment Type:
  
  Full Time
• Project Scope:
  Residential Home Building

Elevate Design + Build is seeking a true Director-level Purchasing leader with deep experience in single-family residential new construction. This role is responsible for leading the full purchasing, estimating, vendor/trade coordination, scheduling support, and cost-control function across the complete homebuilding life cycle - from preconstruction through final home completion.

This is not a procurement-only or preconstruction-only role. The ideal candidate must understand how a home is built in the field, how trades sequence together, how cost codes impact profitability, and how purchasing decisions affect schedules, budgets, vendor relationships, and construction execution.

• Lead and oversee the purchasing department, including delegation, team direction, process improvement, and accountability.
• Manage purchasing, estimating, vendor/trade coordination, cost control, and systems across the full residential construction life cycle.
• Partner closely with field operations, construction managers, estimators, and trade partners to ensure homes are built on schedule, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Maintain strong working knowledge across all residential construction trades and cost codes, including foundation, framing, electrical, HVAC, drywall, painting, landscaping, sod, cleaning, and all other scopes tied to building a single-family home.
• Negotiate and manage vendor and trade partner relationships to support cost savings, production timelines, and long-term partnerships.
• Review budgets, estimates, job costs, EPOs, scopes of work, trade performance, and material sequencing to identify risk and protect profitability.
• Resolve real-time trade, vendor, field, scheduling, and cost-related issues that could impact home completion.
• Support value engineering efforts while maintaining build quality, customer experience, and construction timelines.

• Minimum of 5+ years of purchasing, estimating, or construction operations leadership experience within single-family residential new construction, with direct ownership of full-cycle homebuilding purchasing, vendor/trade coordination, cost codes, estimating, and field operations support.
• Director-level purchasing leadership experience, or equivalent department ownership in a smaller residential homebuilding company.
• Experience overseeing a purchasing function, delegating work, and leading others- not just operating as an individual contributor.
• Single-family residential new construction experience is required.
• Experience with custom homes and/or production homebuilding is acceptable.
• Full life-cycle homebuilding experience from preconstruction through completion.
• Strong knowledge of residential construction methods, trade scopes, field sequencing, material flow, vendor management, estimating, scheduling, and cost codes.
• Hands‑on field operations knowledge, with the ability to understand how purchasing and estimating decisions affect construction execution.
• Experience coordinating vendors, trades, estimators, purchasing teams, and field operations.
• Strong communication, organization, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.

• Proven work experience as a Director of Purchasing in the construction industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or Business Management.
• Advanced knowledge of value engineering, organizational effectiveness, and financial principles.
• Demonstrated experience in mentorship or training junior team members in a fast‑paced environment.

• Bi‑weekly pay cycle and IRA retirement savings program with employer matching (up to 3%).
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Life and disability insurance coverage selections.
• Robust paid time off including holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
• Flexible paid parental leave for…