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Saft

Designs and manufactures high-tech industrial batteries

General Manager

Full-TimeDeadline 7/2/27
No salary listed
Expert
Master's
Valdosta, GA, USA
In Person
Business & Strategy

About the job

Requirements
  • A Master's degree in business administration, management, finance, or another relevant discipline.
  • At least 15 years of progressive experience across all functions of a manufacturing facility.
  • Knowledge of standard cost accounting and budgetary control.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Extensive experience in automation and lean manufacturing.
Responsibilities
  • Manage the site's revenue and cost elements and achieve committed profitability through plans, budgets, results measurements, resource allocation, progress reviews, and mid-course corrections.
  • Manage capital expenses in development projects and equipment purchases.
  • Analyze reported and budgeted financial data to evaluate operational performance, protect against business risks, and support business strategies.
  • Optimize cash flow through control of working capital and capital expenditures, and review activity, cost, operations, and forecast analyses to assess progress toward goals and objectives.
  • Collaborate with sales management on prospective development, pricing, margins, closing new business, and competitive information.
  • Oversee facility maintenance, safety, and environmental compliance, and implement industry-standard safety and environmental practices.
  • Promote a strong safety culture to protect employees, contractors, and site visitors.
  • Oversee shipping and warehouse activities to provide high levels of customer service while improving efficiency and inventory levels.
  • Oversee site use of information technologies to provide accurate, timely information for managing and improving process flows, and ensure network security for IT systems.
  • Drive and engage in safety culture to ensure employees work safely according to OSHA, TotalEnergies, and Saft standards.
  • Administer personnel except for product line sales and marketing decisions, maintain a professional and service-oriented culture, and create employee career-growth opportunities.
  • Represent Saft in community affairs, including local government and business groups, and ensure compliance with employment requirements.
  • Coordinate with HR to develop key performance goals for direct reports and directly manage key functional managers.
  • Engage in key or targeted customer activities, ensure overall product delivery and quality, and engage in key or targeted supplier activities.
  • Oversee key hiring and talent-development programs.
  • Evaluate and decide on key investments in equipment, infrastructure, and talent.
  • Communicate strategy and results to site employees.
  • Represent Saft in the local community.
Desired Qualifications
  • Battery experience and/or automotive experience is preferred.

About the company

Saft designs and manufactures high-tech industrial batteries for applications like transportation, telecommunications, and energy storage. It develops advanced battery chemistries and systems backed by research and manufacturing to deliver reliable power in demanding environments. The company differentiates itself with a long history (founded 1913), early public listing (1924), and the backing of TotalEnergies since 2016, giving it global reach and integration with a broader energy portfolio. Its goal is to provide sustainable, efficient energy storage that supports essential services and the transition to renewable energy.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Levallois-Perret, France

Founded

1913

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What believers are saying

  • Saft and Mana Battery began 2025 evaluation and signed a JDA in August 2026.
  • Naval Group awarded Saft a major submarine-battery contract on July 20, 2026.
  • Saft’s new identity and TotalEnergies backing signal continued investment in batteries.

What critics are saying

  • The Coast Guard recompetition threatens Saft America’s aircraft-battery incumbent position in 2026.
  • Saft still depends on TotalEnergies capital allocation, not standalone funding.
  • If sodium-ion and solid-state slip, Saft stays trapped in commoditized industrial batteries.

What makes Saft unique

  • Saft owns cell design, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and qualification in-house.
  • On August 3, 2026, Saft and Mana Battery targeted anode-free sodium-ion cells.
  • Naval Group chose Saft on July 20, 2026 for Barracuda and Scorpene submarines.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

11%
Yahoo Finance
Aug 3rd, 2026
Mana Battery and Saft partner to develop anode-free sodium-ion batteries for defense and aerospace

Mana Battery and Saft have signed a joint development agreement to commercialise anode-free sodium-ion battery technology. The partnership combines Mana Battery's electrolyte platform with Saft's manufacturing expertise to target defence, aerospace, rail, datacentre and industrial uninterruptible power supply markets. Anode-free sodium-ion cells assemble without anode active material, with the sodium anode forming during initial operation. This delivers higher energy density than conventional sodium-ion designs whilst using abundant, low-cost materials free from lithium, cobalt and nickel supply constraints. The technology offers wide temperature performance, strong safety characteristics and extended charge retention. Saft, a TotalEnergies subsidiary, brings decades of experience qualifying cells for demanding industrial and mission-critical applications.

Newswire
Apr 30th, 2024
LiNova Energy Secures $15.8 Million in Series A Financing to Accelerate High Energy Polymer Cathode Battery Development

/CNW/ - LiNova Energy Inc. (Linova) has raised $15.8 million in a Series A financing round that was led by Catalus Capital, who were joined by Saft, a...

International Mining
Sep 15th, 2021
Saft launches ARROK as a new breed of lithium-ion battery tailored

Saft has launched ARROK® as a new breed of lithium-ion battery tailored, it says, for off-road industrial vehicles.