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Why work for us?

Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we’re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with globe-spanning reach. From production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, sales to leadership, we’re always looking for top talent ready to bring their best. Come grow with us!

The Product Manager – Emission Control is responsible for leading new product launch in all aspects, from Product Brief creation based on VOC, through Manufacturing Release (MDR). In this key role the Product Manager will laisse with the customer and several internal facing roles to coordinate design, development, validation, industrialization, commissioning, launch, and startup of new products. This role will manage a cross functional, indirect reporting team, and will report to the Manager – Product and Program Managers.Responsibilities:

+ Manage and coordinate a cross functional program team (R&D, Sales, Finance, Purchasing, Quality, Operations, SIOPs, Engineering) and define team members' objectives and assignments.

+ Develop, execute, and monitor timelines that align with customer deliverable dates and internal milestones

+ Act as a liaison with the customer program and engineering team to capture scope changes to provide feedback on impacts to financials (price, capital, tooling) and timing

+ Drive alignment to customer process requirements such at APQP, IATF 16949, or others

+ Facilitate periodic Product and Program Reviews with customer teams detailing timeline status, critical path migration, program risks and mitigations, and other critical topics

+ Work with internal team to proactively identify product risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure launch success

+ Manage internal capital acquisition requests, budgeting, and spending to deliver the project on time, at or under budget

+ Ensure smooth transfer of the product and process to the Operations team, facilitating a “turnkey” ready to run process with a product that meet customer requirements

+ Facilitate periodic Product Reviews to the management team detailing timeline status, critical path migration, program risks and mitigations, and financial status

Qualifications/Experience:

+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical disciplines (master’s degree is a plus)

+ 3 to 5 years of experience in Product Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other technical disciplines

+ 3 to 5 years of strong experience in Product Management

+ Proficient in product management software (MS Project, SharePoint, etc.)

+ Highly effective cross-functional team management

+ Previous experience in automotive systems preferred

+ Experience with glass and ceramic fibers preferred

+ Experience with APQP processes preferred

+ Experience with IATF 16949/ISO 9001 requirements preferred

Compensation:

+ $77,793 - $90,059

+ Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you are interested in being part of a world class function here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.