Senior Applications Engineering TL

Job Profile Summary

Integrates, directs and monitors the activities of the assigned team, in line with the department & sector strategy, technology/product roadmap and policies, in order to realize the agreed objectives for the team.
Ensures team development and execution of annual team and individual goals. Actively involved in hiring and on-boarding of new employees. Through daily operations, translates and communicates customer's unmet needs towards requirements for improvements in performance (product, process, or people).
Creates an environment in which employees feel engaged and can grow to their full potential through performance management, active coaching and structured people development (technical & non-technical) and manage this in own group.
Manages small and unambiguous improvement projects.

Context

Reports to Japan application manager.
Manages JASM application team and application business/project/service at Kumamoto.
Leads, coordinates and executes operational annual plan, with responsibility for D&P cycle.

Requirements

Bachelor (or Master, PhD) in technical fields and >5 yrs relevant industry experience, MBA/Business study is a plus.
Experience managing small (project) team or group.
Experience direct interaction customer.

Business level English and Mandarin

Responsibilities

Strategy Implementation

Gives input for or drafts year plan and budget for own team, and realizes execution. Time horizon typically is one year.

Decision making

Takes decisions of an operational nature with a planning horizon of up to three months.
Operates within: clear business-directions; relevant design principles; risk & compliance directives.

Annual plan / budget

Understands year plan / budget for the assigned unit.

Business development and P&L

Brings voice of the customer, contributes to business initiatives/projects, monitors and stays within budget restrictions.

Leadership and output realization

Creates high performing teams, secures the achievement of relevant KPI’s and is responsible for: an on-time, correct and complete realization of all determined team objectives; operational HR management, a highly qualified workforce and performance management;
the implementation of (change) (project) (engineering) results.

People management and development

Cascades targets, appraises and develops (the cooperation between) employees. Develops direct reports by coaching them, assigning new tasks, guides on skills and knowledge development.

Continuous improvement & quality

Evaluates (work)processes for own functional discipline and initiates and implements process improvements.
Develops and maintains operational business plans, guidelines and work arounds. Delivers a contribution to the development and design of (improvement) projects.
Leads improvement initiatives for own team. Identifies better solutions to implement, to come up with better ways of working, Look for, share and reapply across teams, ways to improve quality of product or customer service and or solutions. Support account critical customer requests and address quality issues.

Knowledge and information management

Execute skill and knowledge management plan of the department. Share knowledge with your team, leverage skill and knowledge management tools and resources to full extend, increase awareness among engineers. Provide insights regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical and ad hoc reports and/or analyses.
Adhere to KPP (Knowledge Protection Program) and make sure the team members follow it.

Customer engagement

Within the team, organize structure and responsibilities for the customer projects / node strategies / technical solutions. Ensure smooth execution of the projects in line and synced with One Node strategies, business priorities and customer problem statements. Communicate and report out to stakeholders (technical, organizational, commercial). Closely connect with customer, and represent customer and account, as well as their strategy internally.

Stakeholder management

Creates a relevant network of stakeholders of in- and external counterparts. Organizes an adequate feedback loop on achieved results and secures reliable business insights.

Customer relationships

Builds relationships with customer/partner stakeholders and represents the organization. Is aware of customers' business plans, node roadmaps and operational model. Prepares customer insights for internal stakeholders follow-up. Aligned to customer representatives.

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. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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