The Assistant Purchasing Agent's primary responsibility is house releases for all Rio Grande communities while also monitoring costs associated with products in both development and construction phases, collaborating with other departments to identify and implement new and the most cost-efficient methods and materials, sourcing new vendors and trades, vendor/trade negotiations to obtain reduced costs and purchase order/work order execution.

Duties include:

House Release Follow House Release Process exactly to ensure correct variance reporting. Provide detailed Load Budgets Request Sheets to Accounting with proper expectations when asking for budgets to be loaded. Controlling and Reducing Costs Choose vendors using a balanced approach, including quality, costs, and service. Procure contracts and material costs at the lowest possible cost while maintaining quality and service standards. Work with other departments to value engineer new product and projects. Provide support and feedback for purchasing strategy adjustments. Work with peers to come up with ideas to cut costs; motivate team to achieve these goals. Complete detailed estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets. Design and implement strategies that reduce build-time, cost, and maintain or increase quality standards. Take the lead on Soils and Post-Tension engineering. Directly responsible for purchasing information accuracy on sales documents (option prices, custom option costing and pricing, selection, colors, etc. Variance Reporting Meet the goal of