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About the Role
Drive cost and productivity improvements that shape a plant's performance. Own the plant's cost reduction and continuous improvement portfolio, lead initiatives in capacity, digital tools, and automation, and develop emerging manufacturing leaders. This role requires flexibility to support a 24/7 operation, including occasional off-shift and weekend support.
Responsibilities
- Lead plant-wide initiatives that improve cost, productivity, capacity, and process reliability.
- Partner with plant leadership to set priorities and close gaps in quality, delivery, cost, and capacity.
- Own the plant cost reduction and continuous improvement portfolio, driving project execution, closure, financial validation, and sustainment of results.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities in labor productivity, yield, material usage, waste, energy, and process efficiency.
- Develop business cases, project charters, and implementation plans.
- Lead or support strategic initiatives involving digital tools, automation, and capacity expansion.
- Report financial results, risks, and resource needs to plant leadership.
- Coach and develop employees and emerging manufacturing leaders through feedback and targeted project assignments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
- Experience interpreting manufacturing and financial data to identify cost drivers, evaluate improvement opportunities, and track financial benefits.
- Experience leading multiple complex improvement initiatives, including managing scope, milestones, resources, and risks.
- Experience applying structured problem solving, including root cause analysis and corrective action development.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and of relevant manufacturing, reporting, and operational systems.
- Experience leading plant-wide cost transformation, operational improvement, productivity, or capacity expansion efforts.
- Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value stream mapping, or similar continuous improvement methods.
- Experience developing and presenting business cases, capital requests, and cost-benefit analyses.
- Familiarity with manufacturing execution systems, production dashboards, and financial performance reporting.
- Experience managing significant organizational or process changes through implementation and sustainment.
- Experience working in a unionized manufacturing environment.
- This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Kaizen
- Value stream mapping
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related technical field
Salary/Compensations
- $122,970.00 - $169,085.00
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.
- Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers.
- Corning accelerates and transforms life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets.
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.