Senior manager freight carrier management

Introduction to the job

Acting as the primary interface with ASML’s transport suppliers, the Freight carrier manager shapes and delivers the carrier strategy and leads continuous improvement efforts to safeguard quality and delivery performance across the network. In this role, you lead a team of logistics supplier managers and you are the senior escalation point for all carrier-related matters.

Role and responsibilities

The freight carrier manager is responsible to:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Logistics Supplier Managers to drive engagement

• Ensure ASML products are delivered in line with contractually agreed SLAs, with strong focus on quality and on‑time delivery

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and translate them into ambitious yet achievable carrier development roadmaps

• Drive supplier steering in line with the established ‘Supplier Account Team (SAT)’ and ‘GQLTCS’ approach

• Lead the internal End-2-End On Time Delivery improvement forum to meet established performance targets, interfacing with internal stakeholders

• Identify and realize cost‑reduction opportunities through capacity optimization and improvements to internal ways of working

• Provide transport market intelligence and insights to internal stakeholders to support strategic and operational decision‑making

Education and experience, skills

• 10+ years of relevant experience in logistics within complex, international supply chains

• Having experience with air freight is a must for this position

• Master's degree in supply chain/logistics/similar

• Transport industry knowledge, focusing on air and ocean freight

• Project Management skills e.g. green Belt or equivalent is an advantage

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:

• Leadership skills and cultural awareness

• Strong analytical skills

• Seeking for collaboration, but demanding to carriers in a respectful way

• Able to establish connections with stakeholders

• Profound level of English speaking and writing

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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