Product Lifecycle Management - Product Coordinator

Introduction to the job

ASML US brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler Arizona, San Jose and San Diego California, Wilton Connecticut, and Hillsboro Oregon. 

ARE YOU AMBITIOUS? Willing to go the extra mile? Driven to develop yourself, our Supply Chain Management department and our projects?  

The Planner, NPI/Product Lifecycle Management's mission is to secure a swift time-to-market for new and revised products by developing, monitoring and enforcing a reliable, transparent and efficient logistic plan. If you have what it takes and can effectively evaluate, coordinate, expedite executable solutions and deliver superior results through implementation, come grow with our team. You will represent the Supply Chain in a cross functional project team to manage the introduction, engineering changes and eventual phase out of products. 

Role and responsibilities

• This role will manage a complex module leading the coordination of the PC responsibilities.  

• Provide guidance from a PLM perspective in the cross functional project team to support development of new products and modifications to existing products throughout the product lifecycle. 

• Evaluate the impact of and plan the implementation of engineering changes.  Challenge the project on timing and supply chain impact. Monitor proper execution of the implementation plan. 

• Determine the logistic consequences of proposed plan changes and related actions on project or program level. 

• Align and coordinate with Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing, LSM and Veldhoven PLM PC on all proposed plan changes for module.  

• Coordinate the material flow for critical, non-volume materials (prototypes, pilots, spare parts, tools & packaging) in cooperation with Procurement, Material Planning, Engineering and Service Logistics. 

• Manage the ramp up of products in the supply chain to support the product roadmaps. 

• Manage material availability balanced against customer service levels, inventory, quality, costs and risks: Identify bottle necks, prepare decisions and take actions towards engineering, suppliers, factories, field to manage the critical path both for time-to-market and ramp. 

• Prepare and maintain critical path for module and prepare logistical investments with the project team.  

• Interface with the suppliers on complex new product introductions.  

• Adopt one skill development domain as a mentor and own KPI on the performance of this domain.  

• Contribute to the further processes of the Product Lifecycle Management department as part of Supply Chain Management. 

Education and experience

• Bachelors degree in supply chain/logistics, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or business administration, or equivalent work experience. 

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required.

• Experience in planning and logistics processes in a high-tech, low-volume environment is a plus. 

• Experience in expediting efforts with suppliers. 

• Stakeholder management: deal effectively with internal and external stakeholders both at operational and executive levels. 

• Affinity with a technical environment. 

• Strong communication skills with the ability to multi-task.

• Adaptable to fast paced environments. 

• Analytical, structure and organizational skills. 

• Assertive, pro-active problem solver. 

• Previous experience in a leadership role is preferred. 

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.