Job Title:
Purchasing Agent
Company:
Hayden Homes
Location:
Redmond, OR | On-Site
Travel: 20% of regular travel required within local and regional areas. Additional travel required with new market entry.
Career Area:
Operations
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Construction, Business, or Engineering preferred or equivalent education and experience
Experience: 4+ years of progressive experience in homebuilding operations and/or new home construction / residential construction purchasing
We are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified® and selected as a Fortune 100 Best Workplaces!
How You Will Contribute:
The Purchasing Agent is responsible for construction trade search, labor, and material price negotiations while managing the product information site, material usage projections, energy credits, and supporting regions with product shortages.
Responsibilities Include:
- Purchasing, Negotiation and Relationship Building- Oversees the selection and ordering of materials, supplies, and services from vendors.
- Collaborates with Construction Directors, Managers, and Senior Project Managers to identify trade shortages and cost saving opportunities, ensuring all recommendations are reviewed and approved with Purchasing Director and Regional Teams.
- Responsible for maintaining these relationships in current markets as well as identifying and building relationships with trades, suppliers, and vendors to align with the regional expansion and new market entry.
- Resource Management – Effectively evaluates and manages materials, labor, and resources cost and performance to meet company objectives, while seeking out opportunities to optimize quality and/or costing by presenting alternative options when practical.
- Forecasting -Keeps current with economic, industrial, and other trends that affect markets and prices.
- Proactively communicates with key suppliers and manufacturers to ensure labor and material availability keeps up with production.
- Oversees material estimates for new plans and options.
How You Will Succeed:
You will proactively build relationships with internal customers (Directors, Regional Construction Managers, and Project Managers) and external customers (manufacturers, supplies, and trades), demonstrating clear communication and fostering a collaborative environment. You have strong analytical thinking skills and actively seek information to solve problems efficiently to maintain and create cost savings while meeting company objectives. You are detail oriented with a commitment to quality while producing accurate work.
What You Can Offer:
- Education
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction, Business, Engineering preferred, or equivalent education and experience.
- Specialized knowledge
- ERP System End User.
- Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Strong relationship building and negotiation skills.
- Proactive communication.
- Effective time management.
- Abilities
- Ability to use critical thinking skills for bid analysis.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written, to various audiences.
- Ability to creatively solve problems and work under time constraints with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work with team members to produce quality work within tight timeframes while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Exceptional organizational abilities and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to travel 20% of the time or more.
- Experience
- 4+ years of progressive experience in homebuilding operations and/or new home construction purchasing
How You Will Be Rewarded:
Hayden Homes’ compensation and benefits package consists of a competitive base salary between $68,000 and $75,000 per year along with quarterly bonus opportunities, generous health care coverage including medical, dental and vision benefits for team members and dependents, flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with company match, a team member home purchase discount, paid time off, volunteer time off, education reimbursement and career development opportunities.
