Category Manager - Facility Management

Introduction to the job

As a Site Product Lead within the ASML Strategic Sourcing and Procurement sector (SS&P), you will make a real difference by driving the end-to-end introduction and industrialization of ASML’s products from a Logistics, Cost, and Quality point-of-view, following ASML’s Product Generation Process (PGP). To achieve this, you will be using your unique mix of technical, creative, and people skills to lead and coordinate natural teams both at ASML and at suppliers.

Role and responsibilities

• Define, secure and monitor the supply chain and sourcing NPI and industrialization deliverables in the Product Generation Process (PGP) to successfully deliver volume-worthy products, including alignment on the SS&P sector’s KD decisions and driving D&E (Development & Engineering) deliverables

• Lead full lifecycle industrialization and new product introduction, ensuring readiness across all phases and decision gates

• Directly manage a team of ~15 employees while ensuring strong execution and accountability

• Identify and manage supply chain risks, acting as the voice of the suppliers within product teams. Conduct assessments on material availability, including supplier move-rate capabilities and long-lead time item.

• Drive, monitor and report-out on Cost of Goods roadmap vs. target on Cluster in close collaboration with the SS&P clusters/commodities in Business Line and across SPFT’s/Supplier account teams

• Proactively solve QLTC (Quality, Logistics, Technology, Cost) in collaboration with internal (engineering and procurement/sourcing) and external stakeholders (suppliers) and organize periodic management reviews

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional team (engineering, factory, field, suppliers) representatives in product teams to ensure alignment and integration of

• KD deliverables, together with a team of PLM Product Coordinators. Mobile resources if needed to fulfill the plans

• Apply Early Supplier Involvement and Concurrent Engineering methodology to secure the required introduction timeline, including defining Complex Part List, and coordinating Make/Buy decisions and Supplier Selections w/the Supplier Account Teams

• Identify bottle necks, prepare decisions and take actions towards engineering, suppliers, factories as well as the field to manage the critical path of new parts for time-to-market and ramp up

• First point of contact for supply chain operations aspects and related issues in the cross-sector project cluster team and direct counterpart of the Module Delivery Unit (MDU)-lead

• Report pro-actively on project status to relevant senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely updates, including activities, milestones and resources

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within SS&P function to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

• By fulfilling these responsibilities, you will play a crucial role in the successful industrialization and introduction of ASML’s cutting-edge product, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of quality, cost efficiency and performance

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering discipline or relevant experience. Master's degree preferred

• A minimum of 10 years' work-experience in a complex organization of which at least 2 years’ experience in a new product introductions preferably in a high-tech, low-volume OEM environment

• Proven track record in project management and leading multi-disciplinary teams

• Proven track record to improve efficiency and effectivity in technical production environment

• Experience in interfacing with suppliers on industrialization targets preferred

• Experience in out-of-the-box creative problem solving

• Experience in bottleneck management of manufacturing processes

• Previous sourcing experience highly preferred

Skills

• Highly organized, capable to drive complex issues to simple and pragmatic solutions

• Influencing without formal authority, sense for tactical and political relations on both strategic and operational level

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships on different levels in the organization

• Able to show resilience in a high stress, high pressure environment (e.g. escalations)

• Conceptual and analytical thinker

• Pragmatic, hands on and result driven mindset

• Strong communication skills (listening, asking the right questions, constructive challenging), able to get buy-in and commitment from relevant stakeholders

• Excellent influencing skills, able to lead and coach team members

• Project management skills, able to translate requirements into a Product Masterplan

• Strong affinity with working in a technical environment

• Good business judgement and ability to organize and manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities. Prioritize between key and side topics.

• Ability to judge when support is necessary, and know how to involve the right stakeholders

• Action oriented self starter who can drive strategy and be hands-on as situations deem appropriate

• Energized by fast paced environments

• Strong analytical, structure and organizational skills

• Stakeholder management: experience with dealing effectively with internal and external stakeholders both at operational and executive levels

Additional Responsibilities:

There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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