PURCHASER

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Location: Vernon, BC

Position Status: CLOSED

Our Vernon, BC Custom Home Builder is looking for a Purchaser to join their team. The purchaser is a key member of the leadership team, reporting to the Controller, and will play a critical role in project planning. The site purchaser is responsible for all purchasing. The purchaser will oversee all respective job sites from a cost analysis perspective. They will help read, analyze project budgets, order materials based on the budget, track those costs and make decisions to make the projects run as efficiently as possible.

Responsibilities:

• Establishing procurement protocols to ensure cost competitiveness

• Build relationships with key vendors and subcontractors to ensure the best and most cost effective products and labor

• General knowledge of construction sites and materials needed for those sites

• Take communication from operations managers and get materials ordered from vendors

• Create contracts for subcontractors and have projects go out for RFPs

• Ensure materials and services purchased abide by the quality standard of customers while keeping the cost as low as possible

• Monitor outstanding purchase orders keeping outstanding items to a minimum

• Following up on PO and safety discrepancies in a timely and efficient manner

• Calculating variances from the project budget and reporting significant issues

• Coordinating the preparation of the annual operating budget

• Preparing special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information from project cost reports

• Tracking all project budgets and ensuring that ERP is updated to show daily costs

• Getting and organizing safety documents from all job sites and coordinating with safety coordinator

• Administer and monitor company safety protocols

• Recommending benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations

• Purchase orders updated in a timely efficient manner

• Use accounting software and excel to keep accounting records current

Requirements:

• 2 years of construction experience

• 1 year bookkeeping experience or equivalent such as university degree

• Product knowledge for the paint and drywall industry a big asset

• Must be able to read structural and architectural blueprints

• General knowledge in the painting and drywall trade

• Problem solving ability

• Very organized and can handle paperwork

• Good computer and technology skills

• Reliable

• Able to lead others and hold others accountable

• Reliable transportation

• Trustworthy

• High aptitude in math

• Good problem solving abilities

• In depth knowledge of construction workflow and how to work with other trades

• Good negotiating ability

* We thank all those who express interest in this opportunity however only those short-listed we be contacted.