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Operations Department Head

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Date: Sep 2, 2025

Location: Glendale, AZ, US, 85301

Company: Corning

Requisition Number: 70617

 

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 expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. ​  

 

​At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.​   

 

Come break through with us.  

 

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

Manage production operations, plant-level operational improvement projects, and plant-level continuous improvement efforts. Achieve cost, quality, asset effectiveness, inventory, safety, service, and growth targets. This position will have supervisory responsibility for up to 6 salaried employees.

Key Responsibilities

  • Champion process control and change management efforts to adapt to upstream and downstream operations changes, drive improvement to process capability and mitigate resultant process variation in own department.
  • Provide supervision to team leaders including effective management of key resources and overall talent management objectives.
  • Schedule resources and prioritize activities to assure efficient production schedule compliance to include product changeovers, upgrades, experiments, new product runs, training, and maintenance activities.
  • Provide daily direction to production and team leaders on established procedures and policies.
  • Communicate and report production and process performance metrics to production teams, plant staff division leadership.  Ensure production targets and delivery requirements are met on a daily and weekly basis.
  • Engage with plant teams and functional groups responsible for identifying and implementing process improvements and cost reduction projects.
  • Build and maintain close relationships with other departments to share and receive feedback on upstream and downstream operations (e.g. anticipated downtime) and, in turn, optimize performance of production operations.
  • Deploy Corning’s talent management programs within the department to effectively attract, develop, and maintain manufacturing talent, ensures that all salaried employees have training and development plans.
  • Ensure the protection of Corning’s Intellectual Property (IP).
  • Establish and define expectations for manufacturing competencies within the department.
  • Approve all process/equipment changes and experimental plans involving the production process, including process improvement, new product trial runs, equipment/tooling redesign, raw material, batch and/or component changes.

Experiences/Education - Required

  • Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts.
  • Successful and proven supervisory, team leader and/or section supervisor experience in a manufacturing plant environment.
  • Experience and accountability for developing, implementing, and driving results for MBO’s and manufacturing line metrics.
  • Proven capability to manage, coach, direct and develop salaried exempt and non-exempt employees, training in employee effectiveness, conflict resolution, coaching, listening skills, and supervisory effectiveness.
  • Certified Green Belt or demonstrated Lean capabilities.
  • Training, understanding and demonstrated competence in plant manufacturing financials.
  • Trained and experienced in fundamentals of safety and health.
  • Experience managing the talent development strategy for the department, including programs to attract, develop and retain key talent.

Experiences/Education - Desired

  • Exposure to multiple manufacturing processes and corporate network resources.
  • Has participated or led a cross-functional team in manufacturing environment responsible to deliver key improvement initiative or cost reduction program.
  • Experience and competence of innovation and new product development and delivery has participated or led a project team responsible to develop and/or launch a new product into manufacturing.
  • Experience in collaborating, interfacing, and communicating upward and outward (Plant, Business and Division).

 

Travel Requirments:

 

  • Occasional as needed.

 

Hours of work/workschedule:

 

  • Flexible - hours during day, night, or weekend shifts

 

 

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

 


The range for this position is $96,727.00 - $133,000.00 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. The benefits available for this position are dependent on hours worked and may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, pension plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, and PTO.

 

A job that shapes a life.  

Corning offers you the total package.  

 

 Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial, and career from day one

  • As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit that grows throughout your career.  We also offer a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions.  
  • Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, and disease management programs. 
  • 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.     
  • Getting paid for our work is important but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a peer-to-peer recognition program to celebrate success by recognizing colleagues who demonstrate above-and-beyond behaviors.  

 

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.

 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request an accommodation, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.


Nearest Major Market: Phoenix

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