Country Warehouse Manager

Introduction

ASML 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 main headquarters are located 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

To support our customers, ASML keeps parts and tools in Warehouses close to our customers. In total we currently have 50+ of these local service warehouses globally, which are outsourced to Logistics Service Suppliers (3PL’s).  

The Warehousing team is tasked to make sure the warehouses are ready to support our customers in the most efficient way, which means that all facilities are fit for purpose, there is enough space and sufficient manpower and that activities are performed in line with the agreed SLA’s and budgets. Facilities in our warehouses include Clean Technology Infrastructure (such as clean rooms) to inspect parts and clean tools, to make sure we supply our customers with parts and tools in the right quality.  

To further increase the efficiency in warehouse operations, we are enabling 3PL’s to implement a Warehouse Management System (WMS) that will connect to ASML’s ERP system.  

The Country Warehouse Manager will manage the 3PL’s that are selected operate the service warehouses in their assigned countries on budget and cost savings initiatives and performance and performance improvement initiatives. They will ensure these warehouses are operated flawlessly by the 3PL’s by auditing on adherence of the right procedures and systems by putting proper controls in place. 

The growing number of ASML machines at our customers requires us to setup new warehouses or expand or relocate existing warehouses. It will be their responsibility to translate the business requirements into warehouse requirements and manage the infrastructure projects successfully to completion. Time, money and (internal) customer satisfaction will be their main drivers. They will be involved in the deployment of the WMS in the warehouses in their assigned countries and they will be responsible for a smooth handover of the WMS deployment project to operations.  

Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage the budget for the warehouses in the assigned countries.

• Manage the 3PL’s on performance through periodical business reviews (weekly / monthly). 

• Ensure warehouses stay fit for purpose at all time by driving infrastructural changes: Translate parts and tools handling and storage requirements into the logistics facilities needed. 

• Manage the assigned budget for the Infrastructure projects.

• Manage Logistics suppliers to deliver the requested infrastructure on time .

• Build relationships with wide range of internal and external stakeholders, for example: Procurement, Suppliers, local CSCM teams.

• Define, drive and deliver optimization projects in the Warehousing domain to drive cost down,  material availability up and/or performance up.  

• Support the WMS implementations in warehouses.  

• Act as a subject matter expert in your field.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Supply Chain Management.

• 5 or more years of experience in a Supply Chain or Logistics position in the High-Tech industry.

• Experience with Service Logistics and/or managing 3PL’s strongly preferred.

• Experience with process standardization preferred. 

• Experience with Project Management preferred.

• LEAN, a plus.

• Experience with WMS implementations, a plus.

• Experience with SAP, a plus.

Skills

• Self-starter and finisher.

• Dive into details where required, while