Plant Quality Manager

Requisition Number: 71504

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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.​  

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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 Plant Quality Manager leads the development of a strong quality culture across the plant, ensuring product integrity, regulatory compliance, and alignment with AMPS standards. This role drives continuous improvement in product and service quality using robust systems, Lean and DMAIC methodologies, and key performance metrics. As a member of the Plant Staff, the PQM also shares responsibility for overall plant performance in quality, safety, service, and continuous improvement, while providing leadership and coaching to the quality team.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, communicate, and execute the quality strategy and roadmap, which support the manufacturing strategy for the location and the corporate direction for quality.
• Champion the product quality architecture necessary to prevent and detect quality issues for purchased materials and manufactured goods for the plant. Defined requirements will include form, fit, function, operational safety, and regulatory compliance of the product, packaging, labeling, and any published documentation of the product.
• Implement and refine built-in quality control plans and develop control strategies to make sure product achieves quality targets and applying error-proofing techniques.
• Champion performance excellence methods to ensure continuous improvement is evident from product concept to delivery.
• Provide coaching and/or facilitation of methods and tools for establishment of metrics.
• Provide leadership for quality management systems to ensure systems are effective and aligned with all customer expectations, corporate requirements, industry specific standards, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Handle expectations for validation of new products and processes or validation of changes to existing products and processes as it may affect form, fit, function, or regulatory compliance.
• Ensure that suppliers provide the highest quality materials that are ready for use.
• Coordinate and lead plant audits as appropriate and represent the plant in a professional manner to customers.
• Report on quality department metrics to plant and business leadership and lead roadmaps for implementation/improvement of key elements.
• As a member of the Plant Staff, you will work towards great outcomes for everyone, including solutions both within manufacturing and collaboratively across key functional groups, Commercial, Technology, and Engineering.

Department Management Responsibilities

• Assure growth in talent and capability of quality staff, including self.
• Oversee functional responsibilities in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, and/or Quality Systems.
• Build an effective network including Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Division Quality, Global Supply Management, and Regulatory Affairs.
• Participate in establishing annual plant budget, handling department budgets.
• Advocate quality practices and requirements to all departments and functions.

Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s degree required,
• 6+ years in a manufacturing environment with experience in PCPD, utilizing quality systems, and data analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively lead a diverse group of people and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to demonstrate successful supervisory skills in a manufacturing environment.
• Progressive responsibilities in leadership, including quality, operations or engineering department supervisor experience,
• Experience in leading teams and departments in meeting continuous improvement goals, step change performance improvements, innovation, expanding technical capability, work redesign or other change efforts.
• Experience coordinating activities within functional responsibility and collaborating with other groups to achieve results.
• Experience with data collection and data analysis software and techniques, including Excel, MiniTab, Pi, Access, etc.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in equipment engineering, design, and/or maintenance.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Project management experience.
• Budget management experience.

Desired Skills

• Experience in solar module or wafer manufacturing.
• Experience in glass manufacturing.
• Experience in manufacturing in clean environments.
• Green Belt certification.
• Experience in an assembly operation with the ability to read prints.
• Member of Innovation project team or new product introduction team.

Soft Skills

• International & multi-culture communication & coordination ability.
• Strong ownership of achieving plant goals.
• Creative and with strong continuous improvement work.
• Excellent presentation and reporting skill.
• Ability to change the thinking of others to establish long-term behaviors, norms, culture.

Travel Requirements

• Flexible schedule required to spend time on shop floor across all shifts, perform training, participate in customer calls and meetings.
• Core work hours are 8am-5pm typically.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $134,306.00 - $184,671.00 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.

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, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
• 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.
• 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.

Some benefits are offered only at participating locations. Candidates will be informed during the interview process if offerings differ at their location.

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 [email protected] .