Contract & supplier manager hard services

Introduction to the job

As the contract & supplier manager you are responsible to manage the supply chain that delivers the Asset Management and Maintenance outsourced services.

ASML is a high-tech company and leading supplier to the semiconductor industry. We manufacture complex lithography machines used by chip manufacturers to produce integrated circuits or computer chips. What we do is at the heart of all electronic devices that inform, entertain and connect us. More than 20,000 employees develop and manufacture key components for ASML lithography systems at our facilities in the Netherlands.

It is essential that ASML's property, plants and equipment, buildings, real estate and services are maintained at a consistently high level to realize our growth targets. The Corporate Real Estate (CRE) organization is a centralized department that is responsible for CRE activities worldwide, serving >40,000 employees.

Role and responsibilities

As the Contract & Supplier Manager you are responsible to manage the supply chain that delivers the Asset Management and Maintenance outsourced services. Your core task is to optimize the supply chain and build partnerships with suppliers to ensure consistent and aligned services, (future) flexibility and continuous improvement.

You act as demand manager for your parcels and thus need to know the internal customers, the business processes, and their (future) demand.

In collaboration with the procurement & sourcing team you ensure the necessary capacity and capabilities in the supplier base and monitor their performance. You drive continuous improvements with the suppliers. You define budgets, create forecasts and approve expense. Focus on the financial- & performance management, and contract development.

You will be participating in translating and/or changed into contracts, service levels and service agreements. You develop the strategies and determine what types of contract models and service agreements support these developments. You investigate market opportunities, execute tenders and establish a strong contractual basis with suppliers.

Peers in your team are the Asset Management Specialists, Risk & Reliability Manager, Business Analyst, Innovation & Sustainability Manager and Quality & Compliance Manager. But you also work closely with the Technical Facility Managers ensuring optimal service delivery.

You will report to the Manager Strategic Asset Management.

In addition to the tasked and responsibilities primarily listed above, the following tasks also apply to this position:

• Evaluate if the business needs (now and future) are met with the contracted service concepts, SLA's, KPI's and other contract specifications, and coordinate necessary long term / structural actions, changes and improvements.
• Based on annual activities plans, create, monitor, justify, maintain, adjust the annual financial plan (budget) and forecasts per service line.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive system for performance management and metrics to monitor supplier performance and contract-compliance.
• Manage supplier reporting process (availability of reports and dashboards).
• Manage the operational evaluation process for the supplier performance (like Operational/Quarterly/Strategic Business Reviews), and ensure necessary actions, changes or improvements are implemented.
• Initiate and stimulate structural product and quality development together with suppliers and the CRE F&M content experts by developing requirements and contractual conditions that are essential to run innovation processes or to achieve a next level partnership.
• Develop product and services catalogues.

Education and experience

You have a bachelor or master degree in sourcing/contract and supplier management or similar.

• Job experience +/- 5 -10 years in similar role.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

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

• Social and networking skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communications and stakeholder management skills
• Strongly results-orientated with a corresponding sense of responsibility; directs work and ensures accountability
• Persistent, Punctual and Accurate
• Excellent decision making skills in fast-changing and complex environments, and capable of dealing with uncertainties
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Dutch.

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.