.Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we're always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers.Role Purpose:Lead Global MES team ensuring compliance with Corning and manufacturing systems standards.Lead implementations and migrations to standard manufacturing system.Support manufacturing operations by providing standard manufacturing systems for OCS.Help define MES strategy and roadmap for OCS.Deliver projects on time and within budget.Identify opportunities for process and system improvements.Support solutions and improvements for manufacturing systems.Key Responsibilities:Leadership for manufacturing systems programming and support team.Lead system bundle process, ensuring proper alignment.Make recommendations for altering or improving systems.Prime technical contact for application developers.Identify and resolve complex technical application issues within our customer service-level agreements.Ensure the alignment of solutions with business and IT goals and objectives.Translate business user functional requests into technical objects utilizing best practices.Work with business to solve system challenges.Participate in the evaluation and introduction of new technologies.Able to perform under pressure during system down situations.Ability to work across multiple teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.Conduct working sessions with business users as required.Understanding of programming practices to provide direction for system solutions.Able to work with IT BE team during troubleshooting providing guidance when required.Proficient in working within our ticketing system - ServiceNow.Must be a self-starter with the ability to manage work with minimal supervision.Will work with operations team in support of break/fix activities as well as some project work.Will support on-call personnel as needed.Expected to meet SLA commitments defined by IT and agreed upon by the organization.Needs to be a self-starter and able to work independently following Corning established coding guidelines.Analyze software requirements to determine design feasibility.Provide support and advice in all technical aspects during implementation.Experience/Education:Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work/education experience.Proficient in English.Understanding of manufacturing processes, functionality, interfaces, and security.Excellent communication and written skills.Basic programming and database knowledge.5+ years working in IT in a manufacturing environment.Previous project management experience.3+ years MES systems experience