Senior Sourcing & Subcontractor Leader (Homebuilding)

Lennar; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match up to 5%

Paid parental leave

Associate assistance program

Education assistance

Adoption assistance

Vacation (3 weeks)

Holiday leave

Sick leave

Personal day policies

New hire referral bonus

Home purchase discounts

Everyone’s Included Day

Job summary

Lennar is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager in Alpharetta to lead division sourcing, negotiate contracts, and optimize supplier performance. You will manage key spend categories, drive value engineering, and ensure supply continuity for homebuilding projects.

The role requires a college degree, 5+ years in sourcing, and strong analytical, negotiating, and project-management skills within the residential homebuilding sector.

Qualifications

• College degree required.
• Minimum 5 years sourcing and managing Supplier/Trade Partner relationships, preferably with a National Homebuilder.
• Superior analytical and communication skills.
• JDE/AS400 experience preferred.
• Knowledge/Experience of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications required.
• Must have sound financial management knowledge.
• Must have sound project management capabilities.
• Must be able to build and use should-cost models.
• Must have sound negotiating skills and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Lennar has only the best subcontractors in order to meet its manufacturing needs.
• Ensure Lennar’s subcontractors are continuously improving in the areas of quality, cost, and service and delivery performance.
• Understand the material supply chains of specific spend categories and implement material sourcing strategies to optimize the flow through the chain.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the industry for the specific major category being sourced.
• Facilitate value-engineering sessions with subcontractors and associates from division customers.
• Maintain product specifications and available selections.
• Analyze new and existing plans, and product in development, to ensure that internal specifications are considered.
• Proactively communicate with all applicable associates within division customers.
• Benchmark industry sourcing and supply management best practices.
• Develop, maintain and use should-cost models for specific spend categories and related construction services.
• Own the responsibility for improving the division’s cost per sq foot for their specified spend categories.
• Negotiate and question pricing and legitimacy of EPO’s.
• Review all extra EPO’s to verify within accordance of approved take-offs, scopes of work, proper reason codes utilized, and work with Expeditor to resolve issues as they arise.
• Identify areas and trends in extra EPO’s to prevent and to reduce costs.
• Rationalize the subcontractor base to the best of the best.
• Ensure continuity of supply and labor to the division’s communities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Residential homebuilding knowledge

Negotiation skills

Project management

Education

College degree

Tools

JDE/AS400

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lennar is seeking a Senior Purchasing Manager in Alpharetta to lead division sourcing, negotiate contracts, and optimize supplier performance. You will manage key spend categories, drive value engineering, and ensure supply continuity for homebuilding projects.

The role requires a college degree, 5+ years in sourcing, and strong analytical, negotiating, and project-management skills within the residential homebuilding sector.