Head of Integral Product Planning

The Head of Integral Product Planning secures the delivery of products towards their customer needs against agreed performance targets. In this role, you manage and oversee the planning processes for Systems and major upgrades in a 0 – 3y horizon. 

This concerns both the integral demand (including field and system demand) and the integral supply plan, considering future demands from our customers, while understanding the risks & constraints from supplying parties (factories and suppliers) and technology.

To achieve this, it is of high importance to work closely with the Business Lines, Sales & Customer Support, Factories, and Source & Procure. Building a strong internal network and having a broad knowledge of these departments is essential within this role.

With this input, you orchestrate the decision-making process every month to get to an agreed plan and drive the execution of the plan. You facilitate prioritization decisions up to senior management & board level when required and ensure feedback on execution is incorporated in the following planning cycle.

Key responsibilities

• Directly Drive holistic System and major upgrades demand and supply plan on tactical (0-3y) horizon; integrate perspectives across System, NPI, and Field requirements; Understand the risks & opportunities for business plans and drive timely decision-making with senior stakeholders 
• Ensure seamless planning cascading from the finished product to individual parts (subcomponents), guiding feedback loops between the Product planning team and Parts planning teams
• Secure, together with a strategic capacity team, capacity requirements to support future needs
• Closely drive accuracy and execution of Demand & Supply plan both to improve planning quality and methodologies and to strengthen forecast accuracy by means of a strong Sales & Operational Execution process, minimizing escalations
• Represent Planning & Delivery in the PGP (Product Generation Process) by securing relevant deliverables in the ASML development process to support the introduction of new technology
• Manage the System & Upgrade planning teams
• Drive resolution of escalations and  allocation decisions in a neutral and business-driven fashion for Systems and major upgrades; Provide thought leadership on planning methodologies and drives implementation
• Is part of the Integral Demand & Supply Leadership Team

Education & experience

• Master of Science degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business Science
• 10+ years of experience in the technical manufacturing industry: high tech, automotive, aviation & aerospace, medical device or equivalent
• Senior leadership experience in Global Supply Chain Management and/or Planning (S&OP, IBP) - preferably also experience in Manufacturing / Operations
• Extensive and in-depth understanding of complex supply chain processes
• Experience in Program or Project Management
• Background within the Semiconductor industry is preferred

Personal skills

• Excellent conceptual, analytical, and quantitative skills
• Entrepreneurial, connected, and boots-in-the-mud mindset
• Able to quickly comprehend the ASML organization and ecosystem
• Thorough and rigid understanding of complex planning systems and the different drivers of the plan
• Provides an innovative perspective on planning and planning methodologies
• Ability to manage uncertainty and maintain flexibility in the plan to respond to changing customer and product requirements
• Translate feedback from internal stakeholders to continuously improve D&S
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to get buy-in and commitment from many senior internal stakeholders
• Ability to balance all stakeholder requirements to create an optimal plan for ASML as a whole
• Strong Customer Focus & strong Business Acumen

ASML is changing the world, one nanometer at a time! ASML is a high-tech, Netherlands-based company manufacturing complex lithography systems that chipmakers use to produce integrated circuits – aka microchips. ASML machines help create the electronics you use in your daily life. In the past three decades, ASML has grown from a startup to a multinational company with over 60 locations globally and annual net sales of €27.6 billion in 2023.

ASML invents and develops the technology and machinery used by the world’s leading chipmakers – such as Intel, Samsung, and TSMC – to mass-produce chips. The company’s state-of-the-art lithography technology, which uses light to print microscopic patterns on silicon, enables manufacturers to increase the value and reduce the production cost of a chip. 

With a dynamic, global team of over 42,000 people and 144 nationalities, ASML is based in Europe’s most prolific tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, with operations spread across Europe, Asia, and the US. 
The key to success is a strong focus on research, manufacturing, and customer support. ASML invests around €4 billion per year in R&D last year to strengthen its market position and solidify its technological lead.

For additional information please visit: https://www.asml.com