Vice President Land Acquisition

KB Home, a Fortune 500 NYSE company and one of America?s premier homebuilders, has a unique employment opportunity available. With expansion into the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern US, KB Home has domestic operating divisions in some of the fastest-growing areas of the country including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. In 2005, KB Home delivered homes to 37,140 families in the United States and France! KB Home has been building homes for nearly half a century, and was recently ranked the #1 homebuilder in Fortune Magazine's 2006 list of America's most admired companies.

KB Home is looking for a Vice President of Land Acquisition to add to Executive team.Responsibilities include:- Acquire and entitle the land necessary to meet division goals and projections. Prospect for potential land acquisition opportunities. - Provide information for, and participate in the preparation of preliminary proforma financial analysis for land opportunities.- Negotiate terms and specific language to be included in purchase and sale agreements.- Manage the preparation and approval of all entitlement documents required for new land purchases.- Manage land purchases through entitlement processes.- Regularly attend City Council and Planning Commission meetings.- Provide information for and participate in the coordination of land acquisition packages (proforma's) for corporate approval.- Actively monitor key performance dates.- Review escrow instructions and closing documents.- Review title reports, and coordinate title objection letters to sellers.- Review CC&R's and design guidelines.- Prepare summarization of proposed acquisitions.- Manage priorities and accountability on the part of others who are preparing information for you.

Required skills: - College degree and 7-10 years land acquisition experience.- Knowledge of homebuilding and land development costs.- Knowledge of building and permit fees.- Knowledge of political environment and ability to form political relationships. Understand market trends, pricing, growth and supply .- Detailed and results oriented. - Observant, creative and investigative.- Effective at human relation skills and maintaining business relationships.- Must have excellent negotiation and financial skills.- Good listener.- Excellent oral and written communication skills.-- Strong understanding of profit margins and return on net assets.- Ability to manage multiple tasks while keeping track of priorities so that all intended objectives are met.

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