About this job
Position Summary The Purchasing Agent manages assigned estimating, purchasing, and project buyout activities for Ascend's high-end, fully custom residential projects. This role converts plans, specifications, selections, and budgets into clear scopes, competitive bids, accurate and fully documented purchase orders, and reliable cost commitments. The ideal candidate understands residential construction, catches scope gaps early, communicates directly, and builds strong trade-partner relationships without compromising quality or schedule.
Primary Responsibilities · Own the buyout of assigned projects from approved budget through subcontract and purchase-order issuance, procurement tracking, and final buyout reconciliation.
- Prepare, update, and reconcile conceptual, design-development, and final project estimates, including quantity takeoffs, bid leveling, and scope comparisons.
- Develop complete bid packages and written scopes of work from plans, specifications, design selections, and project requirements, including inclusions, exclusions, alternates, allowances, schedule expectations, and responsibility for trade interfaces.
- Solicit, track, analyze, and negotiate subcontractor and supplier proposals for best…
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