3M business groups

Business Groups

Here, 3M’s success is driven by five business groups, thousands of products and dozens of diverse markets - all of them with impact on a global scale. You may think it’s impossible to be the best of the best when you’re part of a complex organization like that, but understanding the intricacies of a wide variety of industries and markets helps us perfect the service to our customers.

  • 3M Industrial Business Group
    Industrial Business Group

    Our Industrial Business Group provides thousands of innovative solutions and products. You can find these products bonding and protecting surfaces in construction, improving the design and maintenance of land, air and water transportation, and purifying air and water for residential to industrial uses.

  • 3M Electronics and Energy Business Group
    Electronics and Energy Business Group

    At 3M Electronics & Energy we help our clients make the impossible possible. Our people lead innovation through developing new applications and technologies that help customers solve their most challenging problems. We are on the leading edge of building new platforms in emerging, high-growth electronics market segments like datacenters, grid modernization and automotive electrification. We create solutions that power and connect cities, homes, cars and people and provide real-time access to data, wherever it’s needed.

  • 3M Health Care Business Group
    Health Care Business Group

    Our Health Care Business Group is a global leader in medical and oral care products, drug delivery systems, health information systems and food safety systems—supplying advanced technology that helps medical professionals to improve the quality of care for millions of people while managing overall costs.

  • 3M Consumer Business Group
    Consumer Business Group

    Our Consumer Business Group is home to some of 3M’s most iconic brands – think Post-it® Brand, Scotch™ Brand, Command™ Brand, Scotch-Brite®, Filtrete™ and Nexcare™. These products simplify managing a home and family, and make lives a little easier and more efficient.


Roles at 3M

  • Supply Chain
    When you’re a professional in Supply Chain at 3M, you know what it means to set things in motion. Implementing Lean Six Sigma principles and continuous process improvements, you’ll pursue efficiency, speed and science. And you’ll find career potential that’s as wide open as our product pipeline.
  • Here, you’ll have access to global markets and a constant pipeline of innovative products to promote. If you’re ready for the resources of a world-leading company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up, explore professional opportunities in Marketing & Communications.
  • Here, you’ll always have new products to solve your customers’ problems. We’re constantly innovating, making an impact on nearly every industry you can imagine. Find out more about the professional possibilities in Sales at 3M, and get access to the kinds of global opportunities that only 3M can give you.
  • With more than 45 core technologies—and growing—we’re at the forefront of innovation in nearly every industry you can imagine. In Research & Development, you’ll be part of a constant flow of new ideas, making your mark on a product pipeline that improves the lives of millions.
  • Engineers are at the heart of our innovation. At 3M, our commitment to pursue new ideas means you’ll have the freedom and support to embrace new technologies, develop new materials and create new solutions. With products in nearly every industry, the opportunity here is unlike any other for motivated engineers.
  • With a collaborative culture that encourages leadership and initiative, it's no wonder we were ranked 15 on Fortune's list of "50 Most Admired Companies." If you're ready to join an organization that's been driving success for more than 100 years, explore the Finance opportunities at 3M.
  • For over 100 years, we’ve been delivering innovative solutions—the products and materials that change people’s lives all over the world. The secret behind all our progress is an energized environment where every voice is heard and every team member is a leading contributor.
  • Here, you will discover an inclusive culture and will collaborate with other curious, creative minds. You will have opportunities to work with world-class systems and technologies, provide proactive business analysis, and help us to transform the way we do business through the next generation of work tools and systems.
  • In our world-leading Sourcing & Operations division, you’ll work in fields such as: chemical polymers, paper and liners packaging, cloth and fibers, information technology and more. We have a field to align with your experience.
  • As they lead, protect and grow 3M, the global team of attorneys and staff that make up 3M Legal are at the forefront of where cutting-edge science meets the law. These top-level professionals are partners with one another and with the businesses they guide and represent, all while demonstrating and nurturing 3M’s commitment to the highest ethical standards.