Associate Chemical Engineer

Ascend Elements is revolutionizing the production of lithium-ion battery materials by establishing a clean and sustainable supply chain using recycled feedstock. Its patented Hydro-to-Cathode™ technology directly synthesizes new cathode materials from spent lithium-ion cells more efficiently than traditional methods, resulting in reduced cost, improved performance, and lowered greenhouse gas emissions. The results are lower cost, better performance batteries with fewer discarded in landfill, a cleaner manufacturing process, and a truly sustainable closed-loop circular battery economy. Ascend Elements is taking the lithium-ion battery industry to a higher level.

We are currently hiring an SAP Business Analyst focused on Manufacturing and Manufacturing Execution!

In this role you will be responsible for working directly with business owners to develop an understanding of current and future business needs, requirements for managing their business areas and recommending and implementing business solutions that deliver the required business capabilities. This includes eliciting, analyzing, and evaluating current business practices, workflows and developing strategies to identify technology solutions needed to streamline and optimize business performance that positively impacts business ROI. The Business Analyst will act as the critical bridge between business leaders and users – and implement the systems that provide the capabilities that will support lean and efficient operations and provide leadership with the visibility to effectively manage and make proper business decisions. Ascend Elements is a mixed mode recycler/manufacturer, with both discrete and process manufacturing modes of operation.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

· Implements capabilities across the Plan to Produce business process, including establishment & management of plants, material master data, material planning (MRP) and capacity planning parameters, bills of material, routings and recipes, work centers, production and process orders, storage locations, shop floor collaboration links and directives, numbering patterns, time element types, cross material matches, resources and additional MES data, MES parameters and shop floor operator screen design.

· Collaborates with Information Technology and Operational Technology groups in selecting, implementing, and supporting manufacturing execution related hardware such as scanners, barcode label printers, document printers, workstations, touch screens required to support the overall manufacturing execution design.

· Collaborates with Operational Technology groups on systems integration between Enterprise systems (S/4HANA Cloud), direct machine integration, distributed control systems integration, quality systems integration throughout the system lifecycle. (requirements, design, test, training, deployment, and support)

· Provides reporting and analytics that enables visibility and KPIs for core manufacturing processes, schedule attainment, and OEE, to support data-driven decision making.

· Supports and participates in multiple projects to translate business needs to design, configure, document, and test software application solutions across multiple functional groups, focused primarily on SAP applications.

· Provides support for implemented solutions including post go live support, training, and full regression testing of solutions in support of upgrades.

· Understands SAP best practice business processes and uses the knowledge to develop consistent, implementable, and efficient business processes for the user base.

· Partners with business leadership/owners to Identify, create, and facilitate process improvements by conducting business and systems analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality improvement; data reliability.

· Work collaboratively with implementation partner functional and technical resources to ensure full understanding of implemented capabilities, trade-offs made, and justification for the choices made in implementation.

· Document system configuration.

· Assists in the design, development and deployment of user access and enterprise system security profiles.

· Facilitate development and delivery of training and training materials.

Education and Other Requirements:

· Bachelor in MIS or Business in Production & Operations Management, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Materials Management or equivalent experience.

· 5+ years’ experience as an ERP Business Analyst, implementation consultant or similar discipline.

· Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud and the broader SAP portfolio of manufacturing-focused applications.

· Experience with integration and implementation of manufacturing execution systems within a connected manufacturing/industry 4.0 context.

· Experience in several full lifecycle enterprise implementations.

· Strong oral and written communication & presentation skills; specifically, with end-users, internal and external technical individuals, and leadership teams.

· Experience troubleshooting issues, requirements gathering and solution design for enhancement requests, as well as implementing the solution via configuration, etc.

· Proximity to or relocation near our plant location in Hopkinsville KY is a plus.

***This opportunity requires you to be located within a commuting distance to one of our facilities: Hopkinsville, KY Covington, GA Westborough, MA Novi, MI

***Depending on your particular location – This opportunity will also require up to 50% domestic travel to our other locations. Travel may be up to 100% during for limited periods during go-live/post-go-live. International travel may be required in the future.

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Ascend Elements is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Ascend Elements is a fast-growing organization that is revolutionizing the production of lithium-ion battery materials for electric vehicles. Recognized as a climate technology leader, the company elevates the value of recycled elements and engineers’ sustainable battery materials to support the global clean-energy transition. The company’s patented Hydro-to-Cathode™ direct precursor synthesis technology produces new, sustainable cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries more efficiently than traditional methods, resulting in improved performance and lower carbon emissions. Ascend Elements is taking sustainability in the lithium-ion battery industry to a higher level.

We’re hiring a Information Systems Security Analyst who will manage and enforce policies and procedures that protect our organization’s computing infrastructure from all forms of security breaches. You will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities and working with our IT department to resolve them, ensuring that our network and data remain secure. To be successful as an information security administrator, you should have expert analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of best practices to prevent a wide range of security threats. Top candidates will also be excellent communicators, able to train and educate our staff in various information security topics. This position will report to the IT Team Lead.

Location – this is an on-site position in Westborough MA, Hopkinsville KY preferably or Covington GA.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying vulnerabilities in our current network and cloud infrastructure.


• Managing, continually developing, and implementing a comprehensive plan to secure our computing network and systems.

• Monitoring network usage to ensure compliance with security policies.


• Keeping up to date with developments in IT security standards and threats.


• Collaborating with management and the IT department to improve and enforce better security.


• Documenting any security breaches and assessing their damage.


• Educating colleagues about security software and best practices for information security.


• Managing and implementing Office 365 Defender policies, and Entra group policies.


• Maintaining, configuring, and monitoring single sign-on with Entra and 3rd party software.


• Other local site duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Degree in computer science or a technology-related field.


• 3 years of hands-on experience


• Professional information security certification.


• Experience in an information security role.


• Solid knowledge of various information security frameworks.


• Solid knowledge of security settings. Office 365 defender


• Knowledge of MS Entra and security features.


• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.


• Ability to educate a non-technical audience about various security measures.


• Effective verbal and written communication skills.


• Plus, to have SAP security and access control knowledge.


• This is a fully on-site position.

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Ascend Elements is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.