Lean Business Partner

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Introduction to the job

The Lean team supports the EUV Factory (EF) organization to drive Operational Excellence as a means to realize the business goals of the factory. As a Lean Business Partner, you will be the trusted partner of the business managers, guiding and supporting them through the change transformation.

Since the beginning of 2017, the foundations were laid to create pull for Lean principles within the EF organization. The EF staff embraced Lean Leadership behavior and the groundwork of Hoshin Kanri, Daily Performance Management, and Structured Problem-Solving were laid. Eight years on, the Lean team has expanded their support by “stepping into the dance” of the operations in order to develop the Lean competency required to achieve success in our unique and challenging manufacturing and business environment.

The Lean Business Partner (LBP) reports to the Manager Lean within the Operational Excellence department of EF. The LBP is the business partner for the NXE Manufacturing department and responsible for driving the NXE Manufacturing improvement strategy on Operational Excellence. She / He drives the Lean activities and supports and guides teams and leaders with running improvement activities, implementing the performance management system, and coaches them in developing problem-solving techniques and Lean leadership behavior. As an LBP, you will respectfully challenge the status quo and act as a role model for Lean thinking.

Role and responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the LBP are to drive the business performance impact of the Lean program (A3’s, 4C’s, Breakthrough Initiatives) and develop the Lean and Operational Excellence capabilities of the EF NXE Manufacturing organization (training, coaching, challenging on Lean principles, being a catalyst in driving the change). The position also requires experience in both project and change management skills (event planning, execution, and follow-up). The holder of this position also contributes to ASML’s Operational Excellence System by improving the Lean and Operational Excellence standards used within the EF Lean team and ASML.

In alignment with the accountable business manager, as a business partner you will:

• Set and agree operational excellence goals and plan
• Drive and support the strategy deployment process and performance dialogues in NXE Manufacturing
• Define success criteria and roles & responsibilities
• Challenge progress regularly with the NXE Manufacturing team and other relevant stakeholders
• Be a role model in adapting Lean principles and coach on Lean behavior
• Support business impact initiatives (A3’s, 4C’s, breakthrough initiatives)

As a Lean team member you will:

• Share and inform the team about deployment progress, bottlenecks, and help requests
• Support your colleagues proactively in the deployment or building each other’s expertise
• Contribute to improvements to the ASML Lean standards
• Challenge your colleagues by adapting the Lean principles in our own team
• Improve our daily operations and participate in strategic steps
• Be a partner towards the business in driving Lean improvements

Education and experience

• Bachelor or Master’s degree
• 10+ years of experience, including a manufacturing environment and in Lean deployment or application
• Additional relevant experience with continuous improvement methods (problem solving, six-sigma) or change/project management experience is a pre-requisite
• Fundamental knowledge of Lean principles and change management models, especially creating FLOW in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with managing change on culture and leadership
• Facilitation, training, and coaching
• Fluent in English

Skills

• A passion for continuous improvement and a ‘get things done’ mentality
• Great networking skills, able to work and communicate at multiple levels of the organization
• The ability to motivate and inspire colleagues in Lean Thinking as a business necessity
• Potential to use a wide range of different influencing techniques (influencing without power)
• Crisp communicator by fact-based and well-structured messages in a range of different formats
• Ability to observe team dynamics and coach and/or define improvements for better ways of working
• Is able to listen to others’ issues and able to connect to people at all levels by showing empathy
• Actively gives and seeks constructive feedback, dares to have courageous conversations
• Good team player who is committed to the success of LEAN deployment within ASML
• Be open-minded and eager to learn from others

Other Information

Context of the position

The current team (20 FTE) is a multi-talented group of professionals with extensive experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Lean, and Six Sigma from manufacturing powerhouses in the automotive, aerospace, high-tech, medical, and finance sectors. What the members of the team have in common is the drive and passion for helping others in becoming a Lean organization. We would like to have a new colleague who can add value to the team with his or her experience with Lean implementation, change management, and proactively supporting the business in implementing Lean principles. Although we have mixed talents and different ways to come to solutions, “one team, one goal” is what we strive for.