Sr. Procurement Agent
Pleasanton, CA
Come join a national top 3 homebuilder in a dynamic role! Due to continued growth, the team is looking for a Procurement Manager to join their team in Pleasanton! If you are in Procurement, Purchasing or Supply Chain and looking for that next step, this may be a great opportunity for you!
Highlights:
- 2022 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® by Great Place to Work® and Fortune, ranking in the top 50!
- PEOPLE's 100 Companies that Care 2022: Client is Top 10: Meet the Employers Putting Their Communities First
- Opportunity: Promotes growth and movement within the organization
What you will do:
Responsible for entering into negotiations with suppliers by reviewing terms and conditions, establishing pricing, contract formulation, and any supplier management conditions affecting the division.
Responsibilities:
- Provide accurate and timely local supplier negotiations and contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
- Manage supplier performance monitoring within the division (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
- National: manage compliance to agreements, scopes, etc.
- Local: manage and execute contract agreements consistent with sourcing guidelines
- Collaborate with Product, DCOs, CMs, FMs, PIMs, RPMs & Sales
- Manage supplier relationships and assist in resolving issues and conflicts related to daily Trade Partner activities
- Maintain all applicable databases (Purchase Pro, DMTs, etc.) used in developing the cost and quantity estimates
- Verify estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques
- Responsible for Trade Partner Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement and validation
- Performs analysis of Trade Partner data submissions and manages impact of commodity fluctuations
- Communicate completed estimates to the construction personnel, trade subcontractors and vendors (Purchase Pro)
- Develop material and labor optimization solutions using Value
- Engineering tools and methodology
- Control trade category costs by utilizing zone tools and methodologies
- Responsible for assigned Project Tracker categories and rebate capture.
- Develop and implement division specific tools and methodologies for estimating and controlling trade category costs as required
- Assist zone estimating in methodology development and optimization
- Develop scopes and standard operating procedures that assure
- Trade Partner compliance with Pulte construction standards, local, state and national building codes, and safety regulations
- Complete necessary customer option estimates
- Follow Pulte business processes for supplier management
- Contribute as subject matter expert for the Strategic Sourcing Director (if assigned)
What you will need:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- ISCM accreditation preferred
- Related Functional Experience: Minimum 3 years
- Time in position: Minimum 6 mo. to 1 yr. as procurement professional
- Business acumen including understanding the impact of purchasing costs on income statements, balance sheets, and cost structures
- Purchasing and supply chain experience
- Ability to negotiate in a cost transparent environment
- Ability to develop and improve vendor partnerships
- Construction knowledge
- Ability to work in continuous improvement environment
- Category expertise and ability to positively influence and lead others outside of Division and Procurement
