Buyer @ Purchasing Department

We are committed to changing the lives of our customers and employees. Our passion for creating communities does not end with our customers. Tri Pointe Homes Houston is looking for an experienced individual to join our talented group as a Purchasing Agent.

Position Highlights : Timely procure materials and labor at the appropriate quality and quantity, with reasonable/low prices, while fostering healthy relationships with trade partners.

Prepare and distribute bid packages for new communities and/or plan changes. Negotiate and award trade partner contracts based on best-qualified bids, including those with optimal pricing, quality, workload capacity, and ability to meet established work schedules. Negotiate and resolve contract changes/issues and price change requests, including effective and good through dates. Communicate product and pricing changes to Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Design Studio, and other team members as appropriate.

Analyze and understand vendor/trade partner performance, workload, and market issues to ensure all quality, safety, and job completion requirements are met. Team with production/construction on performance management of trader partners.

Manage construction costs through effective bidding and negotiating of community specifications with trade partners. Possess knowledge of appropriate unit costs, unbundling, takeoffs, and estimating.

Keep abreast of current construction practices, blueprints, structural design, and building codes to ensure proper contracting of trades.

Understand best practices to gain efficiency and accuracy and champion new products and processes for consideration and implementation.

Recommend/Develop standard features for all projects (with Purchasing management and brand/division leadership approval) and work with Purchasing, Options, Sales, and Marketing team members (as applicable) to maintain these features.

Oversee contract administration input and timelines.

Help produce/manage quarterly Purchasing Department reports creation, distribution, and analysis for assigned communities.

Understand and maintain the National Contract program with Manufacturers and Vendors for each product.

Work with the Purchasing Director/Manager to negotiate the base home cost and option costs before total sales prices being finalized. Provide input and help oversee the finalization of Plan Revision Notice pricing.

Order samples for sales teams, design center, and other subcontractors as needed (i.e. cabinet stain samples for paint subcontractor (for beams, stairs, etc.).

Work collaboratively with the design studio, sales, construction, customer care, trade partners, and other team members regarding community standards and option issues that arise.

Follow company expectations, including internal control and ethics policies, regarding trade partner and vendor selection/relations and national accounts.

Also, engage in product development with internal and external partners to ensure a cost-effective base and options upfront before plans are finalized for the bid to contract process.

Establish, negotiate, manage and contract option pricing for each community.

Oversee and manage the processing of customer options upgrades - working collaboratively with design studio team members as appropriate.

Create and update option product offerings in Envision and other database applications.

Prepare and submit for bid all civil engineering plans for rough and fine grading, wet utilities (storm drain, sewer, and water), dry utilities, street improvements (curb, gutter, sidewalks, AC pavement, signage, and striping), walls/ornamental iron.

Ensure budgets are aligned and negotiate for best-qualified bids based on pricing, quality, existing workload, and ability to meet our schedule.

Finalize contract scope details and oversee contract administration.

Negotiate and resolve contract changes/issues and price change requests with trade partners and Land Development team members, oversee and confirm the accuracy of all changes.

Read and understand civil plans and provide valuable feedback before developing sites of potential issues relative to the proposed architectural plans for the community.

Manage budget revisions for all plan changes (frame walks, specification changes, field redline changes, added options, etc.). Provide forward-looking base house budgets monthly.

Manage Random Lengths lumber tracker so that price changes are forecasted 30 days in advance of the implementation date.

Establish cut-off dates by the community, by phase for all option stages as trench dates are finalized.

Work collaboratively with TRI Pointe Group National Accounts and Marketing teams.

Develop and maintain respect and harmony with all team members, trade partners, vendors, and customers.

Demonstrate a commitment to the Company's Mission, Vision & Values, and Brand Pillars.

Proactively engage with office and field team members and departments to improve processes and community executions, and to ensure work is being completed in a timely, efficient manner.

A minimum of 1 year of homebuilder purchasing experience is preferred.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks with high-quality results.

Strong PC skills required, with a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook), Adobe Pro, and internet-based programs such as Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Want to know what it's like working at Tri Pointe Homes? Tri Pointe Homes is committed to building a diverse and talented team to help us achieve our goals. Please note that due to operational constraints, we are unable to consider applicants who require visa sponsorship (e.g., H1B, OPT) for this position. This policy applies uniformly to roles where sponsorship cannot be accommodated to ensure consistency and fairness in our hiring process.

We believe our company's strength relies on the diversity of the team and the unique, innovative ideas everyone contributes.

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