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JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for managing and coordinating divisional procurement activities including establishing pricing and driving cost savings through CPM, Should Cost, and Purchase Pro deployment. Optimizes the supply chain through systematic support and ensures that purchase and procurement of goods support quality, cost, inventory and service level standards.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Identify and drive cost savings opportunities
- Compare costs by trade category both across divisions and to should cost for all common categories
- Define opportunities for the Area, prioritize opportunities with Area Leadership
- Assist with achieving field compliance with National /Zone agreements as well as standardized company process.
- Develop and conduct procurement trainings to division personnel
- Collaborate with Product teams, Construction teams and Sales teams (on applicable initiatives)
- Assist with the Area procurement strategy of supplier relationships (cost, quality, productivity, service) for assigned trade categories
- Assist with local supplier selection at the Division level
- Manage Area supplier relationships where scale can be leveraged
- Monitor vendor bench strength matrix ensuring division production level risk is managed.
- Ensure Area compliance to the Pulte business processes for supplier management Lead category option programming and coordinate zone wide changes
- Develop, deploy and optimize option walk ups and option grids
- Complete timely probable estimates of costs of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques
- Develop committed cost estimates for both new product development including customer options
- Work with Product to ensure that accurate quantities are provided in a timely manner and are field validated.
- Maintain all applicable databases used in developing cost and quantity, provide training where needed
MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES Level: Mentor / Coach / Feedback
- Ensures appropriate staffing to meet department needs
- Utilizes recruiting and selection tools/processes to build organizational talent
- Delegates work according to employee’s abilities and skills
- Evaluates employee’s performance and plans for compensation actions in accordance with that performance
- Provides developmental opportunities through identification of internal and external training opportunities
- Creates opportunities for employee growth
- Provides continuous coaching with regard to functional and leadership standards (technical skills and behaviors)
SCOPE: (Decision making, size of organization, budgetary, etc.)
- Decision Impact: Area
- Department Responsibility: Single
- Budgetary Responsibility: No
- Direct Reports: Yes
- Indirect Reports: No
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Pulte Homes of Minnesota is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
