Supply Chain and Sourcing Project Manager

Job description summary 

Responsible for day-to-day management of a technical project and to run this within the triple constraints described in the project plan. Responsible for the project supply chain deliverables, from project plan to final delivery, to realize its deliverables that will support the business case of the overall program. 

Introduction to the job 

As a Supply Chain and Sourcing manager within the ASML Strategic Sourcing and Procurement sector (SS&P), you will make a real difference by driving the end-to-end introduction and industrialization of ASML’s products from a Logistics, Cost, and Quality point-of-view, following ASML’s Product Generation Process (PGP). To achieve this, you will be using your unique mix of technical, creative, and people skills to lead and coordinate natural teams both at ASML and at suppliers. 

Role and responsibilities

• Define, secure and monitor the supply chain and sourcing NPI and industrialization deliverables in the Product Generation Process (PGP) to successfully deliver volume-worthy products, including alignment on the SS&P sector’s KD decisions and driving D&E (Development&Engineering) deliverables. 

• Identify and manage supply chain risks, acting as the voice of the suppliers within product teams. Conduct assessments on material availability, including supplier move-rate capabilities and long-leadtime item. 

• Drive, monitor and report-out on Cost of Goods roadmap vs. target on Cluster in close collaboration with the SS&P clusters/commodities in Business Line and across SPFT’s/Supplier account teams. 

• Prepare yearly OPEX/CAPEX forecast and manage spend within budget for Supplier NRE (Non-recurring expenses) and tooling&packaging, including monitoring throughout the year. 

• Proactively solve QLTC (Quality, Logistics, Technology, Cost) in collaboration with internal (engineering and procurement/sourcing) and external stakeholders (suppliers) and organize periodic management reviews. 

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional team (engineering, factory,  field, suppliers) representatives in product teams to ensure alignment and integration of KD deliverables, together with a team of PLM Product Coordinators. Mobile resources if needed to fulfill the plans. 

• Apply Early Supplier Involvement and Concurrent Engineering methodology to secure the required introduction timeline, including defining Complex Part List, and coordinating Make/Buy decisions and Supplier Selections w/the Supplier Account Teams. 

• Identify bottle necks, prepare decisions and take actions towards engineering, suppliers, factories as well as the field to manage the critical path of new parts for time-to-market and ramp up. 

• First point of contact for supply chain operations aspects and related issues in the cross-sector project cluster team and direct counterpart of the Module Delivery Unit (MDU)-lead. 

• Report pro-actively on project status to relevant senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and timely updates, including activities, milestones and resources. 

• Represent SS&P in the AIR (ASML Issue Resolution) triage, managing AIR issues related to SS&P and End of Life/Supply. 

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within SS&P function to enhance efficiency and effectiveness 

By fulfilling these responsibilities, you will play a crucial role in the successful industrialization and introduction of ASML’s cutting-edge product, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of quality, cost efficiency and performance. 

Education and experience 

• Technical or Supply Chain Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred. 

• A minimum of 6 years' relevant work-experience in a NPI environment preferably in a high-tech industry 

• Proven track record in project management and leading multi-disciplinary teams 

• Proven track record to improve efficiency and effectivity in technical production environment 

• Experience in interfacing with suppliers on industrialization targets preferred 

• Experience in out-of-the-box creative problem solving 

• Experience in bottleneck management of manufacturing processes 

• Previous sourcing experience highly preferred 

Skills 

• Highly organized, capable to drive complex issues to simple and pragmatic solutions; 

• Influencing without formal authority, sense for tactical and political relations on both strategic and operational level; 

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships on different levels in the organization 

• Able to show resilience in a high stress, high pressure environment (e.g. escalations) 

• Conceptual and analytical thinker 

• Pragmatic, hands on and result driven mindset 

• Strong communication skills (listening, asking the right questions, constructive challenging), able to get buy-in and commitment from relevant stakeholders 

• Excellent influencing skills, able to lead and coach team members 

• Project management skills, able to translate requirements into a Product Masterplan 

• Strong affinity with working in a technical environment 

• Good business judgement and ability to organize and manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities. Prioritize between key and side topics. 

• Ability to judge when support is necessary, and know how to involve the right stakeholders 

• Action oriented selfstarter who can drive strategy and be hands-on as situations deem appropriate 

• Energized by fast paced environments 

• Strong analytical, structure and organizational skills 

• Stakeholder management: experience with dealing effectively with internal and external stakeholders both at operational and executive levels