Purchasing Manager

POSITION OVERVIEWThe Purchasing Manager secures bids and quotes for home construction projects, projects build costs, and issues purchase orders to subcontractors and suppliers. They manage inventory costs, maintain warehouse materials for the build site, and oversee stock for build sites and vehicles. The role includes expanding the contractor pool for competitive pricing, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, and approving invoices. This role is responsible for maintaining vendor relationships and course correction of partnerships, ensuring compatibility with Habitat values, standards and our mission. Additionally, they manage Habitat's fleet of trucks and trailers of trucks, trailers and heavy construction equipment. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS · Getting bids and quotes for materials and services to complete the home. · Assisting in projecting final build costs of a home. · Making estimates on the total cost of a home, trade by trade based on historical data and/or bids. · Sending out Purchase Orders to subcontractors and suppliers. · Continuously improving Habitat’s utilization of project management software, Buildertrend. · First approval of invoices and coding them to correct cost category. · Expanding Habitat’s contractor pool to increase diversity and competitive pricing. · Allocating inventory costs over multiple jobs. · Assist in creating and updating accurate and complete scopes of work for trades. · Approving small to moderate cost increases related to changes of scopes of work or material prices. Obtaining approval from VP of Construction for large changes. · Communicating scopes of work and expectations of working with Habitat to contractors. · Procuring and selecting contractors that provide the best value of quality of work, cost, and customer service. · Maintaining compliance related to construction with grants on bidding and other administrative tasks. · Managing stock of security equipment related to build site, vehicles, and warehouse storage. · Institute and maintaining an inventory of materials at warehouse to be used on the build site. · Coding inventory to cost categories and houses on a regular basis. · Ordering Gifts in Kind and coordinating their delivery to the warehouse. · Registering vehicles, renewing license plates, maintaining sets of keys for all the Habitat trucks and trailers. · Managing fleet of trucks and trailers which includes coordinating repairs between staff and service provider. · Coordinates training and licensing for safe use of fleet equipment, such as warehouse forklift · Some supervision of volunteers may be required. · Other administrative tasks as assigned. ACCOUNTABILTY ITEMS · Purchasing · Bidding, estimates, and quotes · Construction vehicle and trailer fleet · Security equipment KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES - · Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to meet strict deadlines. · Highly capable of communicating professionally in person, email, text, and the telephone. · Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook. · Ability to work with and read blueprints. · Basic knowledge of building materials and methods in residential construction. · Aptitude and compassion to work and collaborate with diverse groups of people. · Willingness to learn. · Strong time management skills, whether working independently or delegating to others. Qualifications · Driver’s license (required) · 3 years of related construction experience (preferred) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM THIS JOB · Utilize the telephone and communicate with others, inside and out of the office environment. · Ability to be on your feet for extended periods of time. · Manual dexterity and visual acuity for computer keyboarding…

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