Jobs at Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc.

Provides strategic and day-to-day HR support across two manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include employee relations, investigations, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, policy administration, training, employee engagement, compliance, benefits support, and organizational development. Partners with managers and employees, maintains HR records and confidentiality, represents the company at recruiting events, and regularly travels between locations to provide in-person support.

Develops and implements product sales strategies to expand applications, revenue, and customer base. Responsibilities include market and competitive research, supplier and inventory coordination, technical customer support, sales forecasting, product and application development, cost analysis, cross-functional project leadership, Lean process improvement, trade show participation, and account growth. The role travels 50% with territory managers and works onsite in Alsip, Illinois the other 50%.

Manages inside sales territories, established customer accounts, and new-business prospecting for technical metal products. Responsibilities include outbound and inbound sales calls, customer relationship development, quotations, pricing and freight negotiations, inventory availability, forecasting support, order documentation, account maintenance, and reporting. The role requires business-to-business technical sales experience in manufacturing or service centers, strong communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to understand detailed product specifications and applications.

Manage full-cycle recruitment: source, screen, interview, and hire candidates; build pipelines with schools and partners; coordinate interviews, extend offers, maintain ATS data, represent the company at recruiting events, and ensure compliance with employment laws.

Based in Germany, the Director of European Sales develops and executes European business and marketing plans, identifies new markets and accounts, drives new business capture, builds customer relationships, creates proposals and forecasts, coordinates with product, operations and senior leadership, and represents Ulbrich at trade shows to grow sales across all company locations using metals industry expertise.

Partner with maintenance and production to design and implement continuous improvement projects, troubleshoot equipment, perform root cause analysis, develop work instructions and CAD layouts, support equipment qualification/purchasing, and apply SAS for IoT to improve process quality and predictive maintenance.

Support and improve specialty wire manufacturing processes by planning trials, troubleshooting equipment and process issues, implementing process improvements, supporting new product introductions, and collaborating with production, quality, and suppliers to reduce cost and improve quality.