Manufacturing Product Transfer Manager

ASML•Wilton, CT

About The Position

The Manufacturing Product Transfer Manager assesses the current supplier landscape and aligns it with Wilton Factories’ strategic portfolio vision. The role develops and executes sourcing strategies to optimize costs, improve supply chain efficiency, and ensure a reliable, high-quality supply of goods for production. It partners across internal sectors to align sourcing and procurement with long-term technical and customer roadmaps, identifying suppliers with the capabilities and future vision to support them. The work focuses on strategic continuous improvement and operational excellence through volume process control, process optimization, and supplier development. The manager evaluates make-or-buy opportunities and outsourcing projects, considering manufacturing competencies, cost, and time to market. The position also contributes to ASML’s long-term manufacturing roadmap, manages cross-functional teams, communicates plans and escalations to management, and develops and coaches employees. It requires technical sourcing and supply chain expertise, project leadership, strong negotiation and relationship-building abilities, and experience with production or operations environments. This position requires legal authorization to access controlled technology under U.S. Export Administration Regulations before work begins. The role may involve exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage, and currents.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as engineering or sciences and at least 7 years of experience in a project leadership role, or a master’s degree in a related technical field and at least 3 years of experience in a project leadership role.
At least 5 years of experience working with internal or external customers at a technical and task-management level.
Experience building and maintaining strategic supplier relationships.
Experience managing and coaching professionals in a production or operations environment.
Strong analytical skills, process orientation, business sense, and ability to develop vision and strategy.
Excellent communication, interfacing, and influencing skills at all levels.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence at a high level within a matrix organization.
Proactive approach, ability to act under high pressure, and out-of-the-box thinking.
Solutions-driven, results-oriented, hands-on mentality.
Experience introducing new products into a high-volume manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with lean or Six Sigma manufacturing methodologies.
Project management skills and experience.
Leadership and people-management skills.
Legal authorization to access controlled technology under U.S. Export Administration Regulations before beginning work.

Responsibilities

Assess the current supplier landscape and align it with Wilton Factories’ strategic portfolio vision.
Develop and execute sourcing strategies to optimize cost, improve supply chain efficiency, and ensure reliable, high-quality supply for production.
Partner with internal cross-sector teams to align sourcing and procurement with long-term technical and customer roadmaps.
Evaluate products for make-or-buy decisions, considering manufacturing competencies, cost, and time to market.
Drive strategic long-term planning and ASML’s manufacturing roadmap.
Identify and establish outsourcing projects, including preparing business cases, evaluating cost initiatives, securing CAPEX and OPEX funding, and obtaining cross-sector support.
Assist cross-sector teams in identifying, evaluating, and selecting suppliers that meet quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
Work with factory facilities planning to review expansion plans and identify space and capacity constraints.
Communicate clear plans to management and report or escalate issues and barriers to senior management.
Manage and motivate cross-functional teams, including performance management.
Support employee development through coaching and mentoring.
Manage and improve volume process control, process optimization, and supplier development.