Manufacturing and Innovation Excellence Lead

Manufacturing and Innovation Excellence Lead

** Date:
** May 28, 2026

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* Location:

** Corning, NY, US, 14831

** Company:
** Corning

Requisition Number: 75081

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Corning's Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

** Manufacturing and Innovation Excellence Lead Overview*
* The Manufacturing and Innovcation Excellence (MIE) Lead is a high-impact, cross-functional program leadership role at the heart of CET's Heavy-Duty innovation engine. Reporting to the HD Manufacturing & MIE Manager, you will own manufacturing readiness for the HD division's most critical product and process innovation programs - ensuring our plants are fully prepared to deliver Day 1 performance at scale across cost, quality, delivery, and safety.

This is a role for an experienced technical leader who wants to drive outcomes across an entire division, partner daily with leaders in Commercial, Development, Engineering, and Manufacturing, and gain meaningful exposure to multiple levels of leadership - all without the constraints of people management. Your leverage comes from expertise, influence, and disciplined program execution.

** What You'll Do*
* As the MIE Lead, you will serve as the connective tissue between innovation and manufacturing - translating business case requirements into executable readiness, surfacing the tradeoffs that matter, and driving the decisions that protect program outcomes.

Own Manufacturing Readiness

+ Set the end state, align assumptions, and drive the integrated plan for each innovation program to deliver cost, quality, delivery, and safety performance on Day 1.

+ Define and execute the operational readiness system - requirements, evidence, and action plans - so plants have the people, process, equipment, controls, and capability to run at scale and sustain.

Drive Critical Decisions

+ Serve as a core-team decision partner on CET's most critical innovation projects.

+ Surface options, quantify tradeoffs, and drive timely alignment across Commercial, Development, Engineering, and Manufacturing to optimize overall program outcomes.

+ Manage ambiguity and competing assumptions with rigor and pace.

Deliver Transformational Innovation

+ Identify and mature critical process innovations that deliver transformational cost reduction.

+ Translate opportunities into executable deliverables that feed the HD cost reduction pipeline.

Evolve the MIE System

+ Own and evolve the CET MIE strategy - operating cadence, standards, and readiness expectations.

+ Scale best practices across programs to raise the ceiling on how CET delivers innovation to manufacturing.

Influence and Communicate

+ Secure plant and program priorities, resource alignment, and accountability through influence rather than authority.

+ Communicate status, risks, and recommendations clearly to steering teams and senior leadership.

** What You'll Bring*
* Required Qualifications

+ B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, or Materials Engineering (or a related engineering/technical discipline), or equivalent experience.

+ Minimum of 5 years of technical, manufacturing-facing experience.

+ Demonstrated ability to translate business case requirements into integrated plans, clear requirements, and evidence-based readiness to run at scale.

+ Proven success driving decisions and managing tradeoffs across Commercial, Development, Engineering, and Manufacturing…