Assistant Product Line Manager, Precision Optics

Requisition Number: 64938

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

Corning’s businesses are ever evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, and automotive markets. We are changing the world with: 

•    Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
•    Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
•    Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
•    Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
•    Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 

Role Purpose

The purpose of this position is to support the product line through close coordination between customer(s), engineering, operations, sales, and marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of products, including critical product specifications, manufacturing processes, and customer integration and use cases.
• Develop the strategy and execute on the 4Ps (product, price, placement and promotion) for the respective product line
• Provide support and leads product line accounts during product development and operational escalations.  
• Articulate product attributes, specifications, basis of competition, product trajectory to ensure advantaged products.  Requires leading efforts to synthesize and assess competitive technologies or offerings 
• Work actively with internal operations, engineering, and development groups to represent customer viewpoint and identify win-win strategies in support of cost reduction, lead time reduction, and performance improvements.
• Share knowledge and best practices with adjacent product lines to help optimize performance of overall organization.
• Work with functional leads resolving product issues including ramp/volume needs, performance deficiencies, and overall quality and delivery performance
• Works with Sales to execute a pricing strategy by setting floor pricing as needed, influencing pricing structure, optimizing product premiums, and ensuring value and profitability for product line.
• Provide guidance on monthly forecasting and monitor performance to revenue & profitability plan
• Provide coordination and leadership for identified precision optics products across all functions: commercial, manufacturing, development & engineering and supply chain
• Key activities include capacity management, sales and operations planning and demand management.
• Optimizes inventory management in conjunction with Supply Chain and finance related to the product line by coordinating information flow, as needed, between Forecasting, Sales, Manufacturing, and other parties as needed.
• Leads, contributes and participates in product line and local manufacturing S&OP discussions
• May get involved in supply chain disruption issues to influence or make decisions on global order and Development/Manufacturing prioritization.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business or in an Engineering or Technical field (Optical Engineering or Physics) with 3-5 years of experience or Master's degree with 0-2 years of experience
• Experience in a customer-facing role or function

Desired Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in business administration or equivalent
• Semiconductor or Optics experience 
• Engineering, Applied Science, or equivalent demonstrated experience