Senior Manager Logistics Operations & Planning

Introduction to the job

Do you thrive in a fast-paced logistics environment where you can lead large teams, drive improvements, and shape the future of operations? Are you ready to take on a high-impact role that combines operational excellence with strategic innovation? Then this is the opportunity for you.

Role and responsibilities

As Senior Manager Logistics Operations & Planning, you will run a key part of our Manufacturing Hub, ensuring materials are in place to keep ASML’s production on track. You will lead a dynamic team of ~80 professionals, including logistics planners, engineers, and analysts, and act as a key delegate for the Head of Logistics Operations.

Together with your staff, teams and direct colleagues, your goal is to run, improve and change the operation in our Manufacturing Hub. The position consists of both operational and engineering responsibility. On the one hand, you work in a demanding and challenging environment wherein you are end responsible for having the right inventory on stock to meet factory demand, load levelled planning in our manufacturing hub, on time delivery towards the factory, quick disturbance follow up. On the other hand, you ensure continuous improvement and change via breakthrough projects in our operation.

Your responsibilities include:

• Lead a department of ~80 highly motivated colleagues in different teams (i.e. engineering teams, planning teams, disturbance management) – facilitate their success and growth while focusing on well-being
• Drive Logistics Operation’s performance either via capabilities in the Control Tower, Planning and Engineering department or LO’s operational departments
• Maintain a culture of continuous improvement with structural follow up identified issues
• Manage a challenging stakeholder network ranging from ASML factories towards Supply Chain departments
• Drive the Logistics Operations roadmap
• Manage high-level of escalations across logistics processes
• Innovate using new technologies such as simulations

Education and experience

• >8 years of experience within Logistics or Supply Chain Management
• Master degree (e.g. Operations Management & Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management)
• Experience in a technical production/ warehouse environment
• Experience in leading leaders
• Excellent stakeholder management skills Lean management experience (e.g. DPMs, 4Cs)
• Project management experience (e.g. A3s)

Skills

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team player with good social and communication skills
• Self-steering and structural result driven
• Can do mentality and proactive attitude
• Confident, convincing, and calm under stress
• Capable to initiate and lead process improvements
• Stakeholder management on different levels

Other information

The Logistics Operations department is responsible for all storage, planning and shipment of ASML material, e.g. systems, upgrade packages etc. As part of the Logistics Operations team, this role is positioned within the Control Tower. The Control Tower is the responsible team for all administrative flows, preventing and predicting stagnations.

Diversity and inclusion

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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.