Transportation Specialist

Role and Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for capital equipment global and domestic shipments and projects within the ASML supply chain.
• Responsible for freight bill auditing, analysis, reporting, quickly and efficiently resolving challenges that arise in a timely fashion, and setting up deliveries in partnership with internal and external business partners.
• Enable and support effective and efficient execution and decision making in partnership with management and secure the freight spend in alignment with freight forwarder agreements and strategy.
• Focus on activities supporting the business growth surrounded by a team of professionals driving the supply chain infrastructure towards innovations, business needs, 3PL performance, and process analytics.

Freight On-time Delivery

• Planning, arranging, scheduling, and coordinating the movement of capital equipment shipments including machine systems, RETM (return materials) reverse logistics flow, optics, etc.
• Tracking and troubleshooting of ongoing shipments in cooperation with warehouses, forwarders, customers and customs brokers to secure event communication and on-time delivery.
• Ensure compliant administration for shipments such as creating shipping documentation and billing. Drive follow up and closure on incomplete or incorrect administrative input and ensures preventive measures for future.
• Collaborate cross-functionally and provide timely communication on the status of shipments.
• Cook up and lead operational reviews with internal and external stakeholders focusing on day to day operations. Drive agreed action items to closure with clearly communicated timelines.
• Able to navigate and maintain focus during ambiguous situations in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Ensure freight forwarding partners execute EHS safety expectations.
• Support other Freight Operations team members.

Freight Bill Auditing / Cost Control / Process Improvements

• Compare rate cards in transport management system to secure exact match with the transport rate agreements with the actual freight bills making sure the registration of cost is done correctly. Address and resolve any discrepancies in the rates.
• Strive to optimize the billing structure between ASML and the transportation suppliers.
• Ensure most cost effective solutions are considered while maintaining customer service / business deliverables.
• Challenge if the status quo processes can be more efficient / drive continuous improvements around the Capital Equipment processes.
• Identify improvements and opportunity related to costs, lead time and quality.
• Translate improvement and opportunity areas into tangible and smart initiatives to change internal and external ways of working.
• Lead departmental improvements and contribute to cross sectoral projects/improvements.