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About the Role

Sumitomo is seeking a hands-on, 2nd Shift Supervisor for their New Berlin, WI facility. This role requires a leader who can inspire teams, drive accountability, and foster collaboration while ensuring production goals are met efficiently and safely.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate manufacturing activities during the 2nd shift, ensuring production goals are met efficiently and safely.
• Train, cross-train, coach and develop the team to equip them with the necessary tools to succeed.
• Support continuous improvement efforts through lean manufacturing and 5S principles.
• Serve as a backup for the team leads.
• Understand and communicate department goals and objectives to all team members.
• Resolve employee issues through problem and conflict resolution.
• Communicate issues with managers.
• Tackle real-time challenges as they occur.
• Engage in continuous improvement.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, work orders, and engineering specifications to determine production processes and tolerance limits.
• Complete performance reviews on 2nd shift production team.

Requirements

• Proven ability to lead a production team.
• Hands-on leader who thrives in fast-paced, evolving settings.
• Strong background in continuous improvement and the ability to apply concepts.
• Able to navigate personalities, drive accountability, and promote open communication.
• Supervisory experience, including coaching, directing and motivating a diverse group of employees.
• May require in-depth ability to read, interpret, and explain blueprints, engineering drawings, work orders, and specifications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of personnel and production challenges.
• Requires 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.

Skills

• Lean manufacturing
• 5S principles
• Problem solving
• Conflict resolution
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills

Location

• New Berlin, WI

Work Type

• 2nd Shift
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment
• Supervisory experience

Benefits

• Outstanding Medical Insurance with $0 deductible option
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Personal Time and Holidays
• 401(k) Employer Match, $ for $ up to 4%
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Educational Reimbursement
• $2,000 Hiring Bonus

About the Company

• Sumitomo Electric Carbide Manufacturing

Equal Opportunity

• Sumitomo Electric Carbide Manufacturing provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.