Strategic Purchasing Manager – Homebuilding

Greyhaven Homes; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Greyhaven Homes, a Texas-based homebuilder, is seeking a Purchasing Manager to source, contract, and manage trade partners for all cost codes across multiple communities. The role requires deep knowledge of residential construction, cost structures, and builder-trade workflows.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Operations, Construction, Sales, and Finance to forecast needs, maintain budgets, and support community launches, while ensuring partner performance and alignment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, or Supply Chain Management (or extensive experience in the residential homebuilding industry).
• Experience contracting and negotiating pricing of building materials in residential development.

Responsibilities

• Contracting qualified trade partners for labor and materials across all managed cost codes.
• Work with local trades, national suppliers, and distributors to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Partner with Operations to ensure bids, evaluations, negotiations, and awards are completed.
• Collaborate with Construction, Sales, and Finance to forecast needs, budgets, and community launches.
• Ensure trade partners meet Greyhaven Homes’ standards for quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Budgeting/Contracting of trade categories in the Division.
• Bid, negotiate, and approve trade partner contracts with division Operations leadership.
• Manage contract maintenance and scopes of work updates for trade assignments.
• Develop SKU optimization and value engineering alignment with Architecture.
• Conduct industry benchmarking and analytics/process improvement.

Skills

Contracting & price negotiation

Residential homebuilder purchasing

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's in Business/Construction/SCM

Experience in residential homebuilding purchasing

Tools

EnterpriseOne (E1)

BuildPro

Excel

Job description

Greyhaven Homes, a Texas-based homebuilder, is seeking a Purchasing Manager to source, contract, and manage trade partners for all cost codes across multiple communities. The role requires deep knowledge of residential construction, cost structures, and builder-trade workflows.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Operations, Construction, Sales, and Finance to forecast needs, maintain budgets, and support community launches, while ensuring partner performance and alignment with