Senior Purchasing Lead - Residential Homebuilder

Dream Finders Homes; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dream Finders Homes LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Senior Purchasing Agent to support purchasing and construction, ensuring contractors are approved and bids are competitive. You will manage Newstar data, coordinate with trade partners, and assist in vendor recruitment for timely, on-budget home builds.

The role requires 4+ years in residential purchasing or operations, strong Excel skills, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a construction-related field or 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience purchasing for residential homebuilding and working with trades.
• Proven ability to recruit, negotiate, and enforce trade scopes of work.

Responsibilities

• Set up new vendor and trade packages.
• Maintain three competitive bids per task and upload into Newstar.
• Send DocuSign pricing to trade partners and file in database.
• Assist Purchasing Manager in recruiting new vendors and trade partners.
• Maintain accurate bids and updated costs each month.
• Ensure contracts are complete and accurate prior to new community starts.
• Assist with architectural and structural plan updates from the field.
• Create and revise purchase orders in construction software for new starts and changes.
• Analyze purchase orders on job start report and revise when necessary.
• Assist with setup of new plans, options, communities, takeoffs and colors.
• Maintain rebate-tracking systems.
• Review and price lot-specific changes and coordinate with construction/trades/sales.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of specification documents.

Skills

Residential purchasing

Vendor negotiation

Excel

Floorplan development

Inter-personal skills

Adaptability

Education

BA in Construction Management, Building Sciences, related discipline or 4+ years' experience

Tools

Newstar

Sage

Buildsoft

FAST

Job description

Dream Finders Homes LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Senior Purchasing Agent to support purchasing and construction, ensuring contractors are approved and bids are competitive. You will manage Newstar data, coordinate with trade partners, and assist in vendor recruitment for timely, on-budget home builds.

The role requires 4+ years in residential purchasing or operations, strong Excel skills, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.