Supply Chain internship: process mapping and workflow standardization

Be part of progress: Join ASML’s Reverse Supply Chain Operations Team

Introduction

ASML’s Reverse Supply Chain Operations team plays a crucial role in ensuring that defective machine parts are returned swiftly and efficiently to our vendors. With a strong operational focus, the team manages the repair, reuse, and reintegration of returned materials—helping reduce waste and improve inventory efficiency across the company. Currently, ASML faces over €2 billion in inefficient inventory, making the reverse supply chain a key area for improvement. To support this mission, the team is working towards one standardized way of working. As part of this effort, we are looking for a proactive intern to help design and implement a structured onboarding experience for new team members, ensuring they quickly understand our systems, processes, and operational goals.

Your assignment

As an intern, you will co-create an onboarding plan for new hires in the Reverse Supply Chain Operations team. This includes documenting work instructions in various formats such as PowerPoint one-pagers, Word documents, and MP4 videos. Additionally, you will help standardize operational processes and ensure that the team navigates our systems and workflows uniformly.

Key deliverables include:

• Collaborate with team members to understand and document key reverse supply chain processes.
• Create clear and engaging work instructions in multiple formats.
• Help standardize operational procedures to reduce inefficiencies and improve workflows.
• Gain deep insights into reverse logistics, including repair, reuse, and return flows of materials.

Your profile

To be a perfect match you:

• Are a Bachelor student in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or Technical Business Administration.
• Are familiar with tools like PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Have strong communication skills and enjoy working in a team.
• Are curious about reverse logistics and eager to contribute to process improvement.

This is an internship (non-thesis) for bachelor students, with a duration of at least 5 months. It requires an investment of 32 to 40 hours per week, out of which 4 days on-site in Veldhoven. The start of this internship is set for February 2026.

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship.
• Attach your cover letter with a clear motivation why you are interested in this internship assignment in particular.
• You need to be located in the Netherlands to perform your internship. In case you are currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter should include your willingness to relocate.
• If you are a non-EU citizen studying in the Netherlands, your university must be willing to sign the documents relevant for doing an internship (i.e., Nuffic agreement).

About ASML

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. 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.