Global Business Planner
About The Position
Corning's Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world. The Global Business Planner is responsible for developing and executing global supply chain strategies to align capacity, demand, and supply across regions while ensuring exceptional service to customers. This role leads the Customer Supply Chain Analysts, manages customer relationships, and drives performance improvements across the end-to-end supply chain. The manager will work closely with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to optimize operations, mitigate risks, and meet corporate objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in SC, Business
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain planning, with a focus on global operations and team management
- Proven track record in capacity planning, demand forecasting, and supply chain optimization at both the global and product-specific levels
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage and mentor a team across multiple regions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with internal teams, external stakeholders, and manage a reporting team
- Proficiency in advanced planning systems (e.g., SAP. IBP) and analytical tools
- Demonstrated experience in driving supply chain improvements and achieving operational targets, with the ability to manage both strategic and tactical aspects of planning
Nice To Haves
- MBA or Master’s degree
- Professional certification in supply chain management, operations, or engineering (APICS, PMP, Six Sigma)
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and management of global capacity and demand plans (SIOP), ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, customer value, and supply chain capabilities
- Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to ensure flexible capacity models and robust contingency plans are in place
- Core business partner for assigned product lines to understand customer value and recommend supply chain strategies that optimize capacity, inventory, cost, service, and agility.
- Support the design, development and implementation of integrated planning process standards and govern adherence to established standards within assigned scope.
- Drive effective inventory management through process, policy and procedure definition in planning master data, safety stock strategy and rigorous slow moving inventory dispositioning.
- Facilitate Greenbook Capacity Plan including report out to business teams and key division leadership
- Develop and execute strategic supply chain initiatives, ensuring product availability and operational efficiency at both global and product-specific levels
- Set global KPIs for supply chain performance and monitor key metrics such as on-time delivery, inventory levels, and cost efficiency, ensuring that Product Line Planners meet their respective targets
- Lead global cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of improvement projects related to supply chain processes and systems, coordinating with Product Line Planners and Customer Supply Chain Analyst for consistent execution
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions
- Matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
