Head of Factory Planning

ASML•San Diego, CA

12d•$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 establishes a single aligned plan, clear priorities, and disciplined planning routines across the factory, providing visibility into demand, supply, capacity, materials, logistics, and output constraints. It partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Business Planning, Finance, and the global factory network to protect customer commitments while improving flow, cost, and operational stability. The position leads and develops planning managers and professionals; owns factory planning cadence and governance; oversees demand, supply, capacity, material, production, and logistics planning; and drives cross-functional decisions, recovery plans, and continuous improvement. The role supports new product introductions, transfers, ramps, and multi-site manufacturing strategies, while communicating factory outlook, risks, scenarios, and decisions to leadership. It operates in a dynamic, high-mix and high-complexity manufacturing environment. The position is based in office and manufacturing settings and may require access to cleanroom or production areas, campus movement, and domestic and/or international travel dependent on company needs. The role requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant discipline and 10 or more years of progressive manufacturing, factory planning, supply chain, or operations experience. The current annual base salary range is $168,188–$246,675. ASML offers employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance; participation in the company 401(k) plan; eight hours of vacation leave per month; and 13 paid holidays per calendar year.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or a related discipline.
10+ 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.
Ability to connect customer demand, product strategy, factory capability, and financial priorities across multiple planning horizons.
Ability to drive predictable execution across safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and continuous improvement objectives.
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.
Ability to develop high-performing teams through clarity, coaching, empowerment, inclusion, and accountability.
Ability to communicate outlook, assumptions, risks, trade-offs, and decisions precisely and transparently.
Ability to establish standards, embed process discipline, and sustain adoption across organizational boundaries.
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 physical demands described for the role, with reasonable accommodations where applicable; duties routinely involve sitting, walking, talking, hearing, keyboarding, handling and feeling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, twisting, reaching, and stretching.
Domestic and/or international travel dependent on company needs.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Lead the Factory Planning organization, including accountability, empowerment, performance management, and development of 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 commitment, scenario planning, and executive escalation.
Establish a fact-based view of factory demand, supply, capacity, cycle time, work in process, output, and delivery risk.
Drive alignment on 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 trigger 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, ensuring decisions, owners, due dates, and escalations are explicit and followed through.
Develop recovery plans for output gaps and material or capacity constraints, and track execution until factory commitments are restored.
Drive planning process standardization, master-data quality, system discipline, and adoption of common ways of working across the factory network.
Use analytics and scenario modelling to expose 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 required in a concise, executive-ready manner.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.