Head of Factory Planning

ASML•San Diego, CA

14d•$168,188 - $246,675

About The Position

The Head of Factory Planning leads the integrated planning organization responsible for translating customer demand and business priorities into an executable factory plan. The role provides visibility into demand, supply, capacity, materials, logistics, output constraints, and delivery risks, while driving decisions that protect customer commitments and improve flow, cost, and operational stability. The role partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Business Planning, Finance, Business Lines, Plan & Deliver, peer factories, and central planning teams. It establishes aligned plans, priorities, and planning routines across the factory and global factory network. Success requires people leadership, data-driven decision-making, and influence across organizational boundaries in a high-mix, high-complexity manufacturing environment. The position is based in an office and manufacturing environment and may require access to cleanroom or production areas. Domestic and/or international travel may be required depending on company needs. The role involves routine sitting, walking, talking, hearing, and hand use for keyboarding and handling, as well as occasional campus movement and bending, kneeling, crouching, twisting, reaching, and stretching. Specific vision abilities include close and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. The environment is generally moderate in temperature and noise level. The current base annual salary range is $168,188–$246,675. Pay is determined based on role, level, location, market data, and candidate-specific factors, including job-related skills, education, experience, certifications, abilities, and pay relative to other team members. The company offers employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance; participation in a 401(k) plan; eight hours of vacation leave each month; and 13 paid holidays per calendar year. New ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days. ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values a diverse and inclusive workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or a related discipline.
10 or more years of progressive experience in manufacturing, factory planning, supply chain, or operations.
Demonstrated experience leading managers and professional teams, including organizational development, coaching, and talent planning.
Proven ownership of integrated business planning, demand and supply planning, capacity planning, production control, materials, or factory logistics.
Experience in a high-mix, low-volume and/or high-tech manufacturing environment with complex product configurations and constrained supply chains.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional decision-making, scenario planning, constraint resolution, and recovery execution.
Experience with ERP and advanced planning systems, data analytics, and performance-management tools.
Working knowledge of Lean principles, structured problem solving, change management, and continuous improvement.
Strategic planning capability across customer demand, product strategy, factory capability, and financial priorities.
Operational leadership across safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and continuous improvement objectives.
Systems thinking about demand, capacity, materials, logistics, engineering maturity, quality, and production flow.
Ability to interpret complex information, test scenarios, distinguish signal from noise, and make timely recommendations.
Ability to build alignment and constructive challenge across factory, business line, supply chain, engineering, and executive stakeholders.
People leadership skills, including clarity, coaching, empowerment, inclusion, and accountability.
Ability to communicate outlook, assumptions, risks, trade-offs, and decisions with precision and transparency.
Ability to establish standards, embed process discipline, and sustain adoption across organizational boundaries.
Customer focus and ability to balance near-term recovery with long-term capability while protecting customer commitments.
Ability to read and interpret data, information, and documents; observe and respond to people and situations; and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Nice To Haves

Oracle or comparable ERP experience is preferred.
Experience supporting new product introduction, product transfer, factory ramp, or multi-site manufacturing is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the Factory Planning organization, establishing accountability, empowerment, performance management, and development for managers and planning professionals.
Translate factory strategy, customer demand, product roadmaps, and business priorities into integrated short-, mid-, and long-term factory plans.
Own the end-to-end factory planning cadence, including demand review, supply and capacity review, material readiness, production commitments, scenario planning, and executive escalation.
Establish a fact-based view of factory demand, supply, capacity, cycle time, work in process, output, and delivery risk.
Align priorities and trade-offs across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Business Lines, and Plan & Deliver.
Lead capacity planning for labor, equipment, cleanroom space, tooling, test capability, and critical factory infrastructure; identify gaps and initiate mitigation.
Own factory-level material planning and logistics performance, including inbound and outbound flow, line-side availability, material handling, inventory health, and shortage escalation.
Ensure production schedules and build plans account for material, capacity, engineering, quality, and configuration constraints.
Chair or enable planning governance and performance reviews, making decisions, owners, due dates, and escalations explicit and ensuring follow-through.
Develop recovery plans for output gaps and material or capacity constraints, and track execution until factory commitments are restored.
Standardize planning processes, improve master-data quality and system discipline, and promote common ways of working across the factory network.
Use analytics and scenario modeling to identify risks early, evaluate alternatives, and support timely decisions by factory and business leadership.
Improve delivery predictability, planning stability, cycle time, inventory effectiveness, and resource utilization through structured problem solving and continuous improvement.
Ensure readiness for new product introduction, product transfers, ramp-ups, and dual-manufacturing strategies through integrated planning and operational risk management.
Build interfaces with peer factories and central planning teams to share capacity, resolve network constraints, and align global manufacturing priorities.
Develop and manage the department budget, workforce plan, competency roadmap, and succession pipeline.
Create a culture of safety, quality, customer focus, collaboration, learning, and accountability across the planning organization.
Communicate factory outlook, scenarios, risks, decisions, and support needs concisely for executive audiences.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.