Purchasing Administrator

3 weeks ago

Tempe, United States KB Home Full time

**About KB Home**

KB Home is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and has built over 650,000 quality homes in our more than 60-year history. Today, KB Home operates in 45 markets from coast to coast. What sets KB Home apart is the exceptional personalization we offer our homebuyers from those buying their first home to experienced buyers allowing them to make their home uniquely their own, at a price that fits their budget. As the leader in energy-efficient homebuilding, KB Home was the first builder to make every home it builds ENERGY STAR® certified, a standard of energy performance achieved by fewer than 10% of new homes in America, and has built more ENERGY STAR certified homes than any other builder. An energy-efficient KB home helps lower the cost of ownership and is designed to be healthier, more comfortable and better for the environment than new homes without certification. We build strong, personal relationships with our customers so they have a real partner in the homebuying process. As a result, we have the distinction of being the #1 customer-ranked national homebuilder in third-party buyer satisfaction surveys. Build your career with KB Home.

**JOB SUMMARY**: The Purchasing Administrator will be responsible for providing administrative support to National Contracts management and will interface closely with division and central purchasing groups to ensure procurement practices are consistent throughout the organization.**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**General Purchasing Support**
- Maintain and foster supplier relationships by providing national contracts leadership with ad hoc reporting needs, data analytics, specification reviews and cost reviews to market
- Assist with reviewing and implementing training documentation for corporate and cross-functional division personnel
- Play supportive role in development of new hire purchasing courses and standard operating procedures with internal leaders
- Help test modules for errors and begin to learn how to teach the content in person during division visits and scheduled courses
- Maintain and monitor division pricing tools to ensure cost is in alignment to benchmarks
- Prepare reports with given direction from management regarding market conditions and product costs
- Monitor direct and option costs countrywide to ensure consistency
- Review contracts for adherence to company guidelines
- Review data and gather reports for purchasing management as needed

**Contract Administration**
- Support direct and indirect contract management with contract renewals, legal redlines, RFPs, adding new vendors, and managing continuums
- Work in conjunction with division and national purchasing teams to maintain all supplier contracts and related documents
- Maintain and update Scopes of Work for reference
- Provide periodic market analysis to benchmark labor and material costs for optimization
- Review bid analyses for national vendor selection
- Coordinate with other departments, as needed, to drive completion of product plans to ensure adequate time for bidding processes
- Process and communicate cost changes
- Collaborate with centralized purchasing to resolve any vendor payment delays and communicate as necessary with the divisions

**EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:
**Education/Certifications/Licenses**
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Procurement, or related discipline required

**Experience**
- 1-3 years of purchasing or procurement experience in a homebuilding or construction setting experience required

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities**
- Proven and strong abilities in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to pull and analyze data from a retail environment and communicate it accurately to stakeholders and make sound recommendations to cross-functional teams
- Exceptional interpersonal, collaborative, and creative problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to take complex concepts and communicate succinctly, accurately and assertively
- Strong eye for detail and accuracy for all assignments, especially those that are shared with both internal and external stakeholders
- Critical thinker and self-starter with an ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Ability to prioritize and complete work in a timely manner
- Strong project management skills
- A demonstrated ability to work creatively and cooperatively in a fast-paced environment and to respond immediately to issues and changing priorities
- Base understanding of consumer behavior in a retail environment

**Work Requirements**
- 8-hour workdays with flexibility to work overtime when necessary
- Conduct business in a professional and ethical manner to potential buyers, trade partners, and coworkers to reinforce goodwill and profitability for the company
- Position will be located in Phoenix, AZ with the opportunity to work onsite

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