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Purchasing Agent - Residential Construction

Job Description

David Weekley Homes is seeking a Purchasing Agent with residential construction experience to join our Nashville Team.

The Purchasing Agent is responsible for providing support on all costing and budgeting related to residential construction within the Nashville market. The primary functions of the position are cost and vendor management.  The primary responsibilities of the position are cost control and risk reduction. This position also must work closely with vendors of all types and trades, develop vendor relationships, hold vendors accountable to bids and to contractual terms, negotiate pricing, manage vendor scope and quality, and monitor trends in the industry.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Maintain take-offs and unitized pricing
  • Create and maintain clear bid documents
  • Collect bids, layouts, diagrams, etc. and provide necessary analysis
  • Collect, review, analyze, and provide all necessary option pricing from vendors
  • Review provided bid analysis and work with other internal team members to award contracts
  • Ensure all pricing is reflective of correct specifications, plans, and scopes
  • Provide clear, meaningful, and actionable analysis to Purchasing Manager
  • Work directly with Purchasing Manager to provide necessary support and analysis. Maintain data integrity
  • Monitor product specifications on all homes built
  • Seek vendors in assigned area that offer a combination of quality, products and services are at an acceptable level
  • Work with trade partners to transition to a more unitized procurement structure
  • Assist in the development of various pricing structures (i.e.. lumber indexes)
  • Manage trade partner onboarding
  • Conduct value engineering studies
  • Research new products and processes from a cost and value basis
  • Where applicable: Create, Maintain, Issue and Monitor Purchase Orders and variances

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in residential construction operations preferred
  • 2+ years in construction purchasing including estimating, construction, negotiation, purchasing, or accounting preferred
  • Current experience working in a homebuilder's purchasing department preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related degree preferred
  • Read and thoroughly understand residential blueprints
  • Excellent negotiation skills with demonstrated success in this area
  • Strong math and MS Excel computer skills are essential; exposure to JD Edwards beneficial
  • An ideal candidate will also possess the following intangibles: self-directed, readily adaptable to change, disciplined work habits, good organizational skills

Additional Information

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What We Offer:

Come build your future with our winning team, recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" 18 times! David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets across the U.S. and is one of the largest private home builders in America. 

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

  • Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision
  • 401k and discretionary 8% match
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Profit Sharing
  • Vacation, Paid Holidays, plus PTO
  • New Home Discount for Team Member and Family
  • College Scholarship Program
  • Community Outreach
  • Sabbaticals
  • And more!

David Weekley Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law.

Note to Job Seekers: No telephone calls or walk-ins please. Interviews are by appointment only. Your resume will be reviewed and qualified candidates may be contacted in the event of a potential job match, or if further information is needed.

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Building Dreams, Enhancing Lives: The most important aspect of David Weekley Homes isn’t home building, it’s Our Purpose of Building Dreams, Enhancing Lives. As a company, we want to make a positive impact in the lives of everyone we touch and in...

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March 12, 2025

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