Buyer 2

WesTech Engineering • Salt Lake City, UT

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Under the direction of the Procurement Manager, the Buyer 2 helps execute company purchasing needs and provides best value and service for internal customers. The role converts purchasing requests into purchase orders, confirms suppliers’ receipt of orders, and works with suppliers to support on-time delivery through weekly scheduling. The Buyer 2 attends regular meetings with suppliers and internal production groups, analyzes purchasing categories based on pricing, technology, availability, and continuous improvement, and supports other procurement activities, including administrative work as needed.

The position operates in a schedule-driven environment where timing, project budgets, and timely completion are critical. It includes managing supplier schedules, maintaining approved supplier information, resolving return, defect, warranty, fabrication, and delivery issues, and mentoring Buyer 1 employees in basic purchasing practices and WesTech equipment. Candidates may be required to pass pre-employment and periodic screenings, including background checks, drug and alcohol tests, or other necessary assessments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2–5 years of directly related work experience in purchasing.
• Unquestionable honesty and integrity.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations.
• Expertise using MS Office tools, including Outlook and Excel.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an internal and external customer focus.
• Strong organization and multitasking skills, with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work within deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Approachability, customer focus, ethics and values, organizing, technical learning, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to sit at a workstation using a computer and phone; frequently sit, talk, hear, and see; regularly move around the facility; and lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• 5 or more years of directly related work experience in purchasing.
• Experience using Business Central.
• Experience using SharePoint.
• General knowledge of mechanical equipment.
• Spanish-speaking skills or another foreign language.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify WesTech’s core values, including integrity, humility, excellence, and continuity.
• Verify purchase requisitions against the parts master and drawings, clarify unclear items, and recommend alternatives.
• Prepare purchase orders by verifying specifications, negotiating price, delivery dates, and payment terms, obtaining supplier recommendations for substitute items, and securing approval from the requisitioning group.
• Send purchase orders to suppliers, resolve questions, and make revisions as necessary.
• Use SharePoint and DocCentral to keep documents accessible.
• Communicate effectively and deal fairly and equitably with group members, peers, and suppliers.
• Work in a schedule-driven environment, meet timing requirements, stay within project budgets, and complete work in a timely manner.
• Prepare reports, perform data entry, and complete other administrative tasks as required.
• Develop and maintain the approved supplier list.
• Manage 3–4 supplier schedule meetings.
• Interview suppliers and visit their facilities to learn about products, services, and pricing.
• Mentor Buyer 1 employees in basic purchasing knowledge, policies, procedures, and WesTech equipment.
• Gain experience in buyouts, aftermarket, fabrication, solutions, systems, operations, rentals, pilots, inventory, drives, electrical, and indirect purchasing.
• Handle and process returns, defects, and warranty items.
• Negotiate back charges and address fabrication errors and on-time delivery issues.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match of 6%.
• Flexible work hours and hybrid schedules with remote work options.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package with an onsite medical facility.
• Company HSA contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Company-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability.
• PTO plan and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Company celebrations, summer parties, volunteer opportunities, games, and prize drawings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level