Junior Buyer

UTEX Industries Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Career development

Collaborative culture

Job summary

UTEX Industries in Houston seeks a Junior Buyer to handle administrative purchasing, PO planning, price and delivery management for MRO, finished and raw materials. You will research and select quality products, build supplier relationships, and manage POs to meet deadlines.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and at least 2 years in manufacturing purchasing, plus strong Excel and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Junior Buyer, Purchasing Associate, or similar role within a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Place Purchase orders of MRO materials, services, finished and raw materials.
• Research, select and purchase quality products and materials.
• Review and manage workbench and supplier performance.
• Make product substitutions when appropriate and negotiate best pricing.
• Build relationships with suppliers and negotiate terms.
• PO Management, process requisitions and update management on order status.
• Monitor open POs, lead times, safety stock, and discrepancies.
• Develop and enforce system purchases and scheduling techniques.
• Ensure timely deliveries and collaboration with plant teams.
• Maintain inventories for finished goods, raw materials, and buyout materials.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Negotiation

Relationship building

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About UTEX Industries:

UTEX Industries is a leading manufacturer of engineered sealing solutions serving the oil and gas, industrial, and petrochemical markets. With a legacy of innovation and operational excellence, we take pride in our people, our products, and our purpose. Join a team that values safety, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Brief Description

UTEX Industries is a leading manufacturer of engineered sealing solutions serving the oil and gas, industrial, and petrochemical markets. With a legacy of innovation and operational excellence, we take pride in our people, our products, and our purpose. Join a team that values safety, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Position Summary

The Junior Buyer is primarily responsible for the administrative purchasing, purchase order planning, price and delivery of goods and services.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Place Purchase orders of MRO materials, services, finished and raw materials
• Research, select and purchase quality products and materials
• Review and manage workbench
• Make product recommendations for the entire product line based upon technical knowledge of the parts and the application. Must be able to make decisions for substitutions to competitors' products
• Build relationships with Suppliers and negotiate with them for the best pricing
• PO Management, process requisitions and update management on status of orders. Monitor all open purchase orders, move outs, push ins and cancellations
• Ensure cost, lead time and safety stock levels are updated
• Develop and enforce system purchases and scheduling techniques
• Customer focus (internal and external). Meets deadlines
• Work with the Plant team to ensure that all deliveries are received according to the assigned purchase orders and report any discrepancies
• Maintaining proper inventories for finished goods, raw material, and buyout materials
• Perform system maintenance in preparation of inventory
• Problem solving, decision making and ability to scope with pressure
• Interpersonally skills specially with negotiating
• Teamwork and collaboration

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Junior Buyer, Purchasing Associate, or similar role within a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routine uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position requires significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, significant fine finger dexterity, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the "core" work hours as defined by the company. Evening and weekend hours may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

This position requires no travel.

Why UTEX?

We don't just build products - we build careers.

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holiday pay
• Career development and training opportunities
• A company culture rooted in respect, innovation, and collaboration

Equal Opportunity Employer

UTEX Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer and shall make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, and/or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.