Purchasing Coordinator

M/I Homes, Inc.; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental

401(k) with profit sharing

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Bonus opportunity

Job summary

M/I Homes Southwest Florida is seeking a Purchasing Division Administrator to coordinate division purchasing and pricing information management, ensuring data integrity and smooth vendor interactions. The role focuses on supporting budgets, bids, and cost control across the Southwest Florida division.

Ideal candidates will have a HS diploma (Bachelor’s preferred), strong admin skills, data entry experience, and familiarity with Oracle JD Edwards.

Qualifications

• General office and administrative capabilities to support departmental workflow
• Customer-service oriented with professional attitude
• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Data entry, accounts payable, and database maintenance experience preferred
• Understanding of estimating and spreadsheet software

Responsibilities

• Coordinates division purchasing and pricing information management processes
• Processes subcontractor bids and maintains pricing and housing budgets
• Maintains vendor pricing records and data integrity
• Enters takeoffs from blueprints and bids
• Interfaces with Trade Partners, Construction Supervisors, and Sales Team to resolve issues
• Manages vendor transition timelines and data structure for costing
• Works with Purchasing Manager on bid criteria and vendor quote input
• Updates option sales prices to maintain margins
• Assists in cost comparisons for pricing negotiations
• Performs additional tasks as requested by the Purchasing Manager

Skills

General office skills

Customer-service oriented

Verbal & written communication

Data entry

Spreadsheet software

Education

HS Diploma Required (Bachelor’s degree preferred)

Tools

Oracle JD Edwards JPD920

Job description

M/I Homes has been building new homes of outstanding quality and superior design for more than 50 years. Founded in 1976 by Irving and Melvin Schottenstein and guided by Irving’s drive to always “treat the customer right,” we have fulfilled the dreams of over 170,000 homeowners and grown to become one of the nation’s leading homebuilders. M/I Homes started as a family business and grew into a national leader in a single generation with divisions in 17 markets.

Southwest Florida is M/I Homes’ newest division in Florida, covering Lee, Collier, Charlotte, and parts of Sarasota counties. This position offers a great leadership role in an expanding Division as we continue to grow in the SWFL market. M/I Homes offers an excellent benefits package, including comprehensive medical/dental, 401(k) with profit sharing, bonus opportunity and much more!

We are looking for driven, passionate members to join our M/I Homes TEAM in Southwest Florida. Where you work matters!

Job Summary

Coordinates division purchasing and pricing information management processes including but not limited to costing, ensuring system data integrity, mediating field/trade communications, and assisting in the development of housing budgets. Division purchasing function administrator.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides general administrative support for purchasing department including routine processing of correspondence from rough or revised draft, data entry, preparation and/or maintenance of miscellaneous reports and vendor files. May compile and verify information for reports.
• Processes subcontractor bids, reviews, and analyzes monthly cost changes to provide and maintain accurate sales pricing and housing budgets.
• Responsible for updating and maintaining vendor pricing and record keeping.
• Enters and maintains takeoffs from blueprints and bids.
• Assists with questions related to the Purchasing Department and mediating any day-to-day issues between our Trade Partners, Construction Supervisors, and Sales Team.
• Responsible for projecting time frames of vendor transitions or changes to the Division.
• Responsible for building & ensuring that the Division’s data structure (costing) is constructed in an efficient way.
• Work with Purchasing manager to determining the criteria and format for vendor bids to be entered into JDE data base.
• Review and update option sales prices regularly to maintain required margins.
• Helps to compile cost comparisons between vendors to assist in pricing negotiations.
• Performs additional assignments as requested by purchasing manager.

Education Experience:

• HS Diploma Required (Bachelor’s degree preferred)

• Basic knowledge and understanding of construction required
• Ability to read blueprints preferred
• Data Entry, Accounts Payable, and Database Maintenance Experience desired
• Oracle JD Edwards JPD920 desired

Skills and Abilities:

General office and administrative skills to assist in the processing of departmental workflow. Customer-service oriented with professional and courteous attitude. Good verbal and written communication skills for interaction with a variety of people inside and outside of organization; ability to follow oral and written instructions. Good working knowledge of word processing, estimating and spreadsheet software packages. Ability to stay focused on details of task.

Work Conditions and Physical Requirements:

Office environment.

M/I Homes offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental leave, traditional and Roth 401(k) options, profit sharing plan, employee home purchase plan and more.

We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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