Director, Purchasing

Director, Purchasing

At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community. As part of Brookfield one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures we are reimagining real estate from the ground up.

The Director, Purchasing is primarily responsible for overall direction of procurement to ensure the company achieves its yearly production objectives. In this role the main responsibility is to facilitate the contract to close functions of homebuilding purchasing. These tasks include invoicing, options price maintenance and updates, new option research and creation, plan budgets and costs, detailed trade scope of work and existing vendor maintenance. The Purchasing Director manages all data in the purchasing software system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan data entry involves entering new plan data into internal systems, including scopes, features, bids, and budgets.
• Post-load validation is performed to ensure accuracy and completeness of all loaded data.
• Vendor budget support includes responding to vendor questions related to budgets and pricing.
• Option matrix management requires creating and maintaining option matrices aligned to floor plans.
• Pricing setup includes inputting and validating cost and retail pricing for all structural, room-specific, specialty, and miscellaneous options.
• Retail pricing updates are completed to ensure option pricing remains accurate and current.
• Vendor onboarding involves coordinating the setup of new vendors and assigning them to subdivisions.
• Vendor transitions are managed to ensure proper setup and pricing accuracy during changes.
• Subdivision configuration includes maintaining subdivision data such as feature sheets and community specifications.
• Cross-functional option reviews are led with Sales, Construction, and Design teams to ensure alignment.
• System integrity management ensures accuracy across platforms such as VEO and Design Center software.
• Base pricing updates include updating base sales pricing for new plans, new subdivisions, and scheduled pricing cycles.
• Purchase order management includes initiating and managing purchase orders, buyer changes, and variance purchase orders.
• Contract lifecycle support includes supporting contract approvals, issue resolution, cancellations, and gross profit analysis.
• Vendor portal administration includes managing vendor portal processes, processing invoices, and validating invoice, PO, and bid accuracy.

What You'll Bring:

• A University degree in Business or Supply Chain Management preferred.
• 5 - 7 years of related experience.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with general contract terms and conditions.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated experience in managing suppliers and developing ongoing relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent at planning and organizing.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and total rewards package.
• Annual Base Salary: $140,000.00 to $160,000.00.
• Bonus Eligible.
• Excellent extended medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning day 1.
• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1.
• Career development programs.
• Paid Volunteer Hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Family planning assistance, including IVF, surrogacy and adoption options.
• Wellness and mental health resources.
• Pet insurance offering.
• A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity, Community!

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.