Area Manager, Advanced Processing Operations BCELL

ASML•Wilton, CT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Area Manager, you will serve as a hands-on leader, ensuring the safe, on-time delivery of high-quality products to both internal and external customers. In this role, you will drive continuous improvement in processes, operational effectiveness, and efficiency across your area of responsibility. You will proactively identify opportunities for enhancement and lead initiatives that elevate overall performance. You will build and maintain a strong partnership with our sister facility in Berlin, Germany, to exchange best practices and align on operational excellence. In collaboration with Production and Development Engineers, you will play a key role in the adoption and industrialization of new products and processes. Success in this role requires a collaborative mindset—you thrive as a team player and take equal pride in the achievements of your team members as in your own. Lead and supervise a team of >5 or more direct reports, with an overall organizational scope of more than 30 employees. Manage multiple work centers, competencies, or shifts, often involving a broad technical scope and complex, cross-functional stakeholder engagement. Coordinate activities requiring advanced vocational expertise or experienced Bachelor's-level thinking, while applying your own academic-level analysis and decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required (Engineering or related field preferred)
10–15 years in manufacturing operations, preferably high-mix, technical environments
Master’s Degree (Engineering or related field preferred)
5-10 years in manufacturing operations, preferably high-mix, technical environments
Proven experience leading leaders in a complex, multi-shift production environment
Strong Lean/Continuous Improvement background with demonstrated results
Experience in optics manufacturing, coating, or metrology preferred
Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred) and manufacturing systems
Experience working in ISO-certified environments
Limited experience of planning, managing and organizing resources within short to medium timescales within the overall policy framework.
Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
Occasionally required to move around the campus.
May occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
Can learn and apply new information or skills.
Must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
Potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.
This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.
Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Nice To Haves

Experience in optics manufacturing, coating, or metrology preferred
Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred) and manufacturing systems

Responsibilities

Lead manufacturing operations within the BCELL area, which includes several advanced optical production processes: Bonding, Contacting, Etching, Lithography, Laser Processing.
Manage these processes across multiple shifts in a 24/7 production environment to meet or exceed key performance indicators: Safety, Quality, First Pass Yield, On-Time Delivery, Lead Time, Labor Productivity, and 5S.
Ensure smooth, continuous operations with strong responsiveness to production issues and escalations.
Enable direct reports (GLs) in production planning, scheduling, and execution in partnership with Business Planning.
Translate customer demand into executable plans aligned with available equipment, workforce, and capacity.
Manage operational and capital budgets to meet performance targets.
Lead a layered organization of shift managers, team leads, and technicians.
Build, coach, and develop leadership capabilities within direct reports.
Drive employee engagement, inclusion, and team effectiveness.
Ensure retention and development of critical skills and technical expertise.
Act as a visible role model aligned to the ASML Leadership Profile: People Leader, Business Leader, Coach, and Culture Carrier.
Lead organizational design and capability transformation aligned to future business needs.
Own Health, Safety & Environment performance across BCELL, with factory-wide impact.
Ensure compliance with ISO9001, ISO14001, and internal procedures.
Promote a proactive safety culture and hold teams accountable.
Investigate and drive systemic resolution of quality issues, including craftsmanship-related defects.
Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives (L3/L4 level).
Foster a culture of structured problem-solving, experimentation, and innovation.
Align CI portfolio to factory strategy and quantify business impact.
Challenge teams to identify waste, improve flow, and increase process capability.
Partner closely with Production Engineering to improve process performance and efficiency.
Translate sector strategy into operational plans with a 2–3 year horizon.
Define and implement department KPIs aligned to strategic priorities.
Establish future capacity and resource planning to support demand growth and NPI.
Lead industrialization of new products and processes with cross-functional teams.
Drive organizational readiness for future technology and volume ramps.
Build strong partnerships across: Production Engineering, Supply Chain / Business Planning, Development & NPI teams, Sister factories (Onsite and offsite).
Influence stakeholders across functions and leadership levels (up to senior management).
Represent BCELL operations in cross-sector initiatives and decision-making processes.
Provide clear operational insights, KPI performance tracking, and risk assessments.
Deliver actionable recommendations and drive decision-making.
Ensure transparency and alignment through structured reporting and tiered meetings.
Make data-driven decisions with strong business and operational judgment.