Operations Manager

Purpose of the Position: Manage mold operations and develop mold cost, quality, asset effectiveness, delivery, safety, morale, innovation targets to meet global customer request and to achieve mold manufacturing excellence. Day to Day Responsibilities: • Champion process control and change management efforts to adapt to upstream and downstream operations changes, drive improvement to process capability and mitigate resultant process variation in own department. • Provide supervision to section supervisors, team leaders, technicians and engineers, including effective management of key resources and overall talent management objectives. • Communicate and report department progress to plant staff, division leadership and Manufacturing Effectiveness Council (MEC). • Build and maintain close relationships with other operations departments to share and receive feedback on upstream and downstream operations (e.g., anticipated downtime) and, in turn, optimize performance of production operations. • Ensure the protection of Corning's Intellectual Property (IAP). • Deploy Corning's talent management programs within the department to effectively attract, develop, and maintain manufacturing talent, ensures that all salaried employees have training and development plans. • Establish and define expectations for manufacturing competencies within the department. • Approve all process/equipment changes and experimental plans involving the production process, including process improvement, new product trial runs, equipment/tooling redesign, raw material, batch and/or component changes. Required Skills: • Be ability in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PPT skill and ERP system experience. • Be proficient in plastic mold structure and metal processing drawing specifications. • Understand science molding Principles and methods to achieve mold qualification quickly. • Have Project Management Skill to integrate requests and information, and to schedule job effectively. Desired Skills: • Possess knowledge of resin and metal application. • Agile management skills. Soft Skills: • Possess cost accounting and quantitative analysis capabilities. • Creates effective and compelling presentations. • Be good at inter-departmental and outsourcing communication.