Find & Apply For Buyer / Purchasing Agent Jobs in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia

Build Your Career With Boone Homes Boone Homes has built luxury new-construction homes in the Greater Richmond area for more than 30 years. As we continue to grow our communities and deliver a highly personalized homebuilding experience, we are seeking an Estimator/Purchasing Agent who brings strong residential homebuilding knowledge, sound judgment, and exceptional attention to detail. This role is central to turning each homebuyer's vision into an accurate, profitable, and well-executed home. You will own critical release, budget, pricing, and purchasing work while partnering closely with Sales, Construction, Vendors, the Database Administrator, and CAD. What You Will Do

• Prepare complete, accurate, and timely job releases for new homes and approved changes.
• Develop and maintain detailed house budgets, including base scope, buyer options, customizations, allowances, and changes.
• Issue and validate purchase orders and releases, confirming scope, quantities, pricing, trade assignments, and timing.
• Price buyer options and customizations using current costs, approved pricing standards, and margin requirements.
• Solicit, analyze, and maintain vendor and subcontractor pricing that aligns with plans, specifications, and quality expectations.
• Track budget-to-cost performance, identify cost variances, investigate causes, and prepare clear variance reporting.
• Help protect gross margin by validating costs, option pricing, allowances, and release data, and escalating risks promptly.
• Maintain accurate cost, option, vendor, and purchasing information in Marks Systems and related homebuilding software.
• Collaborate across Sales, Construction, Vendors, Database Administration, and CAD to resolve plan, option, pricing, and release discrepancies. What You Bring
• 2-5 years of residential homebuilding experience in estimating, purchasing, job costing, production, or a closely related role.
• Ability to read and interpret residential plans, specifications, selections, and option documentation.
• Working knowledge of residential construction methods, trade scopes, materials, vendor pricing, budgets, and cost control.
• Experience with homebuilding software; Marks Systems experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook, with the ability to prepare accurate budget and variance reports.
• Demonstrated accuracy, analytical ability, communication skills, and comfort managing multiple deadlines.

Compensation Salary range:

$75,000-$100,000 annually, commensurate with experience. Bonus opportunities available. Why Boone Homes Join a collaborative team that combines established craftsmanship with a forward-looking approach to personalized homebuilding. Your work will directly support Boone Homes' continued growth in the Greater Richmond market and help create homes that reflect each homeowner's vision.

Pay:

$75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person