Purchasing Manager

Founded by Amherst, the full-service real estate solutions platform, Amherst Studio Built™ homes is an innovative approach to home development that utilizes offsite construction to create new housing supply at scale without sacrificing quality. Studio Built homes are constructed at Amherst’s housing studio in Cuero, Texas as well as partner studios across the Southeast and then installed on site. At full capacity, the Cuero facility will create over 250 manufacturing jobs, making Amherst the third largest employer in the area.

The Studio Built team is comprised of experienced individuals from all trades, working to continuously improve the production process.

The Procurement Supervisor and team are responsible for implementing and maintaining supply chain systems and procedures to align with industry and Studio Built benchmarks in ensure long term results. This position will report to the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.

• The procurement and purchasing team members are critical to ensuring production materials are sourced at the lowest cost while maintaining quality standards and consistently delivered on time to meet production schedules
• At the plant level, the purchasing supervisor coordinates with corporate procurement as well as identifies and maintains local and regional suppliers of materials working to optimize the cost, quality, and reliability of the supply chain
• He/she supervises purchasing specialist who coordinate day to day material and supply purchases
• This role is accountable for execution and continuous improvement of a business process .
• He/she may lead mapping, documenting, reengineering, quality assurance, staffing, metrics, controls and risk identification to achieve service level expectations
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items
• Lead and train staff
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price
• With factory leadership determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid
• Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
• Verifies specifications of purchase requests
• Counts inventory items to determine if material on hand is in sufficient quantity
• Prepares purchase orders and sends to supplier and department originating request
• Computes total cost of items purchased
• Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries
• Expedites delivery of goods to users
• Meets production requirements on a daily basis while controlling inventory with various lead times
• Assists heavily with periodic plant inventory
• Other duties as assigned

• BS/BA in supply chain, finance, or construction
• 2 or more years of work experience in purchasing and/or costing
• This position requires excellent leadership, pro-activeness, problem solving skills. Demonstrated relationship building capabilities with other areas such as Finance, Engineering, Quality, Production, Warehouse and Compliance.
• Positive attitude, and capable to develop the strategies, direction, goals, objectives and key measurement systems to ensure the business goals are met.
• Ability to adjust/adapt to changing environment
• Detail oriented personality with strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Requires a flexible work schedule as overtime is often necessary.
• Expert knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Positive team player with strong problem solving skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Work independently and collaboratively within a team setting with excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction
• Ability and flexibility to take on other responsibilities as assigned
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, learning and successfully working in multicultural…