Purchasing Assistant

For over 30 years, one Company has represented quality & leadership - Highland Homes- where building careers goes hand in hand with excellence in new home construction. Highland’s employees thrive in an atmosphere of appreciation & confidence, contributing their unique ideas to the Company’s overall success. Employee Owned. Customer Focused.

Highland Homes is currently accepting resumes for a Purchasing Assistant position. The Purchasing Assistant is responsible for assisting the Production Team in all purchasing, budgeting, and options activities and the coordination of these processes with sales, operations, vendors, and accounting.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cost Establishment:
  • Assist Production Team along with Purchasing Managers and Assistant Purchasing Manager(s) in maintaining logs, reports and daily purchasing tasks as assigned.
  • Assist Production Team in obtaining material and labor bids/budgets from the field and from vendors, enter data, verify accuracy and maintain information for new communities, new plan releases, plan revisions and community specification changes.
  • Assist Production Coordinator (s) in issuing material takeoff requests to Estimating Team for Prototypes, Models, Plan Revisions and Community Setup.
  • File and organize all information in electronic database.
  • Assist Purchasing Managers with monthly change analysis by keeping track of month to month price changes in takeoff revisions, price changes, and labor budget changes.
  • Assist Production Team in all aspects
  • Other duties as assigned.

• Expediting:
  • Assist Production Coordinators with processing model requests from the field for extra material by entering and creating short order PO’s (SOPO’s) and expedite the receipt of material by communication with vendors by e-mail.
  • Other duties as requested

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma Required.
• Bachelor degree preferred with concentration in Construction Management, Business or other related field.
• Customer service and/or order entry experience preferred.
• Ability to read, interpret, and communicate information necessary in order to perform duties.
• Proficient in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) preferred.
• Proficiency in Brix software preferred.

Highland offers a competitive benefit package, including excellent medical / dental / prescription benefits, Employee Stock Option Plan, 401(k), new home purchase discounts, & more – all in a business casual atmosphere! Join the company that recognizes & rewards the people who create their success. Highland Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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