Job Summary
As a Market Purchasing Manager, you will manage subcontractor and supplier relationships in order to ensure adequate trade partner capacity to support the organization's growth. You will negotiate favorable contracts and manage the costs for materials and labor. The most rewarding aspect of this role is taking ownership as the sole purchasing manager in your region to ensure the production teams have the vendors and suppliers necessary to exceed goals.
You will thrive in this role if you:
- Motivate yourself to exceed your goals by finding new resources to help you get there.
- Build and maintain a network of industry professionals.
- Negotiate effectively by adapting quickly to a variety of communication styles.
- Manage external relationships with a customer-oriented approach
- Approach your job and tasks with urgency over perfectionism.
These skills will be used to:
- Prepare cost analyses on new and existing products and/or labor to help in decision-making for new products or price increases.
- Develop inflationary reports forecasting inflation percentages.
- Responsible for local supplier and trade partner sign-ups and pricing including targeted recruiting for construction needs.
- Act as Category Captain for assigned categories of spend across all markets providing relationship management, price negotiation, and category oversight to all regions.
- Ensure the creation of Variance Purchase Orders, Job Start PO's, plans and selections are all accurate and completed in a timely manner.
- Analyze VPOs to root cause, recommend/implement countermeasures that will prevent problems in the areas of pricing and contract interpretation from recurring.
- Actively tracks trade partner capacity and compares to production schedules to ensure adequate capacity is available to support divisional construction plans.
- Meet and communicate with trade partners to discuss reliability, capacity, communication, and payment status or issues.
- Work cooperatively with internal teams to create, update, and improve vendor standards and scopes of work.
- Improve retention and growth opportunities for our core subcontractors & suppliers who meet or exceed the performance expectations of Fischer Homes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering, Business, or Finance preferred—or relevant years of experience.
- 5 years of experience working in purchasing and supply chain management in the Construction Industry.
Physical demands and work environment:
- Must be able to use sensory skills (i.e. verbal communication) to effectively communicate and interact with other Associates and customers.
- Must be able to perform repetitive motions and use fine motor skills (i.e. typing, writing) to operate office supplies (i.e. computer, calculator, copier).
- Must be able to lift and carry approximately 20-25lbs unassisted.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time with low periods of reaching and standing.
The Value of a Career with Fischer Homes
Fischer Homes is one of the largest and most reputable home builders in the Midwestern and Southeastern states. Founded in 1980, the company has grown to build over 40,000 homes and employs over 700 Associates. Fischer Homes' solid reputation has been built largely by the talent of our Associates as we have been recognized as the 32nd largest builder in the United States.
We value diversity within the Fischer Homes organization and see each Associate as a team member and valuable asset. We select highly competent individuals to join our team, provide them with the resources, training, and development possible to make significant contributions and drive their success while determining their career paths. The rewards for their efforts are:
- Professional Development Training programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Competitive Compensation
- 401(k) with Company matching contributions and profit-sharing
- Employee Life Insurance
- Personal time off
- Inclusive Leave
Fischer Homes holds the highest ethical standards of business. We are honest and straightforward and will stand by our word. Our actions demonstrate respect, courtesy, and above all, fairness.
