Project Lead - Business Improvements

We are looking for a Project Lead for the Wilton Factory Operational Excellence team. The Project Lead will lead complex implementations of software, tools and process within manufacturing and operations. Responsibilities may include scoping, planning, budgeting, executing and reporting on the project. The Operational Excellence team within Wilton Factory is responsible for continuous and structural improvements related to ways of working, processes and IT tooling. Projects are typically cross departmental improvements (e.g. across logistics, planning, production engineering, manufacturing).

​ASML US brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers-the world’s leading chipmakers-to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Role and responsibilities

• Lead projects according to the ASML project methodology. This may include but is not limited to: defining project team and gaining approval on project plan, managing project planning, executing project and realizing impact, establishing project reporting and closing project, and transferring project ownership to the process owner in line management.
• Manage key stakeholders across Wilton Factory to align and prioritize need on new processes or improvements. Ensure continuous engagement and commitment of key stakeholders to deliver and take ownership of improvements.
• Evaluate financial consequences and business case of required improvements.
• Report progress to Project Boards and/or Wilton Factory senior management team.
• Facilitate change management strategy development and execution.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree required - preferably a technical field or business administration. MBA preferred
• Certification in project management methodology such Prince2 or PMBOK foundation & practitioner preferred.
• 4+ years proven track record in managing cross-departmental projects in a technical environment.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Operational Excellence knowledge and/or managerial experience, e.g., lean manufacturing, operations improvement, World Class Manufacturing, Six Sigma (green belt, black belt), quality assurance.
• Experience working with Agile practices and mindset preferred.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.

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:

• Hands-on mentality
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
• Can learn and apply new information or skills.
• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.
• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
• Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
• Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.
• Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Other information

Responsibilities:

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel dependent on business needs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.