Commercial Operations Specialist

Requisition Number: 78271

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Our Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers. 

Role Purpose:

The Commercial Support Specialist functions as a project coordination lead for customer sales order activity and related operational initiatives. This role is responsible for driving alignment across cross-functional teams, managing order-related workflows, and ensuring critical activities remain on track from initiation through execution.

Acting as a central point of coordination, this individual will oversee the tracking of milestones, changes, risks, and follow-up actions tied to sales orders and commercial operations priorities. The role requires a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who can manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintain clear documentation, and support timely execution across Planning, Finance, Production, Quality, Logistics, and Commercial Operations.

Success in this position requires strong project coordination and execution skills, sound judgment, and the ability to bring structure and visibility to fast-moving operational activity.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Coordination & Execution
Lead coordination of order-related workflows and operational initiatives by establishing priorities, tracking milestones, managing action items, and ensuring timely execution across cross-functional teams.

Cross-Functional Project Management
Partner with internal stakeholders — including Planning, Finance, Production, Quality, and Logistics — to align on requirements, clarify dependencies, coordinate deliverables, and maintain momentum on shared objectives.

Order Workflow Management
Own the day-to-day tracking and coordination of customer sales order activity, ensuring status updates, changes, and next steps are documented, communicated, and advanced appropriately.