Sr. Group Manager - Insulation Job Buffalo area,New York USA,Engineering

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.

Job Requirements

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!

Purpose

The job holders will be the champions for Alkegen Industrial solutions products, managing a multidisciplined team of engineers to promote, support the technical sale cycle, advising our customers through technical excellence of our products, applications, certification and regulatory demands. This is a role our customers rely on and a crucial position in the sales and support process.

Preferably located in the US or mainland EU.

Responsibilities

Manage the team in the technical vertical:
- Sr. Group Vertical Leader, Insulation; manages the fiber and fiber forms and vacuform application engineering teams
- Group Vertical Leader, Refractories; manages the hard refractory, Rapidfire and Thermbond application engineering teams
- Group Vertical Leader, Construction; manages the high efficiency filtration, fire protection, Geosynthetics and advanced material application engineering teams
Manage the vertical annual budget
Lead testing excellence and testing standards ensuring Alkegenremainsahead of the curve for testing standards,quality and customer expectations. Use data to build strong models and generate sales collateral. Use data to helpadviseproduct management strategies
Support product definitions for new product developments alongside the commercial / product management teams helping to define the product technical and validation parametersin accordance withthe latest standards
Mentor team members, providing performance feedback and training as required across the team. Develop succession plans / improvement plans as necessary
Play an active role in conferences acting as the product champion, supporting the sales team to build brand recognition and extending industry relationships
Support our customers in the field, providing onsite product and installation advice to drive a global target of zero in application failures
Drive excellence in all duties related to application engineering
Knowledge center; ensure all technical and application data remains accurate and accessible to Alkegen employees. Maintain a library on case studies and application history that can be easily referenced and used to support future projects
Training; ensure the team skills are continuously refreshed and they are trained with the latest product information. The team should also train colleagues and the sales, marketing and product management groups to support continued business growth
Customer focus; the customer comes first at all times. Ensure communication standards remain at the highest level, that customer questions are answered quickly, accurately with the right tone.
Certification / standards and regulations; the application engineering team will lead efforts interpreting, understanding and sharing information from relevant committees, ensuring relevant information to our products are understood and new test…