Looking to step up your career in the new year? One of the country’s most successful homebuilders needs a strategy-minded purchasing executive to join its leadership in Austin. This is a company that’s grown its brand over multiple decades by putting quality at the forefront. In Austin, that takes the form of several thriving communities with diverse product lines and price points. The company also enjoys a solid reputation among employees for its generous benefits package.
The new vice president of purchasing will hire and lead a team of up to 20 professionals handling all facets of purchasing within the division, including bid preparation, negotiation and contract management. This person will be a humble yet assertive leader who knows how to create and execute strategic plans. He or she will also build effective relationships with trade partners while working closely with construction and customer service teams to ensure trade partner performance. Additionally, this executive will be a key resource for the division’s other leadership, heading value engineering efforts, anticipating material and labor constraints, optimizing trade workload scheduling and helping to validate projects with the land acquisition team.
To ensure project budgets meet division expectations, the new purchasing VP will draw from at least five years of experience in the homebuilding industry. This company is willing to consider candidates with three to five years of previous supply chain management experience or five-plus years supervising residential development field operations, with an emphasis on project management. A relevant bachelor’s degree is preferred. Past positions should demonstrate strong people management skills, effective budgeting and an ability to cultivate trade partner relationships. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the potential to take on more far-reaching leadership positions in the future.
Christopher Frederick Search Consultants, a trusted national executive search firm, has been retained to help find the right purchasing VP to help guide this company’s growth in Austin. If you feel your homebuilding knowledge and supply chain expertise would make a good fit, contact firm principal Chris Hingle at (713) 961-5582, email him at chingle@chrisfred.com or visit www.chrisfred.com.