Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination Job in Veldhoven, Netherlands

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination Job Description

Introduction
Does working in a high tech environment and strategic negotiations energize you? 
Within our Strategic Sourcing & Procurement department we would like to welcome an enthusiastic Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination. The Sourcing Lead is a challenging position reflecting the dynamics of ASML with a high spend responsibility and frequent exposure to Senior Management.

The procurement team is responsible for sourcing, managing supplier relationships and contracting. The team consists of procurement professionals with a can-do mentality and capable of building bridges with internal stakeholders and external suppliers. The Sourcing Lead reports to the Category Manager.

Job Mission
The Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination is responsible for further strengthening and development of ASML’s Procurement team and will operate in the supply market of product related goods. He or she acts both independently and as a team member and assures the setup and realization of tactical and operational goals. 

Job Description
The Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination:
• Manages overall procurement for product related goods and drives for continuous improvements 
• Prepares, executes and leads negotiations for  required contracts within the assigned category 
• Builds and maintains long-term relationships with international suppliers
• Is able to negotiate on various management levels with suppliers
• Uses subject matter expertise and market knowledge to shape the stakeholders demand
• Involves the supplier in early stages of New Product

Introduction of ASML
• Leads Supplier Account Teams (QLTC-S) 
• Actively contributes to the efficiency of the Lens & Illumination sourcing team
• Interacts with internal stakeholders at all level
• Is willing to travel

Sourcing Lead Lenses & Illumination Job Requirements

Education
Higher vocational education/Master-degree in a relevant area (e.g. Business Economics, Business Administration, Technology Management, Physics, Electrical Engineering)

Experience
• You have min. 8 years of work experience in a professional, complex and international environment, preferably with procurement and/or consultancy experience.
• Strong negotiator.
• Team player with proven ability to successfully manage complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Preferably experience with relationship management, optics know how. 
• Financial skills 

Personal skills
​​​​​​​Good communicator combined with a result driven, hands-on mentality. Problem solving team player who creates strong commitment with internal stakeholders and external parties. Analytical, structured, accurate and able to maintain overview, assess priorities and focus on concrete results.

Context of the position
As a large-scale system integrator, ASML focuses on extensive outsourcing and integration of its supply chain. Approximately 90% of the manufacturing cost price is accounted for by purchased goods. Therefore, high level flexibility must be built into the supplier network. The Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Department creates, maintains and qualifies this global network and is responsible for all suppliers interaction. This enables the execution of the ASML Business Unit plans (Development, Production and Customer Support) and operates according to the principles of Value Sourcing.
 

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