Purchasing Coordinator

Job Summary

The Purchasing Coordinator plays an integral role assisting our Purchasing Manager in estimating, takeoffs, purchase orders, and managing scopes of work. This position receives and fulfils orders for materials and equipment, manages budgets, purchases from various suppliers, processes paperwork, and maintains item lists. This position requires strong software ability, and attention to detail. Exceptional organizational skills are a must. Future growth for this role can move into full-time estimating, advancement within our purchasing department, or Field Management.

• Negotiate with suppliers to ensure optimal purchasing terms, costs, and shipment dates.
• Coordinate & ensure the accurate and timely fulfillment of material & equipment orders for projects.
• Help to manage the site operations, including delivery timelines and warehousing.
• Update and maintain pricing & inventory tracking systems. Software:
  
  Home builder ONE
• Write and automate POs within Home builder ONE
• Use Square Takeoff (software) to generate takeoffs & send specs to vendors and subcontractors.
• Networking with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Estimate. Create budgets and manage pricing within our software.
• Generate & maintain scopes of work for contracts, and continue to revise them throughout construction process.
• Estimate date of delivery to job site, based on knowledge of company’s delivery schedules.
• Research and analyze homeowner material desires based on market information.
• Investigate and resolve claims/problems deliveries, returns and credits.
• Perform additional duties as required and or requested.

• Passion! Passion! Passion! Confidence and motivation to work toward targets.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Two (2) plus years’ experience in purchasing residential construction materials.
• Strong math skills to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, percentages, square footages, and material quantities.
• Ability to determine solutions for construction team and homeowners.
• Must be results-oriented and able to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Strong aptitude for learning new software. Experience with takeoff, estimating, and construction software highly preferred.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Strong computer proficiency. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Teams.
• Valid driver’s license.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

8:00 to 4:30 Monday to Friday plus additional as required.

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

JIA Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer – EOE, Including Disability/Vets