Director, AMH Purchasing

Since 2012, we've grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work®.  At AMH, our goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support, so our residents can focus on what really matters to them, wherever they are in life.
  The Director, AMH Purchasing develops, leads, and executes purchasing and vendor strategies. This role will be responsible for bidding, negotiating, and contracting for all direct construction subcontracts. In addition, this role is also responsible for procuring adequate vendors and subcontractors to complete the Company’s stated construction goals.   Responsibilities:

• Develops, communicates, and executes procurement strategies. Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present/future material availability and competitive pricing. Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices. Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance. Develops and executes negotiation plans (pricing, delivery, timing, and contractual language) for key purchases. Supervises preparation of bid packages, including scopes of work, payment and price schedules, insurance requirements, other exhibits, plans and cover letters.
• Negotiates and contracts with subcontractors and other vendors. Bids out onsite construction. Negotiates subcontractor increases as appropriate. Serves as escalation point for resolution of any vendor related issues. Ensures timely and expedient processing, receipt of vendor and national contract rebates. Monitors compliance with established contracts and agreements. Research and pre-qualifies trade partners who can provide cost effective construction, service, and quality.
• Oversees activities of the department. Manages, trains, and coaches the team while guiding individuals to reach their potential and providing constructive feedback for employee development. Prospects, interviews, and strategically hires new and replacement employees.
• Analyzes bids for completeness and accuracy. Prepares bid comparison and review with management team. Assist in selection of preferred bidder based on competitiveness and ability to fulfill contract requirements. Monitors trade partner performance and assist in efforts to ensure trade partner complies with contract requirements.
• Conducts pre-construction meetings to go over scope of work and creates a timeline and a budget for projects. Assists in monthly budget reviews. Assists in the validation of material takeoffs.
• Research new products and processes from a cost and value basis. Reviews all plans and specifications from a cost perspective identifying areas, which warrant detailed review. Negotiates and executes on every opportunity to reduce costs. Prepares and maintains comparative feature analysis identifying alternative features and their cost differential. Work with purchasing leadership to implement National Purchasing initiatives.
• Collaborate as an essential member of a four-person Operations team responsible for orchestrating all activities necessary for the successful acquisition, development, and build-out of communities. Occasionally engages in activities beyond traditional purchasing responsibilities, ensuring seamless coordination across all facets of community development.
• Assist accounting department in researching and resolving budget and payment issues. Updates and maintains existing contracts as required. Ensure market’s compliance of AMH processes, SOX and record keeping requirement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Engineering, Building Science, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of four (4) years of related purchasing or procurement experience required.
• Minimum of four (4) years of budget management experience required:
• Experience must include analyzing direct costs to maintain or improve budgets.
• Minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience managing direct reports required.
• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record required.
• Two (2) or more years of homebuilding industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of residential construction and the components required to construct single family and multi-family homes required.
• Demonstrate advanced Excel proficiency, given the extensive data management involved in overseeing community acquisition, development, and build-out. Utilize Excel skills to streamline data analysis, reporting, and decision-making processes, contributing to the overall efficiency and success of community development operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, planning, budgeting, analysis, and