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Sumitomo Electric Europe Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sumitomo Electric Group – a Fortune Global 500 company and a world–renowned leader in the research and development of high–tech products and systems. It continually expands its activities across various technologies, markets, and regions, and employing over 280,000 individuals in over 40 countries around the globe.

The Group recognises its employees as the driving force behind its success, and thus established its Global Human Resource Management Policy in 2011 to optimise the use of its technologies, products, business models, and other resources in order to ensure its sustained development and its ability to make meaningful contributions to the world. This Policy can be succinctly summarised as follows…

Sumitomo Electric Group’s Global Human Resource Management Policy

    • We provide workplaces where all the employees can work actively, grow both personally and professionally through work, achieve self-actualisation, and contribute to society.
    • We offer various career opportunities and globally pursue “the right person in the right position” regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
    • We value and promote diversity in the workplace in order to enhance the creativity of the organisation and to sustain the growth of the business.
    • We develop global leaders who lead and give energy to our global business. Global leaders are those who understand and share the Sumitomo Spirit and the Corporate Principles and can lead highly diversified teams.

As a member of the Sumitomo Electric Group, we are committed to upholding our values and culture, and strive to go beyond this policy in all that we do. If you feel that this is something you can relate to and would like to be part of our team, please see our current vacancies below.

Current Vacancies

Please refer to the list below for current job opening(s).

Important: prior to applying for any position, kindly ensure that you have the legal right to work in the country where the role is based. Thank you.

1 – Service Centre Team Leader (Job Reference: TL/LNPD/APR26)

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Team Leader to join our busy Service Centre at our head office in Elstree.

The Service Centre Team Leader is a newly created role and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of our Optical Fibre Fusion Splicer Service Centre and management of a team of service technicians.

As part of the role, you will decide how the inspections, repairs and maintenance services are managed and prioritise them within the team. You will also approve sales’ quotes and orders, ensure a correct level of stock is held within the department and respond to customer queries.


It is therefore vital that you have previous supervisory experience and come from a service maintenance background. Knowledge and experience in electro mechanical or opto assemblies is also a must!
A recognised qualification in electronics/telecommunications is desirable but not essential.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• good verbal and written communication skills
• good planning, analytical and organisational skills
• excellent interpersonal skills to line manage a team, deal with other Company employees at all levels and customers in a professional manner
• good computer skills with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office
• to be capable of lifting and moving machines and boxes
• to be able to work to a specific time frame to ensure products are delivered to customers on time.

If you have the above experience then we would love to hear from you, so please apply by submitting your current CV and a cover letter to say why we should recruit you.

In return you will receive a competitive salary, pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, private healthcare cover, income protection, annual medical, life and travel insurance. The Company also offers the option of hybrid working.

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