Wheel Core Buyer

About the Position:

As a Wheel Core Buyer, you will be responsible for actively sourcing and purchasing automotive wheel cores from individual vendors, shops, recyclers, and suppliers across a designated region. This is a field-based, sales-centric role that requires daily travel, in-person vendor visits, price negotiation, and deal execution.

This position is not administrative in nature. The role functions as a road-runner Buyer, focused on building relationships, negotiating purchases, and securing wheel cores to support remanufacturing operations within the Collision Business Unit.

The ideal candidate is comfortable being on the road daily, has strong sales instincts, and thrives in face-to-face negotiations.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Travel daily within your assigned region to identify, source, and purchase automotive wheel cores from vendors, recyclers, body shops, and other suppliers.
• Conduct in-person negotiations, pricing discussions, and deal closings with vendors.
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure a consistent pipeline of wheel cores.
• Secure competitive pricing while maintaining quality standards and supply continuity.
• Coordinate payment and logistics, including scheduling pickups or deliveries to remanufacturing locations.
• Actively prospect new vendors through market research, cold outreach, and on-site visits.
• Represent the company professionally as the primary point of contact for regional wheel core buying.
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing, vendor interactions, and deliveries.
• Monitor regional market trends, pricing fluctuations, and competitor activity.
• Partner with internal procurement, logistics, and remanufacturing teams to align purchasing with operational needs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to availability, quality, delivery timing, or vendor concerns.
• Support additional regions or buying needs as business demands require.
• Around 25% overnight travel.

Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum 2 years of experience in automotive repair, sales, procurement, or core/material buying, preferably automotive-related.
• High School Diploma/GED Required
• Demonstrated success in face-to-face sales or purchasing negotiations.
• Familiarity with automotive cores, specifically wheels/rims (remanufacturing experience a plus).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport quickly.
• Comfortable working independently and managing a travel-heavy schedule
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple vendor relationships and transactions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and basic purchasing or CRM tools.

Pay and Benefits 

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off 
• Paid Company Holidays
• 401K

About Us 

All Star Auto Parts was acquired by TERREPOWER (formerly BBB Industries) in August 2024 and is now the Collision Business Unit. We specialize in remanufacturing auto lights and wheels and supplying high-quality aftermarket products in the collision and repair industry.   We offer opportunities for career growth, competitive pay, benefits within the first 30 days, paid time off, paid company holidays, paid training, and 401(k) with up to 5% match.

For over 35 years, TERREPOWER (formerly BBB Industries) has been a leader in sustainable manufacturing. Founded in 1987 in Daphne, Alabama by the Bigler family, TERREPOWER began as a small regional remanufacturer of starters and alternators. Our commitment to quality and innovation quickly earned us a reputation as a trusted name in the automotive industry.

Today, TERREPOWER has expanded its footprint into over 90 countries and sustainably manufactures and supplies parts such as alternators, starters, EV batteries, solar solutions, auto lights and wheels, and more. TERREPOWER has expanded its footprint to over 90 countries.

As we move forward under the TERREPOWER name, we remain committed to the same values that have always defined us: entrepreneurship, teamwork, customer-centered, sustainability, safety.

Why Join Us? 

When you join our team, you become part of a company that is redefining how essential products are made, reused and repurposed to reduce waste and maximize resources.

Here’s what sets us apart:

• Purpose-Driven Work – Every day, your work will contribute to extending the useful life of essential products, keeping vehicles on the road and critical systems running.
• Innovative Mindset – We encourage creative problem-solving and bold ideas to push the boundaries of what is possible.
• Global Reach, Local Impact – With operations in North America and Europe, we have a global presence but remain deeply connected to the communities we serve.
• Growth & Development – Whether you’re on the production floor, in engineering, or part of our corporate team, we invest in your success through training, mentorship, and career advancement opportunities.
• A Culture of Collaboration – Rooted in teamwork and shared values, our employees work together to tackle challenges and drive meaningful change.

TERREPOWER is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, pregnancy, age, veteran status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability unrelated to the ability to perform a job, sexual orientation, or transgender status to the extent protected by law. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success.