Logistics Supplier Manager

Introduction

Are you challenged by a supply chain over 7 tiers deep? Do you want to deliver input for ASML’s 2025 strategy? Do you want to be part of building the right capacity within ASML’s external supply chain for our future growth? And are you experienced in building, developing and creating improvements to drive operational excellence at our suppliers, internal stakeholders and customers?

If so, we should talk!

Job Mission

ASML Sourcing & Supply Chain (S&SC) represents ASML’s Sourcing, Logistics and Quality interface to its supply base and is responsible for Materials Availability for ASML’s factories and customers. Our DNA contains customer focus, concurrent engineering, virtual integration plus the ability to thrive in a volatile market, accelerate the supply chain and deliver creative solutions.

Any break in material availability may have an unacceptable impact for our customers. So S&SC must proactively identify and solve potential issues by working closely with our technical departments and customers, and actively managing an extensive supplier base.

Job Description

S&SC works to provide a reliable, responsive and robust global supply chain network which delivers materials to the factory and the field at the right moment, in the right quantity and quality against the lowest integral costs. The Supplier Chain Manager is responsible to drive Logistics Management and Operational Performance of a selected number of key suppliers in the ASML Logistics Supply Chain. The continually increasing business demands make this a challenge. Your main responsibilities are:

• Operational Excellence Performance of suppliers and their n-tier suppliers.
• Optimize manufacturing processes at suppliers.
• Contribute to ASML sourcing strategy.
• RepresentingLogistics as member of Supplier Account Team.
• Lead a cross sectorial team for several projects.
• Work with ASML stakeholders to shape our future supply chain.
• Drive process improvements at suppliers; actively participating in improvement projects at suppliers.
• Coaching of colleagues in hard and soft skills.

Education

Master degree in Supply Chain Management or similar. Bachelors with relevant experience can also be considered.

Experience

• 10+ years relevant work experience in similar roles with international scope.
• Experience in High tech, low volume industries is a pre.
• Experienced in improvement & operational excellence in manufacturing environment.
• Lean Six Sigma on the job experience.

Personal skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
• Conceptual thinker on strategic level.
• Analytical.
• Pragmatic and result driven.
• Convincing / negotiation skills.
• Managing ambiguity.
• Pro-active attitude, drive for improvement.
• Flexible and adaptable.

Context of the position

Sourcing & Supply Chain (S&SC) represents ASML’s sourcing, logistics and quality interface to its supply base and is responsible for material availability for ASML’s factories. In today’s complex multi-tier supply chains, this is only possible by creating full transparency in thechains and flexibility at suppliers. S&SC manages over 100 chains up to seven tiers deep, addressing potential bottlenecks and supply risks before they impact our customers. It must handle the increased complexity of ASML’s systems while reducing cost of ownership for customers. To do this, S&SC - and logistics engineers work with suppliers to continuously reduce cycle time for components, modules and assemblies, increasing supply chain flexibility and customer value. S&SC also monitors suppliers’ quality, flexibility, cycle time reductions, move rate compliance and on-time delivery reliability, driving supplier development in all areas to ensure ASML’s supply keeps pace with technological developments and can adapt to changing market conditions.

Other information

Full time and permanent position based in Veldhoven.