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Overview
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Senior Purchasing Manager Summary:
The Senior Purchasing Manager is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing division sourcing agreements for specific spend categories.
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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, and 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.
- Train and assist Purchasing Managers, offer guidance with subcontractors and suppliers.
- Maintain product specifications and available selections.
- Analyze new and existing plans, and product in development, to ensure that internal specifications are considered.
- Track and ensure collection of supplier and Energy rebates are made.
- 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.
- Maintain EcoSmart specifications for all existing product and any new plans, continuously striving for improvements to the Division s energy program.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent required, college degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years sourcing and managing Supplier/Trade Partner relationships, preferably with a National Homebuilder
- Must have superior analytical and communication skills.
- Must have significant knowledge of the residential homebuilding industry.
- 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 and influencing skills.
Contacts:
Daily interaction with various division personnel, outside agencies, business partners, and consultants.
Physical Requirements:
This is primarily a sedentary office position which requires the ability to occasionally bend, stoop, reach, lift, move and carry office supplies weighing 25 pounds or less. Finger dexterity is required to operate computer keyboard, calculator and telephone equipment.
This description outlines the basic tasks and requirements for the position noted. It is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties of the associates.FLSA Status: Exempt
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.
Lennar associates will be eligible for many benefits in accordance with Lennar s policies and applicable plan terms, including:
- Health Insurance - Medical, Dental & Vision
- Vacation up to 3 weeks of vacation per year upon hire
- Holidays, Sick Leave, & Personal Days
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
- Paid Maternity & Bonding Leave
- New Hire Referral Bonus Program
- Home Purchase Discount for Associates
- Associate Assistance Plan
- Everyone s Included Day
- Student Debt Repayment Program
- This information is intended to be a general overview and may be modified by the Company due to factors affecting the business.
Lennar is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.
Type
Regular Full-Time