We are looking for a strong and proactive leader to join our Production Planning (PP) team as a Group Lead successor. This role plays a critical part in ensuring operational excellence by balancing demand and supply, driving planning performance, and enabling cross-functional alignment across manufacturing, program, and supply chain teams.
The position requires strong leadership, structured thinking, and the ability to operate in a dynamic environment with high complexity and ambiguity.
Role and responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Production Planning team to ensure stable delivery performance and operational efficiency
- Drive demand & supply alignment and secure output while maintaining quality and cycle time performance
- Own and improve planning processes (WOW), including master planning, capacity planning, and escalation management
- Act as a key interface between Manufacturing, Program (NPI), Supply Chain, and other stakeholders
- Identify risks in capacity, materials, and execution, and proactively propose mitigation plans
- Enable data-driven decision making through analysis, scenario simulation, and performance tracking
- Support organizational development, including coaching team members and building future successors
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning efficiency, transparency, and scalability
Education and experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in production planning, operations, or supply chain environment
- Experience in semiconductor, high-tech manufacturing, or complex assembly environment is preferred
- Proven experience in leading teams or project leadership is a plus
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to drive alignment across functions and influence without authority
- Strong ownership and decision-making capability
- Experience with planning tools, ERP systems (e.g., SAP), and data analysis (Excel, dashboards)
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
Other information
- This role is positioned as a key talent pipeline for future leadership within Production Planning
- Candidates should demonstrate strong growth mindset, resilience, and leadership potential
- Fluent English communication is required
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in production planning, operations, or supply chain
- Experience with planning tools and ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and data analysis (Excel, dashboards)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to influence without authority
- Fluent English communication
- Experience in semiconductor, high-tech manufacturing, or complex assembly environment
- Proven experience in leading teams or project leadership
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
ASML Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ASML and has not been reviewed or approved by ASML.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is broad and employer‑funded to a significant degree, with multiple plan options plus mental health and wellness resources. Complementary offerings like onsite/virtual care, HSA contributions, and a gym subsidy strengthen the overall medical package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family‑forming benefits include paid parental leave, adoption assistance, IVF coverage, and practical supports like lactation rooms and milk‑shipment for travel. These provisions indicate substantial caregiving support across life stages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off can reach a high ceiling when combining vacation and company holidays, with accruals increasing by tenure. Flexible workplace policies and a vacation sell‑back option add usability to the time‑off program.
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What We Do
ASML is a high-tech company, headquartered in the Netherlands. We manufacture the complex lithography machines that chipmakers use to produce integrated circuits, or computer chips. Over 30 years, we have grown from a small startup into a multinational company with over 60 locations across Europe, Asia and the US. Behind ASML’s innovations are engineers who think ahead. The people who work at our company include some of the most creative minds in physics, electrical engineering, mathematics, chemistry, mechatronics, optics, mechanical engineering, computer science and software engineering. Because ASML spends more than €2 billion per year on R&D, our teams have the freedom, support and resources to experiment, test and push the boundaries of technology. They work in close-knit, multidisciplinary teams, listening to and learning from each other.
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