Global Process Industrialization Lead
Apply now »Date: Oct 20, 2026
Location: Reynosa, TAM, MX, 88730
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 79012
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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.
Role Purpose
The Global Process Industrialization Lead executes the global industrialization strategy within the assigned region, transforming innovation concepts into safe, scalable, reliable, maintainable, and sustainable manufacturing solutions.
In this role, you will lead regional deployment activities from manufacturing readiness and validation through plant handoff, implementation closure, and lifecycle improvement. You will help industrialize equipment, fixtures, processes, automation concepts, manufacturing lines, and integrated systems while ensuring alignment with global engineering standards and governance.
You will collaborate across plants, engineering organizations, functions, suppliers, and technology partners to improve manufacturing capabilities, advance technology roadmaps, and provide technical and business recommendations supporting investment decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead regional industrialization and deployment, translating global strategies and technology roadmaps into prioritized execution plans while driving manufacturing readiness, validation, installation, qualification, ramp-up, and transition to stable plant operations.
- Drive manufacturing readiness and lifecycle performance across safety, quality, cost, delivery, process capability, capacity, maintainability, sustainability, documentation, infrastructure, and plant ownership.
- Manage technology deployment and continuous improvement, using performance evidence to recommend replication, standardization, upgrades, corrective redesign, supplier actions, replacement, or retirement of manufacturing solutions.
- Build strong cross-functional and supplier partnerships, collaborating with manufacturing plants, engineering, automation, maintenance, quality, finance, supply management, equipment builders, integrators, technology partners, academia, and research organizations.
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in engineering project management, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, advanced manufacturing, automation, technology deployment, divisional engineering, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated track record of manufacturing and engineering-related project deployment.
- Experience executing strategy, project portfolios, lifecycle roadmaps, capital/investment initiatives, supplier collaboration, automation or industrialization projects, and innovation-to-manufacturing deployment.
- Demonstrated business impact through areas such as capacity expansion, automation and process-refinement deployment, operational readiness, cost and capital effectiveness, and technical capability improvement.
- Bilingual capability and ability to operate across global regions.
- Strong capabilities in engineering strategy execution, technology deployment, manufacturing readiness, lifecycle management, structured problem solving, communication, manufacturing, automation, process engineering, and design for manufacturing.
Experiences/Education - Desired
- Six Sigma certification or equivalent structured problem solving capability.
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.
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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.
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As part of our commitment to your financial well-being and in addition to full Mexico statutory benefits, we offer food coupons that ease daily costs, and a structured savings fund to support your long-term financial goals.
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Salaried employees are eligible for comprehensive medical and dental coverage. Additionally, all employees are covered by company-sponsored life insurance, total permanent disability protection, paid time off, and have access to our Employee Assistance Program to support you and your family.
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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 recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
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.