Manager, Digital Products & Platforms

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. Our Optical Communications segment provides industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry, classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network.

About the role

The Manager, Digital Products & Platforms leads the OFC Supply Chain Solutions team responsible for ERP, MES, FIS, planning system, and digital platform capabilities across the global supply chain. This role develops and leads a team of supply chain systems experts, drives platform strategy and standardization, supports major transformation programs, and ensures digital capabilities enable business growth, operational excellence, and organizational scalability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the roadmap for supply chain digital platforms, including ERP, MES, FIS, planning systems, and future technologies, ensuring solutions support business growth, improve reliability, accelerate change delivery, and enable enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing organization of digital subject matter experts, solution architects, and project leaders while establishing a sustainable pipeline of talent, increasing plant-level capability, and reducing dependency on a limited number of specialists.
• Provide leadership for the digital platform workstream across major initiatives such as Supernova, S/4HANA, Helix, APS implementations, and future growth programs by ensuring system readiness, resource alignment, risk mitigation, and successful adoption of new capabilities.
• Work closely with manufacturing, planning, logistics, commercial, finance, supply chain, and IT partners to translate business needs into scalable digital solutions that improve process performance, reduce manual work, strengthen standardization, and create measurable business value.
• Drive consistent governance, prioritization, architecture standards, and continuous improvement practices that improve system reliability, increase change velocity, strengthen adoption, and ensure digital investments remain aligned to strategic business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline, with extensive experience leading supply chain systems, digital transformation, ERP, MES, planning, or enterprise technology organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading global teams, developing technical talent, executing large transformation programs, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and delivering measurable business results through technology.
• Strong knowledge of SAP, manufacturing systems, planning tools, digital integration, and modern product-based delivery models is preferred.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

Pay

The range for this position is $126,595.00 - $174,069.00 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.

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, combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan (total contributions can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay).
• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid time off.
• Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward exceptional contributions.