Commercial Planning Manager

About the role

The Optical Communications segment of Corning is evolving from a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware, and equipment to a comprehensive provider of optical solutions across the broader communications industry. This role serves as the commercial lead in the Demand Management process, ensuring commercial priorities established by OCO Leadership are executed and communicated effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain global and regional decision models with commercial inputs for demand forecast and customer reservations.
• Develop and present capacity allocation scenarios to OCO, PLM, and SC leadership in support of commercial strategy.
• Execute commercial priorities through order prioritization, management of RFQ/RFQ capacity requests, and internal lead-time communication across OCO.
• Lead initiatives to improve demand management processes and information flow for internal and external customers.
• Represent OCO in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) collaboration meetings, partnering with PLM to integrate latest commercial information into forecast updates.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Operations in the commercial reporting team to support annual budget preparation and data governance initiatives related to customer segmentation.
• Analyze and report demand forecast accuracy to support business planning and decision-making.
• Provide regular Demand Management updates to the GCE team to ensure visibility into product lines in demand management and efforts to manage customer expectations.
• Lead projects to improve effectiveness and efficiency of commercial planning process, while enhancing demand forecast accuracy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years’ experience in a Supply Chain or Operations type role
• Strong analytical skills, utilizing Excel, Power Query, and Power BI
• Demonstrated leadership skills in multi-cultural matrix environment
• Knowledge of Telecom industry, customers, and competitors
• Ability to establish credibility to represent commercial with Corporate stakeholders (e.g., COC LT & OCS/OFC/OCO Division GMs and their staffs)

Skills

• Strong analytical skills, utilizing Excel, Power Query, and Power BI
• Demonstrated leadership skills in multi-cultural matrix environment
• Knowledge of Telecom industry, customers, and competitors
• Ability to establish credibility to represent commercial with Corporate stakeholders

Benefits

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives aligned with key business results
• 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career
• Health and well-being benefits including 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)
• Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions

Pay

$94,186.00 - $129,507.00 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.

Schedule

Full-time