Purchasing Manager

Job Description

Job Description

As a Purchasing Manager, what we refer to as a Supply Chain Manager here at True Homes, you’ll play a key role in driving cost efficiency, supplier performance, and trade partner relationships for our residential construction operations. You’ll manage all purchasing functions for your assigned market — ensuring that materials, trades, and pricing align with company standards, production schedules, and profitability goals. This role is ideal for someone who’s analytical, relationship-driven, and passionate about creating scalable, efficient purchasing systems in a growing homebuilding company.

Responsibilities : Leadership

• Establishes team congruency with The True Difference Culture (see below)
• Demonstrates leadership consistent with the True North Leadership Platform

True Approach : Interactions with Associates, Trades, and Strategic Relationships that consistently reflect the values of the company

Trade Partner Capacity

Monitors Transition Report and ensures capacity from active Trade Partners and Suppliers will accomplish current market Volume In a Range (VIR)

Identifies and cultivates bench Trade Partners that have been fully vetted and are able to move into production in a timely manner; all cost codes should have a minimum of one bench Trade Partner with key cost codes having a minimum of 2-3 depending on the market

Ensures SFR product is grouped or bid on a project level to identify new capacity and potential Trade Partners outside of normal “market”

Trade Partner Commitment

Ensures Value Creation environment is actively leveraged to gain priority status with Trade Partners having a commitment to maintain priority and capacity to meet production assignments

Gains commitments to maintain consistent crew leaders assigned to True Homes work associated with core volume commitment

Compelling Cost

Leverages Value Creation environment, relationship equity, volume, and mutual gain / tactical negotiations, achieve market leading hard cost

Trade Partner Competency

Addresses elevated non-conformance as reported by the Plant to ensure sustained improvement and move back into conformance within an acceptable level of time; if non-conformance cannot be improved / sustained, then onboards additional or replacement Trade Partner(s) to address

Conducts quarterly / monthly business performance reviews with assigned Trade Partners with a specific focus on first-time quality and all other aspects of the partnership

Contract Control

Results / Accountability :

Qualifications :