Purchasing Manager
Company: Lennar Homes
Location: Schaumburg
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
Overview
Welcome Home! Build your career with Lennar!
As one of the nation's largest builders, Lennar has built over one
million new homes for families across America. Since 1954, our
communities have catered to all lifestyles and family dynamics,
whether you are a first-time or move-up buyer, multigenerational
family, or active adult.
At Lennar, Everything's Included in our homes, and Everyone's
Included on our team. - Our Everyone's Included vision is to be as
inclusive and diverse as the communities we build unleashing the
power of diversity within our workforce to drive innovation &
sustainable growth. -
Purchasing Manager:
Lennar is seeking a Purchasing Manager who is responsible for
developing, negotiating, and executing division sourcing agreements
for specific spend categories.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Lennar has only the best subcontractors in order to meet
its manufacturing needs.
- Ensure Lennar's subcontractors are continuously improving in
the areas of quality, cost, service, and delivery
performance.
- Understand the material supply chains of specific spend
categories, and implement material sourcing strategies to optimize
the flow through the chain.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the industry for the
specific major category being sourced.
- Facilitate value engineering sessions with subcontractors and
associates from division customers.
- Proactively communicate with all applicable associates within
division customers.
- Benchmark industry sourcing and supply management best
practices.
- Develop, maintain, and use should-cost models for specific
spend categories and related construction services.
- Own the responsibility for improving the division's cost per sq
foot for their specified spend categories.
- Negotiate and question pricing and legitimacy of
EPO's.
- Review all extra EPO's to verify within accordance of approved
take-offs, scopes of work, proper reason codes utilized, and work
with Expeditor to resolve issues as they arise.
- Identify areas and trends in extra EPO's to prevent and to
reduce costs.
- Rationalize the subcontractor base to the best of the
best.
- Ensure continuity of supply and labor to the division's
communities.
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Qualifications
- Must have superior influencing skills.
- Must have superior analytical and communication
skills.
- Must have significant knowledge of the residential homebuilding
industry.
- Must have an undergraduate degree or significant demonstration
of business knowledge
- Must have > 3 years of sourcing and managing Supplier/Trade
Partner relationships.
- Must have sound financial management knowledge.
- Must have sound project management capabilities.
- Must be able to build and use should-cost models.
- Must have sound negotiating skills.
Lennar Core Values
Our commitment to Quality, Value, and Integrity is the underlying
foundation upon which Lennar was built, and these three fundamental
principles still guide us in caring for our customers, associates,
shareholders, and community.
Life at Lennar!
Lennar recognizes our associates are the heart of the company's
success. Learn new skills, build your path, and become an integral
part of the Lennar Family.
When You Join:
- Health Insurance - Medical, Dental & Vision
- Vacation - 3 weeks of vacation per year to start
- Holidays, Sick Leave, & Personal Days
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
- Paid Maternity & Bonding Leave
- New Hire Referral Bonus Program
- Product Purchase Discount for Associates
- Associate Assistance Plan
- Everyone's Included Day - In the spirit of inclusion,
diversity, and caring for our community, Lennar encourages our
Associates to take a day to connect, reflect and inspire those
around us, in a way that is uniquely important to you. -
- And More!
Type
Regular Full-Time
Keywords: Lennar Homes, Schaumburg , Purchasing Manager, Executive , Schaumburg, Illinois
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