Quality Systems Lead, BAM in Macclesfield

Alkegen is a global leader in specialty materials, driving innovation in battery technologies, filtration media, and insulation. With 60+ manufacturing sites and 9,000+ experts worldwide, we’re committed to helping customers create a cleaner, greener, and more efficient future.

The Quality Systems Lead plays a key role in ensuring successful product launches and customer satisfaction by managing Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) activities for Energy Conversion and Battery programs. This role bridges plant quality teams and customer expectations, ensuring timely and accurate PPAP submissions.

• Lead and manage PPAP activities for EC & Battery programs.
• Ensure timely delivery of PPAP documentation aligned with customer requirements.
• Collaborate with plant quality teams to drive accountability and readiness.
• Act as the primary customer interface for PPAP-related matters.

• Strong communicator who builds trust and respect.
• Influential leader in a matrixed organization.
• Results-driven with a bias for action and execution.
• Upholds Alkegen’s core values consistently.
• Agile and deadline-focused in dynamic environments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering (or related field) preferred. Or equivalent industry experience.
• IATF internal audit experience.
• Customer-facing experience with strong relationship management skills.
• Bias to action, ability to facilitate and get results in a collaborative way.
• Experience in quality engineering/assurance, with knowledge of IATF16949, AIAG, and VDA standards preferred.
• Familiarity with Continuous Improvement and Lean methodologies (L6S Green Belt preferred).
• Strong analytical skills, including statistical process control and data analysis.

If you are interested in being part of a world class company 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.

Alkegen is a specialty materials leader serving mission-critical systems that the world is focused on for the future, including: battery technologies, electric vehicles, filtration media, and specialty insulation materials that enable customers to reduce fossil fuel consumption, save energy, and live greener.

We help people breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. Our experience speaks for itself. We are a vertically integrated manufacturer with the global reach and talent to solve your most demanding applications. With 60 manufacturing facilities and 9,000+ highly skilled employees located around the world, we can solve any challenge. Dedicated to sustainability and human health, we are uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.