Manufacturing Group Leader CWW Nights
Provide operational and people leadership for a manufacturing area, ensuring sustained volume production performance, organizational readiness, and continuous improvement. Own high quality and on-time production output, staffing and capability development, and operational stability while supporting new product introduction and ramp-up activities in alignment with business objectives.
Working Relationships
Reports to: Manufacturing Manager, Manufacturing Assembly Operations Leader
Collaborates with: Group Leaders, Team Leads, Production Engineering, Program Managers, Planning, Clean Room Logistics, Shipping and Delivery, Environmental Health & Safety, Quality Engineering, Operational Excellence, Design & Engineering, and Customer Support
Schedule
Compressed Work Week (CWW) Nights, 6:00 pm - 6:00 am
- CWW N1 schedule: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, every other Saturday
- CWW N2 schedule: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, every other Saturday
Responsibilities
- Oversees assigned workcenters on-shift production execution
- Leads and provides input to module output through strategic awareness with two-week to 13-week production horizon
- Ensures sustained volume output, quality, and cost performance on-shift
- Collaborates and communicates with off-shift peers to achieve performance targets
- Leads and develops Team Leads, module specialists, and technicians
- Responsible for meeting assigned area staffing requirements to ensure production targets are met
- Handles employee performance management, talent development, career development support, and succession planning
- Translates factory mission, vision, and objectives to working-level goals for individuals and team
- Executes tactical and strategic initiatives, cascading them to the team
- Provides individual annual performance dialogues with regular development and performance check-ins
- Ensures readiness of processes, infrastructure, and training for new product introduction
- Drives Quality, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Leads or sponsors workcenter 4C and Quick Win improvement projects; participates in natural team or cross-sector 4C and A3 projects
- Ensures compliance with Safety, Quality, HR/legal, and ISO standards, policies, and processes
- Collaborates cross-functionally to remove bottlenecks and improve end-to-end performance
- Reports operational performance and risks to senior leadership
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience in a complex manufacturing environment
- Minimum of 3+ years of people management and operational leadership experience
- Strong working knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality standards
- Familiarity with tools and equipment; hands-on experience preferred
- Deep knowledge of production management, quality systems, and Lean Manufacturing
- Proven track record of Lean Manufacturing implementation and sustainability
- Lean Yellow Belt or equivalent preferred
- Minimum 5 years of experience with skills such as MS Office, SAP, ERP software
Skills
- Strategic and operational leadership capability
- Operates well under ambiguity with autonomy
- Highly self-motivated and self-starting
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Able to build strong operational networks
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to lead through complexity and change
- Results-driven with ownership of end-to-end outcomes
- Role model for ASML leadership behaviors and values
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to work in a Cleanroom environment (constant 72℉; working under ISO 9001/14001 standards)
- Must be able to work in full PPE (full body coveralls, hood, cleanroom safety shoes, face mask, nitrile gloves, safety glasses) for the entire duration of shift and re-gown multiple times per day
- Routinely required to sit, walk, talk, hear, use hands to keyboard, use fingers to handle and feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch
- Must be able to perform solo lifts and/or move up to 20 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required: close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Must be able to work with/on ladders, work on platforms, work around chemicals, operate overhead cranes, fork trucks, and motorized pallet jacks
Additional Responsibilities
Potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage, and currents. This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.