Manufacturing Operations Manager, EM APAC

Day to Day Responsibilities:

1.    Deliver products from EM to Corning’s customers on time. 

•    Understand and maintain the end-to-end flow between Corning and EMs, including demand and supply plan, provide operations support.
•    Develop and implement KPI metrics and objectives to measure EM performance, including Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, and Safety. 
•    Coordinate between Corning internal functions and EMs.
2.    Create and execute the manufacturing operational strategy and objectives.
•    Participate in business strategy build up and ensure our strategy and objectives aligned with overall business plan.
•    Ensure our strategy implemented at our EMs without any deviation, understand our EMs’ needs and support our EMs to execute our strategy and objectives.
•    Collaborate and prioritize our resource on new business and product opportunities drive by market requirements.
3.    Collaborate with Supply Chain and sourcing to ensure accurate delivery performance at lowest cost.
•    Develop the best order flow to be sure that we are meeting customer request at lowest cost.
•    Develop and manage the data share between Corning and EMs, including but not limited to forecast, capacity, delivery schedule are updated. 
•    Partner with Global Supply Management to ensure rigorous procurement processes for ongoing outsourced manufacturing processes.
4.    Implement manufacturing control processes to ensure ongoing product integrity.
•    Drive continuous improvement on Quality Metrics. Establish and drive quality improvement programs with External Manufacturing Partners and Corning functional departments. 
•    Ensure strong utilization of engineering change controls and effectively manage and minimize end of life (EOL) issues.
•    Coordinate and manage production and post-production activities on an ongoing basis.
•    Clarify and secure the right drawings, spec, RM used for Corning products.
5.    Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of manufacturing and supply chain
•    Active management and execution of Cost reduction projects.
•    Provide regular updates on cost reduction initiatives, product performance, process improvement opportunities and pushing EMs to implement. 

6.    Reporting and Score cards
•    Daily production and shipment reports
•    Monthly reports from each EM
•    Monthly Spend Reports from each EM
•    Weekly NPI status updates

Education & Experience  

•    Bachelors degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or relevant field of study. MBA is preferred.
•    At least 5 years’ experience working with a US based MNC in different functions in Supply Chain, Engineering, Project Management positions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
•   At least 3 years’ experience in External Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing, managing supplier and vendors, OEM, ODM or related supplier management experience. 
•   Project management experience with hands on experience on how to use project management methodologies to manage multifunctional, multilocation projects.
•   Experience in managing manufacturing/supply chain in high-mix low volume manufacturing. 

Required Skills

•   Fluent English speaking/writing is a must.
•   Working experience in ERP system (SAP or other systems).
•   Experience in MS office productivity tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) etc. 
•   Flexibility to work across multiply time-zone in multiple languages, flexibility to balance the working time between US calendar and Chinese calendar.
•   Ability to travel (up to 40%) to EM sites in East and Central Asia to coordinate manufacturing activities.

Desired Skills & Soft Skills

Desired Skills  

•   Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
•   Use AI as tool to complete different tasks.

Soft Skills                                                

•   Good communication and negotiation skill. 
•   Good understanding of culture different between different countries.
•   Attention to detail, passion for processes improvement, systems, and data handling.
•   Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-energy environment.
•   High sense of responsibility and initiatives, self-motivated, and the ability to work with a wide cross-section of people in various locations.