WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own large budgets, including monitoring purchasing expenses, building and revising budgets for all communities under construction.
• Participate in developing feasibility budgets for prospective land acquisitions
• Build out a formalized estimating function within the Purchasing department
• Benchmark against best practices and improve procurement procedures, with well-documented critical path schedules to promote the highest levels of effectiveness and efficiency
• Responsible for all labour and material acquisition. Lead the development of clear performance, compliance, and quality standards for each trade/supplier.
• Lead an approximately 18-person team, including talent identification, recruiting, and team performance and development
• Cultivate, develop and maintain positive, participative relationships with trade partners and suppliers with an ongoing commitment to reducing costs, increasing safety and quality with an eye for continuous improvement
• Seek opportunities to mitigate or eliminate costs over and above those of a standard house design caused by site-specific conditions.
• Remain current on innovative products, construction techniques, regional disparities in trade/supplier costs, and trends affecting the home building industry with the lens of sustainability and ESG.

Coming into this role, you can expect:

• The opportunity to attach your name to the contributions that create residential developments, both redefining your career while positively shaping municipalities and communities for future generations to enjoy.
• The autonomy to build your team and work with robust senior executives who will support your vision for growth and excellence.
• The opportunity to play a key role in driving the ESG initiatives of the largest privately-owned home builder in North America
• A dynamic and growth-oriented culture with an exciting and forward-thinking organization.
• An opportunity to work with one of Canada’s strongest brands