Raw Materials (Pudong, SH, CN, 201206) @ Corning

Requisition Number: 78013 The company built on breakthroughs. Join us. 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. How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact.

You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more. Come break through with us. Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets.

We are changing the world with: Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions Role Purpose Under the guidance and direction of Technical Management: Provide Process Engineering support to the CHCL and CSCL production lines to establish process capability and pursue stable operational performance.

Continuously driving process and equipment improvements to achieve the plants’ goals in cost, capacity, delivery and quality. Source and validate raw material related suppliers and their raw material based on needs. Lead China regional raw material properties study and improvement, including testing method establishment and improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Incoming raw material quality assurance Collaborate with two plants batch team to build more mature raw material incoming inspection and test procedure to ensure material quality, no impact in production.
• Take instant investigations whenever material quality issues happened, together with plant batch team, and reflect to vendor if need.
• Regularly review quality issues with supplier side (EJ, KL or others) Support plants’ raw material continuous quality improvement Keep close contacts with KL and EJ batch house on their material properties monitoring.
• Keep working with local raw material suppliers on their material properties monitoring.
• Take investigation on raw material quality issues at two plants.
• Establishing rigorous raw material process control guideline and discipline (determine appropriate data collection, process monitoring, control methods).
• Daily monitoring raw material COA report monitoring and instant feedback to plants once any abnormalities.
• Daily lab testing results monitoring and instant feedback to plants once any abnormalities.
• Develop or improve material shrinkage control system to ensure the prediction accuracy Establish raw material rheology prediction model to better simulate extrusion process stabilities.
• Providing training to plant batch/forming engineers/technicians in raw material related technology to assist them better understanding rheology fundamentals (one of the critical triangle factors).
• Lead or support China regional raw material CR projects develop and advance the raw material technology roadmap, including: project prioritization and resource planning, while expanding capability in areas such as alternative sourcing low-cost material exploration fundamental material understanding Conduct or support plants on new material or new material suppliers’ qualification/validation/management Conduct the assigned new material experimentations and summarize data packages to pass transparency review.
• Onsite audit suppliers on their quality assurance and control system.
• Manage quality assurance on the raw material supplied by local suppliers.
• Continuous Improvement: Controlling process variation and making continuous improvements.
• Conducting experimentation to fundamentally understand cause and effect.
• Controlling effective implementation of process or equipment changes.
• Planning, directing, coordinating and/or leading projects to ensure effective implementation – achieving objectives, completed on time and within budget.
• Interacting with Corporate, Division and Plant resources to exchange and transfer new technology of best practices.
• Staying current as a ‘subject matter expert’ in the field of technical expertise.
• Plant-wide principles : Implementing and enforcing procedures for maintaining a safe work environment.
• Experience& Education MUST: BS/MS degree in Materials or chemical, or rich experience in inorganic raw material filed.
• 3+ years working experience in manufacturing or lab environment.
• PLUS: Work experience in multi-national companies highly preferred.
• Ceramic experience preferred.
• Experience in leading or participating project highly preferred.
• Manufacturing experience highly preferred.
• Wide network in inorganic material market extremely preferred.
• Required Skills Language – fluent Chinese/English both in oral and written.
• Process thinking skills – logical problem analysis, decision analysis and understanding and solving problems.
• Good communication skills.
• Proactive self-learner Drive for results Desired Skills Basic statistical skills.
• Green belt certification Presentation skills Multiple job handling skills Under-pressure adaptability Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
• Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.

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