Jobs at Superior Essex Communications

Performs month-end close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, financial reporting, lease accounting, consolidation, and account analysis under GAAP and IFRS. Maintains chart of accounts and supplier records, investigates unusual transactions, supports audits, and prepares financial analyses. Collaborates with Treasury and FP&A, maintains accounting policies, and provides cross-functional support while working independently and meeting deadlines.

Oversee cost accounting, inventory valuation, product costing, cost variance analysis, and financial reporting. Lead month-end and year-end close activities, maintain standard costing systems, support FP&A forecasts and budgets, ensure GAAP compliance, identify cost-reduction opportunities, and collaborate with operations, supply chain, auditors, and leadership. Train and mentor accounting staff while improving profitability and operational performance.

Manage national customer accounts, develop strategic account plans, negotiate contracts, and drive profitable growth in energy and electrical markets. Identify and close new business, maintain sales forecasts, and build customer relationships. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain teams to deliver customer solutions. The role is primarily remote, with travel for customer engagement, trade shows, and internal meetings, plus regular visits to the Simcoe manufacturing facility.

Designs, programs, commissions, and supports automated fiber optic production equipment and processes. Responsibilities include Siemens PLC and controls programming, electrical schematic development, mechanical fixture design, equipment evaluation, troubleshooting, commissioning, documentation, parts procurement, and process improvement. The role collaborates across technical teams, supports project planning, and develops automation solutions that improve manufacturing quality, efficiency, and cost.

Develops and improves production methods, processes, machines, equipment, tooling, and plant layouts for copper and fiber cable manufacturing. Conducts feasibility studies, engineering investigations, cost analyses, statistical analysis, and production trials. Coordinates capital projects, vendor activities, automation initiatives, and cross-functional improvement teams. Prepares process specifications and documentation, troubleshoots production issues, supports safety and maintenance improvements, and collaborates with quality, production, design engineering, and maintenance teams.

Leads plant-wide operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, waste reduction, and sustainable process improvements. Facilitates Kaizen, 5S, SMED, DMAIC, root-cause analysis, value-stream mapping, and Gemba activities. Uses ERP data, statistical analysis, visualization, and CAD tools to identify opportunities and develop solutions. Coaches plant personnel, leads complex improvement projects, creates operational excellence plans, and conducts audits to sustain results.

Owns strategy, business planning, and lifecycle management for premises fiber and assembly product lines. Acts as strategic connector across product management, manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain. Supports Directors with financial analysis, business plans, sales enablement, training, metrics, competitive and market analysis, trade show support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Designs and improves production methods, machines, tooling, automation and processes for wire and cable manufacturing. Conducts engineering studies, cost-reduction analyses, feasibility studies, equipment acquisition, plant layout, and process documentation. Works with Quality, Production, Maintenance and vendors to implement improvements, support trial runs, and ensure safety and specification control.