Purchasing Assistant - Dallas Metro Area

Title: Purchasing Assistant

Location: Metro Dallas, TX

At Pacesetter Homes, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career with competitive compensation and benefits packages, company matching 401K program and employee home purchase program.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Purchasing Assistant’s primary function is to provide purchasing support for the Pacesetter Homes DFW Division. This role is an active participant of the Purchasing Team.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Creating plan sets for permitting
• Conducting takeoffs and takeoff adjustments
• Coordinating with accounting to resolve purchase order and invoice related issues
• Requesting and tracking Bids from Vendors
• Processing budget and anchor estimate revisions
• Run and distribute weekly department reports
• Upkeeping pricing in NSE in coordination with Business Systems support Team
• Coordinating with Sales Coordinator and Sales Team on Option setup
• Distributing new and updated Plans both internally and externally
• Loading documents for Purchasing to document management
• Providing backup for PO creation for the Division
• Participate and document prototype walks in the field for new plans

As our ideal candidate, you are…

• A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation as well as write and present in a persuasive and influencing manner.
• An active listener; you seek to understand and listen to others in a non-judgmental way.
• A creative problem solver; you take evaluated risks to capitalize on opportunities and implement tough or unpopular decisions.
• A leader; you attract, retain, develop or improve the skills of others through effective coaching and guidance.

Essential Requirements

What We Value

• Creating trusting and successful working relationships.
• Setting clear, measurable, and achievable goals.
• Cooperating with team members in an open, positive, and respectful manner.
• Staying current with technical job skills.
• Consistently meeting customer expectations.
• Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.

Working Conditions

Primarily works in an office setting during regular business hours. Some travel to the neighborhoods or meetings to meet with Vendors and other Division personnel.

About Us

Qualico is a fully integrated real estate development company with offices in Western Canada, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

Since its inception in 1951, the company’s activities span the entire real estate spectrum and include residential land acquisition and development, single-family and multi-family home divisions, commercial and industrial development, property management, concrete ready mix, building supply and manufacturing divisions. To learn more, click here.

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