OEM Purchasing Representative

Maddox Industrial Transformer; Battle Ground (WA); On-site; USD 39,950,000 - 57,859,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

401(k) with 100% match up to 8%

Paid holidays, PTO

Job summary

Maddox Industrial Transformer in Washington state seeks an OEM Purchasing Representative to manage strategic OEMs, negotiate pricing and capacity, and ensure profitability through steady transformer production, quality, and delivery.

Responsibilities include supplier audits, solving supply-related issues, and coordinating with internal teams. Occasional travel to domestic and international events supports supplier onboarding and market presence.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, technical sales, quality control, manufacturing, or purchasing is desirable but not required.
• Strong negotiation and influencing abilities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills and professional etiquette; adaptable in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Forging/improving supplier relationships and mitigating supply risks.
• Negotiating pricing and production capacity with OEMs and performing audits for quality/service.
• Ensure right units from the right OEMs in the right quantities and notify teams of milestones or roadblocks.
• Assist in representing Maddox at select trade shows and onboard new suppliers.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Attention to detail

Owner's mentality

Customer-centric

Problem solving

Adaptable communication

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Google Sheets

Job description

Maddox is the nation’s leading provider of electrical transformers to the commercial and industrial market, with primary locations in South Carolina, Washington State, Texas, Idaho, and Ohio. We have been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in America for the past 8 years and counting.

Maddox was founded on Christian values, and we are serious about investing in the people, processes, and culture that make this a great place to work. We build real things, solve real problems, and expect professionalism, competence, and integrity from our team.

As a Maddox OEM Purchasing Representative, you will report to the Supplier Relations Manager, under direction of the OEM Purchasing Team Lead, in a fast-paced and highly dynamic procurement environment. Your work will focus on forging/improving supplier relationships, mitigating supply risks, and ensuring profitability through consistent transformer production, quality, and delivery.

You will manage a designated portfolio of strategic OEMs, engaging in pricing and production capacity negotiations, as well as in quality/service compliance audits. As a result, you will have direct responsibility for ensuring that Maddox continuously procures the "right" units, from the "right" OEMs, in the "right" quantities–all at the "right" time to meet our customers’ expectations. Additionally, you will have exciting opportunities to assist the Supplier Relations Manager and OEM Purchasing Team Lead in representing Maddox at select high-profile trade shows. You will also get to visit and onboard new suppliers, as the needs of our business continuously expand.

Your day-to-day activities will involve reviewing customer order specifications and OEM approval drawings to ensure supplier compatibility. You will also closely collaborate with Maddox OEM Purchase Order Coordinators in uncovering and solving supply-related issues. When necessary, you will facilitate resolution meetings between OEMs and our various internal stakeholders. When significant order milestones are reached, or roadblocks are encountered, you will be responsible for notifying our affected Customer Service, Sales, and Leadership teams and working with them to provide solutions.

More About You:

• You have a strong sense of urgency as well as a heightened sense of attention to detail.
• You have an "owner's mentality." When assigned a task or project, you gladly accept responsibility and run with it.
• You are confident, yet unashamed to ask for help when necessary.
• You are customer‑centric and easy to do business with, aiming to provide solutions for internal stakeholders and suppliers alike.
• You can think quickly and juggle a list of rapidly changing priorities, while maintaining a calm and positive demeanor.
• You have a basic working‑level of skill with spreadsheets and dashboards (i.e. Excel, Power BI, Google Sheets).
• You have highly‑developed communication skills, business acumen, and professional etiquette.
• You have a proven track record of negotiation and influencing others without strict reliance on formal authority.
• You have exceptional emotional intelligence, coupled with an adaptive communication style.

Skills and Experience:

We value experience, so if you have 20+ years of related experience, that's great! We're also very good at training new recruits, and are willing to invest in a select number of promising early‑career candidates with the right attitude and ambition. For this particular role, education/experience in engineering, technical sales, quality control, manufacturing, or purchasing is desirable, but not required.

Work Location:

In office, with occasional domestic and/or international travel (up to 15%)

• Comprehensive full‑time benefits package averaging$20,000+ per year (amount varies based on age, family size, and eligibility), including:
  • Health & wellness benefits (insurance or cash-in-lieu options)
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave
  • 401(k) with 100% match up to 8% of wages
  • Paid holidays, PTO, and family‑life gifts
  • Vision, dental, disability, life insurance, and other voluntary benefits

Hourly range:

$28.77 - $41.72 USD