About the Role
The Supply Chain Execution Lead is accountable for ensuring alignment and performance across the end-to-end supply chain. This role partners closely with the Supply Chain Manager to ensure supply plans are executed effectively and shipment, supply, and revenue commitments are met. It ensures alignment of production capacity, material availability, inventory targets, and customer service objectives by integrating production and material planning activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional efforts to identify, implement, and coordinate solutions to resolve both near- and longer-term supply gaps.
- Support project initiatives and process improvement efforts focused on supply planning, optimization, reporting, coordination, and execution discipline.
- Implement process health metrics and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions where needed.
- Lead successful execution of the Integrated Business Planning process.
- Partner with regional or global integrated planning teams on execution and projects.
- Partner with Integrated Planning COE for continuous improvement and planning standards adoptions.
- Lead for the site improvement initiatives across planning systems and processes (ERP, APS tools).
- Promote standardization and best practices in integrated planning, ensuring Corning’s integrated planning process standards are adopted and implemented successfully.
- Engage with business unit and site teams on new product introductions and phase-outs to ensure planning readiness.
- Maintain effective communication across the supply chain network, influencing stakeholders to align on planning decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, Logistics, or related field preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain planning, operations, logistics, or manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes, supply planning, production execution, and order fulfillment.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, driving follow-up, resolving supply issues, supporting KPI/business performance reporting, and contributing to planning or process improvement initiatives.
- SME on planning processes, ERP systems (e.g. SAP), inventory management.
- Advanced planning tools preferred.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with a high level of ownership and execution discipline.
- Proficiency in planning systems and data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to lead and drive change in a dynamic environment.
- Must provide documentation of U.S. citizen status to comply with government contract requirements.
- This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Skills
- Supply chain planning
- Operations
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- End-to-end supply chain processes
- Supply planning
- Production execution
- Order fulfillment
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Issue resolution
- KPI and business performance reporting
- Planning process improvement
- ERP systems (e.g. SAP)
- Inventory management
- Advanced planning tools
- Advanced Excel
- Advanced PowerPoint
- Analytical skills
- Organizational skills
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Data-driven decision-making
- Change management
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $82,207.00 - $113,035.00
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses
- Long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness programs
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
About the Company
- Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science.
- Technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs.
- This segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices.
Equal Opportunity
- Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
- Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
- Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.
- To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
