Estimating and Purchasing Manager

Management:

• Lead and manage estimating team, providing guidance and support.
• Develop and maintain estimation guidelines, procedures, and best practices.
• Review and approve all project cost estimates to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Liaise between Estimating team members, vendors/contractors, Construction, Design, Accounting and Sales Team members to ensure accurate information for production.
• Implement Homefront software and train other departments in its uses.
• Complete Performance Management Reviews and implement Performance Improvement Plans when needed.

Cost Analysis, Budgeting & Reporting

• Ongoing job set-up, maintenance, and reviews in Homefront.
• Complete and review tenders.
• Daily review of cost estimates from vendors.
• Maintain a database of historical cost data for reference and analysis.
• Create and maintain accurate material takeoffs.
• Monitor material usage in the field for overages and shortages.
• Create model and option estimates and assemblies.
• Complete and calculate custom price requests for Sales in a timely manner.
• Consistently and proactively maintain issuance of POs and VPOs.
• Review actuals vs. budgets and establish cost-to-completes or draw stage budgets.
• Analysis of variances, trends and post occupancy incurred costs.
• Provide cost-related recommendations to senior management for decision-making.

Vendor and Supplier Relationships:

• Procurement of vendors and suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with suppliers to secure the best value for the organization.
• Assist with scope of work communication to contractors, drawing reviews, specification revisions and selections reviews.
• Assist with coordinating holdbacks with the accounting team, construction team and vendors.
• Assist with vendors’/contactors’ queries via phone, email and in person.