Operational Planner - Supply Chain

ASML • Wilton, CT

6d • Onsite

About The Position

As an Operational Supplier Coordinator, you will manage the short-term materials availability performance of your suppliers, ensuring they deliver and execute according to existing agreements. You will be the first point of contact for Inbound Supply Chain Management towards suppliers and internal customers, securing and assuring materials availability to factories and the field by continuously monitoring and following up on agreements and performance indicators. You will resolve possible stagnations and issues, and proactively manage a portfolio of parts by understanding and clarifying sources and potential impacts of demand changes throughout the supply chain. You will translate supplier trends into concrete actions targeting weak spots, such as supply investigations, optimizing replenishment strategies, and logistical engineering. Additionally, you will participate in supplier improvement projects with the Logistic Supplier Manager and Quality Supplier Manager, driving operational improvement plans with suppliers. You will coach and train suppliers to increase their maturity level and correct use of ASML-designed systems, portals, processes, procedures, tools, and techniques. You will also drive process improvements by applying LEAN methodologies like 4C/A3 problem-solving techniques and participating in complex projects at the department level. Your role involves analyzing and reporting on Materials Availability, understanding Materials Requirements Planning logic and dependencies with other processes and departments in the supply chain, and regularly updating key interfaces on status, progress, impact, and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree preferably in Logistics or Supply Chain Management
• Good knowledge of and/or experience with Logistics processes, Supply Chain and flows within scope of department, Planning systems (e.g. MRP).
• 2 – 5 years relevant and proven experience in logistics / supply chain management
• Experience in planning, Inbound Supply Chain Management processes and quality in a high-tech, low-volume environment
• Experience in driving material planning
• Experience with planning (ERP) systems, preferably SAP
• Experience in complex work environment with multiple stakeholders
• Experience with supply chain processes in production environment
• Team player
• Process oriented
• Excellent communication skills
• Pro-active attitude, drive to continuously seek for improvements
• Strong time and priority management skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to initiate, influence and steer without formal authority
• Can do mentality, positive critical
• Flexible, result driven and committed, ability to deal with resistance and organizational changes
• Relationship builder (internal and external)
• Stress Resistant
• 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

• LEAN methodologies like 4C/A3 problem solving techniques

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for Inbound Supply Chain Management towards our suppliers and internal customers.
• Secure and assure Materials Availability to the factories and the field by continuously monitoring and following up agreements and performance indicators with the supplier.
• Resolving possible stagnations and issues.
• Pro-active Supply Management of a portfolio of parts by understanding and clarifying sources and potential impact of demand changes, throughout the supply chain.
• Translate trends at supplier into concrete actions targeting weak spots (e.g. supply investigations, optimizing replenishment strategies, logistical engineering).
• Participation in (supplier) improvement projects together with the Logistic Supplier Manager and Quality Supplier Manager and driving operational improvement plans with suppliers.
• Coaching and training of suppliers to increase the maturity level and correct use of ASML designed systems, portals, processes, procedures, tools and techniques.
• Process improvements by applying LEAN methodologies like 4C/A3 problem solving techniques and participation in (complex) projects on department level.
• Analysis and reporting on Materials Availability, while understanding the Materials Requirements Planning logic and dependencies with other processes and departments in the supply chain.
• Regularly updating key interfaces on status, progress, impact and performance.
• Resolves operational issues (e.g. location, quantity mismatches, etc.), checks and shares answers with operational departments and performs a deep dive to prevent reoccurrence.
• Measure and report on the gaps in the operational planning activities.
• Highlights the potential risks and is able to influence the key stakeholders based upon data.
• Actively maintains relationships on management level, understanding different stakeholder perspectives.
• Advises management on the risks/opportunities in making operational planning decisions.
• Understands and works with established operational planning systems to achieve business objectives.
• Reports issues, ideas or suggestions for enhancement of existing tools and methods and drives improvements.
• Identifies and gathers the relevant data inputs in a complex environment to improve the planning parameters.
• Solves problems in a structured way using problem solving methods and coaches others in doing the same.
• Standardizes own department scope.
• Leads medium sized projects (e.g. A3 lean methodology) and contributes to larger projects/API led by others.

Benefits

• ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• ASML provides reasonable accommodations to applicants for ASML employment and ASML employees with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level