National Purchasing Manager

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Construction, or equivalent
Minimum 5 years of related functional experience
Minimum of 3 years at a Sr. Agent or Manager Level

Manage development and implementation of purchasing strategies and National agreements related to assigned category labor and materials expenditures.
Lead National contract alignment and coordination with all Areas, Zones and Divisions to assure competitive leverage.
Monitor and communicate performance issues, price and product changes and strategy-impacting variables to the organization.
Design and develop supply solution strategies to reduce cycle time, eliminate waste, standardize practices and reduce costs through value engineering and should cost methodologies.
Develop and implement comprehensive standards for ‘should costing’, analytical tool application and systems.
Develop specification and option solutions in assigned categories for all new product plan offerings.
Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Interior Design, Legal, Risk, Finance, Zones and Divisions.
Lead Purchase Pro expert council comprised of key stakeholders focused on driving consistent system utilization, best practice sharing and data optimization.
Generate project timelines to drive agreed upon decisions and develop an audit process to ensure compliance.
Determine future enhancements needed to support the business requirements.