Manufacturing Lead

Requisition Number: 78172   Role Purpose

Are you ready to lead high-impact manufacturing strategies and build a high-performing operation?   We are looking for a  Manufacturing Lead to drive operational execution, manufacturing readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives across our operation. In this role, you will translate business priorities into shop-floor actions, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure the successful launch, ramp-up, and sustainable performance of manufacturing processes. You will play a key role in strengthening safety, quality, delivery, productivity, capacity, and cost performance while developing a culture of operational discipline, ownership, and problem-solving. Key Responsibilities

Lead the deployment of manufacturing strategies, process changes, production transitions, ramp-ups, and readiness activities. Translate operational priorities into clear execution roadmaps, including milestones, owners, deliverables, risks, and measurable targets. Ensure shop-floor readiness before launches by aligning labor, equipment, tooling, fixtures, materials, training, quality controls, and documentation. Conduct capacity analysis to identify constraints related to labor, equipment availability, cycle time, throughput, bottlenecks, and demand coverage. Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives to eliminate waste, improve flow, stabilize operations, increase output, and strengthen productivity. Monitor and improve key operational metrics, including OTM, OTP, yield, RTY, density, productivity, utilization, output, staffing effectiveness, and schedule adherence. Lead operational projects simultaneously, maintaining visibility of scope, priorities, schedules, risks, deliverables, and escalation needs. Partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Planning, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Automation, Finance, and Product teams. Lead production qualification and operational launch-support activities, including capacity reviews, risk assessments, labor requirements, process capability, and recovery planning. Promote a culture of safety, ergonomics, quality, compliance, standard work, visual management, 5S, accountability, and continuous improvement. Experiences/Education - Required

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain , or a related technical field. 4–6 years of experience in manufacturing operations, production leadership, process improvement, turnaround initiatives, or operational project execution. Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, manufacturing readiness activities, capacity evaluations, Lean projects, and production ramp-ups. Strong knowledge of manufacturing readiness, production planning, capacity analysis, operational execution, and line performance monitoring. Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing tools, including waste elimination, bottleneck analysis, flow improvement, standard work, visual management, and 5S. Ability to use operational metrics to identify gaps, define recovery plans, and drive corrective actions. Experience with project administration, including scope definition, milestone tracking, deliverable management, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and escalation. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word . Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills. English proficiency .   The company built on breakthroughs. ​   Join us.​                                                                                Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.  ​   How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and