Westpower
Yonas Semere is an accomplished procurement and inventory management professional currently serving as a Buyer/Inventory Control at Westpower since March 2023. Prior to this role, Yonas held the position of Category Buyer at Standen's, an IMT company, from April 2021 to April 2023. Yonas's extensive experience at Kudu, a Schlumberger Company, includes roles as Lead Buyer, Buyer, Planner/Buyer, and Continuous Improvement Specialist from June 2011 to December 2020, where responsibilities ranged from procurement and inventory control to enhancing operational processes. Educational achievements include a diploma in Supply Chain Management from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and a Lean Green Belt Certification from Lean Sensei International.
Westpower
Westpower is a leading North American rotating equipment solutions provider with services spanning industrial and engineered pumps, fabricated engineered fluid systems, reliability and lubrication products, field service and repair solutions that enhance performance. Headquartered in Calgary, Canada, we have operations in Edmonton, Vancouver, Grande Prairie, Salt Lake City, and Denver. We are regarded as a strong technical advisor of rotating equipment solutions; and a reliable and trustworthy industry partner. We investigate, understand and improve our clients’ machinery through root cause failure analysis, intelligent monitoring systems, and engineered design enhancements. Through perpetual innovation, we achieve and sustain outstanding results while holding safety as a top priority. With early beginnings operating primarily as a manufacturer’s agent supplying new and remanufactured pumps to Alberta’s oil and gas industry, today Westpower specializes in: custom design manufacturing and maintenance of engineered pumps, process systems packages, Royal Purple lubricants and a broad range of reliability products, thermal spray coatings, parts and reverse engineering, IMPACT pump expandables and field services. We proudly represented some of the most recognized manufacturers in the industry: CPC Pumps International, and Myers-Aplex, National Pump, Netzsch, Lewa-Nikkiso, Danfoss and our proprietary Mabre Pump product line. Westpower maintains an APEGA membership and full ABSA/ASME welding certification, allowing us to meet all of our customer’s machinery requirements. Our repair facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art measurement, design, testing software and equipment. Our in-house engineers have an industry renowned reputation for their ability to find cost-effective solutions for the world’s toughest pump applications, and our service teams for the high-quality of their work overhauling all styles of pumps and systems.