Senior Projects Lead - Operational Excellence Business Improvements

Job Title

Senior Projects Lead - Operational Excellence Business Improvements

Degree:

Bachelor, Master

Work Experience:

10-15 years, 4-9 years

Travel:

10%

Workplace Types:

Hybrid

Job Description:

Introduction to the job

We are looking for a Senior Projects Lead for the Wilton Factory Operational Excellence team.  The Senior Project Lead will lead complex implementations of software, tools and process within manufacturing and operations. The Operational Excellence team within Wilton Factory is responsible for continuous and structural improvements related to ways of working, processes and IT tooling. For the larger and/or more complex improvements a project lead is assigned who scopes, plans, budgets, executes/drives and reports on the project. Typically these are cross departmental improvements (e.g. cross D&E, logistics, planning, production engineering, manufacturing).

 

​​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.

Role and responsibilities

• Lead projects according to the ASML project methodology. This may include but is not limited to: defining project team and gaining approval on project plan, managing project planning, executing project and realizing impact, establishing project reporting and closing project, and transferring project to process owner in line management.

• Manage key stakeholders across Wilton Factory to align and prioritize need on new processes or improvements delivered. Ensure continuous commitment of the WF key stakeholders to make the project a success, by addressing them on their tasks and responsibilities.

• Evaluate financial consequences and business case of required improvements (including resources).

• Report progress in Project Boards and/or Wilton Factory senior management team.

• Facilitate delivery of Change Management and communication plans

 

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree required - preferably a technical field or business administration. MBA preferred

• Certified in project management methodology such Prince2 or PMBOK foundation & practitioner.

• 7+ years proven track record in managing cross departmental projects in a technical environment along with direct people managements experience.

• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

• Job-related knowledge and/or managerial experience, e.g., change agent lean manufacturing, project leader in operations improvement, World Class Manufacturing, Six Sigma (green belt, black belt).

• Understanding of Quality Assurance; and Improvement Techniques.

• Advocate for working with Agile practices and mindset.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.

 

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:

• Hands-on mentality

• Commitment to continuous improvement

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

• Can learn and apply new information or skills.

• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.

• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.

• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.

• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.

• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and account