Procurement Agent

Procurement Agent

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• ISCM accreditation preferred
• Minimum 1 year related functional experience
• Business acumen including understanding the impact of purchasing costs on income statements, balance sheets, and cost structures
• Purchasing and supply chain experience
• Ability to negotiate in a cost transparent environment
• Ability to develop and improve vendor partnerships
• Construction knowledge
• Ability to work in continuous improvement environment

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely local supplier negotiations and contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
• Manage supplier performance monitoring within the division (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service)
• National: manage compliance to agreements
• Local: manage and execute contract agreements consistent with sourcing guidelines
• Assist in resolving issues and conflicts related to Trade Partner activities
• Maintain all applicable databases (Purchase Pro, DMTs, etc.) used in developing the cost and quantity estimates
• Verify estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques
• Responsible for Trade Partner Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement and validation
• Performs analysis of Trade Partner data submissions and manages impact of commodity fluctuations
• Communicate completed estimates to the construction personnel, trade subcontractors and vendors
• Complete necessary customer option estimates
• Collaborate with Zone Product, DCOs, CMs, FMs, PIMs, RPMs and Sales
• Control trade category costs by utilizing zone tools and methodologies
• Responsible for assigned Project Tracker categories and rebate capture
• Follow Pulte business processes for supplier management

Preferred Qualifications

• ISCM accreditation preferred