Purchasing Manager

Synectics Inc.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectics Inc. in Jacksonville seeks an experienced Purchasing Specialist to manage procurement for custom home projects. You will handle selections, specifications, and vendor coordination to align with budgets and schedules.

The role requires strong negotiation, organizational, and communication skills, with experience in Buildertrend and purchasing systems. On-site construction environment with active projects in Florida.

Qualifications

• Experience purchasing for a residential custom home builder.
• Strong knowledge of residential construction materials, subcontractor scopes, and the custom home building process preferred.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, organizational, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience with Buildertrend, estimating systems, purchase order systems, and Microsoft Office preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchasing for active custom home projects from initial selections through final completion.
• Develop and review project specifications to ensure accuracy with construction plans and budgets.
• Build and maintain relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors.
• Solicit, compare, and negotiate bids, pricing, terms, lead times, and availability.
• Prepare, issue, and manage purchase orders in line with approved budgets and project specifications.
• Monitor material pricing and identify cost saving opportunities and improved purchasing terms.
• Track long lead materials and communicate potential delays or availability issues to the construction team.
• Review selections, specifications, and plans to ensure ordered materials reflect the approved scope.
• Maintain accurate pricing, vendor, and product information within purchasing and project management systems.
• Work with accounting to resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing issues, credits, and vendor statements.
• Review subcontractor and vendor invoices for accuracy against approved pricing and purchase orders.
• Assist with standardized pricing, scopes of work, and purchasing procedures.
• Maintain organized documentation of bids, pricing, purchase orders, selections, and vendor agreements.
• Assist with purchasing budgets and cost reports for individual projects.
• Price homeowner requested changes, including obtaining vendor and subcontractor pricing, reviewing costs, preparing change orders, and documenting scope and pricing changes.
• Address purchasing related issues to minimize impact on project schedules and budgets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Organization

Problem solving

Multitasking

Buildertrend

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Buildertrend

Estimating systems

Purchase order systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Roles And Responsibilities

• Manage purchasing for active custom home projects from initial selections and estimates through final completion.
• Develop and review project specifications to ensure accuracy with construction plans and budgets.
• Build and maintain relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors.
• Solicit, compare, and negotiate bids, pricing, terms, lead times, and availability.
• Prepare, issue, and manage purchase orders in line with approved budgets and project specifications.
• Monitor material pricing and identify cost saving opportunities and improved purchasing terms.
• Track long lead materials and communicate potential delays or availability issues to the construction team.
• Review selections, specifications, and plans to ensure ordered materials accurately reflect the approved scope of work.
• Maintain accurate pricing, vendor, and product information within purchasing and project management systems.
• Work with accounting to resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing issues, credits, and vendor statements.
• Review subcontractor and vendor invoices for accuracy against approved pricing and purchase orders.
• Assist with standardized pricing, scopes of work, and purchasing procedures.
• Maintain organized documentation of bids, pricing, purchase orders, selections, and vendor agreements.
• Assist with purchasing budgets and cost reports for individual projects.
• Price homeowner requested changes, including obtaining vendor and subcontractor pricing, reviewing costs, preparing change orders, and documenting scope and pricing changes.
• Address purchasing related issues to minimize impact on project schedules and budgets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Experience purchasing for a residential custom home builder.
• Strong knowledge of residential construction materials, subcontractor scopes, and the custom home building process highly preferred.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, organizational, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience with Buildertrend, estimating systems, purchase order systems, and Microsoft Office preferred.