Manufacturing Innovation Program Manager

MIE Project Manager

Corning Incorporated

Guide the planning, decisions, and actions required to establish a successful manufacturing solution in innovation programs.

• Serve as an equal partner with Commercial, Division Engineering & Technology to create a shared understanding of the program, business case and related core assumptions. Collaborate across roles & responsibilities with shared objectives, metrics and deliverables.
• Develop manufacturing end state view with regards to Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery.
• Define and deliver technical readiness ensuring a manufacturing ready solution is being implemented and a strategy to achieve desired end state is communicated.
• Work with program leads to ensure work streams address all manufacturing needs required to achieve operational readiness (Safety, Manufacturing systems, Lean, staffing, PQA, Process Understanding and Control, Materials, etc).
• Define and deliver Operational readiness required to deliver products and services to the customer. This includes implementing business processes/systems that enable accurate and timely information flow and material/product flow through the manufacturing system and value chain.
• Define and implement targets and real time metrics that link individual performance to program metrics.
• Develop appropriate start-up plans, pilot operations, and/or subsequent scale up plans that can provide what the customer wants, when they want it, recognizing changes in scale may require changes to process, manufacturing systems, or locations. Integrate detail from Plan of Record to recognize product generational changes over time.
• Evaluate product and process ramp against target performance and identify gaps.
• Ensure high-volume scale-up operations can comply with Achieving Manufacturing Excellence Level 1 criteria.

• B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical/Controls, Materials, or equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing leadership
• Experience with project management
• Experiencing working effectively on all levels of an organization
• Understanding and application of Quality and Lean principles
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Ability to identify gaps and work across groups to identify solutions

• Master’s degree in engineering
• Operations Experience
• Knowledge of cable products, processes, and product flow.
• Six Sigma Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $ - $ assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

Hickory, NC

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
• We provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
• We offer a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.

We prohibit 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.

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Full-time

Mid-Senior level

Project Management and Information Technology