Commercial Planning Manager

Corning•Charlotte, NC

10d•$94,186 - $129,507•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a global leader in materials science, known for its innovation in glass, ceramics, and related materials. The Optical Communications segment has evolved into a comprehensive provider of optical solutions for the communications industry, serving both carrier and enterprise networks. This role is crucial within this segment, focusing on commercial planning and demand management to ensure strategic priorities are met and forecasts are aligned with business objectives.

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)

Responsibilities

Serve as the commercial lead in the Demand Management process, ensuring commercial priorities established by OCO Leadership are executed and communicated effectively.
Partner with Commercial Finance to align the control forecast with risks and opportunities identified in demand and supply forecasts discussed in S&OP and demand management forums.
Support the commercial demand forecasting process and represent the commercial organization throughout all stages of the S&OP process.
Provide data and analytical support for planning exercises, including Blackbook and Greenbook.
Ensure customer requirements are met by aligning strategic customer requirements with capacity plans across the COC enterprise.
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.