Planning & Delivery (P&D) introduction 

Planning & Delivery (P&D) supports ASML’s growth trajectory, resolving challenges caused by strong growth in volume and complexity in our systems. 

Within ASML, Planning & Delivery is an unbiased party, balancing demand and requests from customers against a stretched, however realistic view on our capability while also facilitating all good flows in a compliant and cost-effective way. This is done transparently and in close collaboration with all internal P&D interfaces, incl. all ASML factories worldwide.  

Planning & Delivery (P&D) is a global sector consisting of four competences: 1) Strategy & Improvement, 2) Strategic Capacity Preparation, 3) Integral Demand & Supply and 4) Delivery.  

Within the team of Planning & Delivery Taiwan we have the position Head of Plan Taiwan.  

Over the past many years, Linkou Factory has grown tremendously and has become pivotal in realizing ASML’s factory output, fulfill customer demand and drive field operations. Therefore, P&D wants to establish a local Planning & Delivery head to represent Linkou and Tainan operations in their global blueprint. This will allow ASML to benefit from local P&D presence, while leveraging global P&D competence.  

The Head of Plan Taiwan will report in to the Head of Planning & Delivery for Taiwan.  

Purpose of the Job 

The purpose of this job is to secure Material Availability for global semi-conductor customers and our integration factory while ensuring that goods within the network can be physically moved and stored in a compliant, timely and cost effective manner; meeting our customer needs and agreed upon performance targets.  

You will have a crucial role, managing and overseeing integral product planning (IPP) and material planning (MP) for Taiwan (Linkou factory and Tainan factory).  

You will lead a team of ~18 FTEs split into IPP and MP teams. In this role, you will be responsible to manage the 0 – 3 year planning horizon for all End-Items, Make & Buy parts, resolving demand & supply gaps, excess inventory, capacity balancing and overall plan reliability.  

Locally, you will be a key representative of Planning in Taiwan towards the Taiwan/Asia Strategic Sourcing & Procurement community; and the Taiwan Manufacturing community. 

You and your team set the stable & reliable plan for make and buy items, enabling our supply chain to deliver, while balancing availability and inventory in line with business objectives. You are the orchestrator of the ASML supply chain, ensuring material availability for our factories and customers. You understand and clarify demand dynamics towards your supplying parties, supporting your counterparts to meet the ASML growth path. In this position you will play an important role in the decision support process towards senior management. As people leader, you achieve organizational objectives through your team's coordinated achievements and an extensive stakeholder network. 

Role and Responsibilities 

Secure material availability for Linkou and Tainan Factories to support customer needs in most efficient way and balance inventory/cost impacts with performance. 

Ensure seamless planning cascading from finished product to modules and parts in , guiding feedback loops between strategic and tactical planning teams; and in alignment with critical interfaces (Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Manufacturing, D&E, …) 

Drive a holistic demand and supply plan on tactical (0-3y) horizon; integrating perspectives across end-item and material planning and full integration of NPI and Field requirement 

Understand the risks & opportunities for business plans and drive timely decision making with senior stakeholders  

Drive resolution of escalations and part allocation decisions in unbiased and business-driven fashion 

Closely monitor accuracy and execution of D&S plan both to improve planning quality and methodologies, and to strengthen forecast accuracy to minimize material escalations 

Own the Senior level Demand and Supply review meetings, enabling balancing of demand and supply by facilitating cross-functional adjustments 

Provide thought leadership on planning methodologies and drive regional implementation for Make and Buy parts 

Secure, together with strategic capacity team, capacity requirements to support future needs 

Represent Planning & Delivery in the PGP (Product Generation Process) by securing relevant deliverables in ASML development process to support introduction of new technology. 

Education and experience 

10+ years’ experience in the High Tech industry, having obtained extensive and in-depth understanding of complex supply chain processes. 

Experience in leading and building diverse teams (>5 people) 

Experience with complex supply chains with strong engineering focus. 

Extensive experience and understanding of Supply Chain Planning and Logistics 

Experience managing senior stakeholders 

Experience with S&OP 

Generic understanding of different SAP solutions and productivity tools (eg Spotfire, PowerBI) 

Experience in Transformation Management and Program Management. 

Background within the Semiconductor industry is preferred. 

Demonstrates strong self-awareness by consistently reflecting on personal strengths and areas for improvement, seeking feedback, and applying insights to enhance performance and professional growth. 

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: 

Entrepreneurial, connected, and boots-in-the-mud mindset 

Able to quickly comprehend the ASML organization and ecosystem.  

Thorough and rigid understanding of complex supply chains and the various drivers of the plan.  

Provides an innovative perspective on planning and delivery 

Ability to manage uncertainty and maintaining flexibility to respond to changing customer and product requirements 

Translate feedback from internal stakeholders to continuously improve our ways of working 

Strong interpersonal skills; able to get buy-in and commitment from many senior internal stakeholders. 

Ability to balance all stakeholder requirements to create optimal plan for ASML as a whole. 

Strong Customer Focus & strong Business Accumen 

Ability to think both globally and locally 

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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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