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1. Partner with the global leaders within Corning and the respective functional and business unit leadership teams to define, develop, and execute the supply management sustainability strategy.
2. Establish and monitor program goals, success metrics and implementation roadmaps to advance the sustainability strategy.
3. Implement and monitor recognized standards and KPIs, using the information to continually identify areas of improvement.
4. Monitor and analyze external trends, including emerging legislation and advocacy trends, and competitor landscape for insights to inform ongoing strategy development and to maintain rank as best in class.
5. Oversee supplier compliance with social and environmental requirements.
6. Respond to customer inquiries regarding Corning sustainability performance.
7. Monitor program schedules, costs, and deliverables.
8. Identify and work proactively to resolve any risks or failure to make progress toward achieving goals.
Travel Requirements:
9. Domestic and International travel as required.
Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time:
10. 40+ Hours per week.
Required Education:
11. Bachelor's degree, MBA or advanced degree in related field preferred.
Required Years and Area of Experience:
12. 15+ years, including 5+ years in Sustainability.
Required Skills:
13. 15+ years strong business experience, including sustainability leadership, program management, and supply chain.
14. Deep knowledge of sustainability and solid understanding of government advocacy and key market trends.
15. Strategic thinker and thought leader with a mindset of innovation and intellectual curiosity, skilled at eliciting various perspectives, synthesizing ideas and actioning solutions in creative ways.
16. Strong work ethic and results-oriented contributor with demonstrated experience managing complex programs.
17. Strong executive presence and ability to drive effective results working with senior leadership and stakeholders, trusted to manage highly confidential information.
18. Ability to collaboratively reach out across organizational boundaries, navigating matrixed structures to mobilize resources and subject matter experts across multiple teams and groups to achieve objectives.
19. Exceptional communication skills, with experience developing clear, succinct, and compelling content for executive-level presentations and communications.
20. Capacity to serve as a thought partner, planning partner and execution partner, comfortable assessing and, as appropriate, challenging input.
Desired Skills:
21. Able to work in ambiguous operating environments.
22. Understands and can calculate basic financial computations (Rate of Return, Payback, Return on Investment and Return on Asset to name a few).
23. Change Management training / experience.