Commercial Operations Specialist

Requisition Number: 78271

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Our Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers. 

Role Purpose:

The Commercial Support Specialist functions as a project coordination lead for customer sales order activity and related operational initiatives. This role is responsible for driving alignment across cross-functional teams, managing order-related workflows, and ensuring critical activities remain on track from initiation through execution.

Acting as a central point of coordination, this individual will oversee the tracking of milestones, changes, risks, and follow-up actions tied to sales orders and commercial operations priorities. The role requires a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who can manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintain clear documentation, and support timely execution across Planning, Finance, Production, Quality, Logistics, and Commercial Operations.

Success in this position requires strong project coordination and execution skills, sound judgment, and the ability to bring structure and visibility to fast-moving operational activity.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Coordination & Execution
Lead coordination of order-related workflows and operational initiatives by establishing priorities, tracking milestones, managing action items, and ensuring timely execution across cross-functional teams.

Cross-Functional Project Management
Partner with internal stakeholders — including Planning, Finance, Production, Quality, and Logistics — to align on requirements, clarify dependencies, coordinate deliverables, and maintain momentum on shared objectives.

Order Workflow Management
Own the day-to-day tracking and coordination of customer sales order activity, ensuring status updates, changes, and next steps are documented, communicated, and advanced appropriately.

Change Control & Priority Management
Manage changes in shipment timing, quantities, amendments, and other order adjustments by assessing impacts, coordinating required updates, and ensuring teams remain aligned on revised priorities and timelines.

Issue Identification & Resolution
Proactively identify risks, discrepancies, and process gaps related to order activity, then coordinate across teams to resolve issues, escalate when needed, and prevent delays to execution.

Tracking, Reporting & Documentation
Develop and maintain trackers, status summaries, reports, and order-related briefs that provide clear visibility into project progress, open items, deadlines, and operational risks.

Operational Planning Support
Support execution of Commercial Operations priorities by organizing workflows, documenting action plans, following up on commitments, and helping ensure projects and recurring activities move forward efficiently.

Process Improvement
Evaluate recurring challenges and workflow inefficiencies, gather insights from day-to-day operations, and support implementation of process improvements that increase consistency, visibility, and execution effectiveness.

Experiences & Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, STEM or related field — or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in operations coordination, order management, project coordination, project management, commercial support or a related field preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage high volumes of rapid change information.
• Excellent communication and follow through skills across multiple functions.
• Detail oriented with strong documentation and tracking discipline.
• Solid proficiency with Microsoft Office and general document management tools.
• Familiarity with solar energy industry and manufacturing processes.
• Project Coordination Mindset: Ability to organize complex workstreams, track milestones, coordinate stakeholders, and drive follow-through on deliverables

Desired Skills and Experiences:

• Execution Focus: Strong ability to manage competing priorities, maintain visibility into moving parts, and keep operational work on schedule.
• Digital Fluency: Ability to learn and develop new tools, platforms, and dashboards.
• SAP experience a plus.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.  

The range for this position is  $77,234.00 - $106,197.00 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. 

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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 aspirations, and career from day one.

• 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.
• As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, Corning provides company matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan of up to 4% of pay when you contribute at least 6% of pay.
• 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 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.

Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.