# Business Development Manager, SMS

The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow. Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment. We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Celgard where we develop and manufacture membrane battery separators that are critical components used in lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles (EDVs) and energy storage systems (ESS).Company: Celgard, LLCJob Description: About the Role The Manager, Business Development Specialty Membrane Solutions (SMS), will have direct management responsibilities for delivering on Celgard’s growth initiatives and sales efforts for all products and applications beyond Lithium applications mainly in NA region. The purpose of this position is to prepare and deliver business development strategies and to grow the specialty business product segment for Celgard. This includes expanding the customer base and growing sales for current specialty products and applications while s

- **Id**: 3793836
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/asahi-kasei-business-development-manager-sms>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Charlotte, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T08:15:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T05:22:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9260
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advanced Materials, Chemical Manufacturing, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 1815251
- **Name**: Asahi Kasei
- **Domain**: asahi-kasei.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/asahi-kasei-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.8
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T08:15:11Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0; Filings prev 12m: 1; Green card filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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