Group Leader High-Tech Manufacturing

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Introduction to the job 

At our Berlin site, our employees manufacture key components for ASML lithography systems. As part of our precision manufacturing team, you support the production of optical components, assemblies, and systems made of glass, glass-ceramics, and ceramics for our high-tech small-batch, single-part, and prototype production.

You lead a group of three team leads and approximately 20 employees, shaping how collaboration, ownership, and operational discipline are lived in daily assembly operations. You challenge the status quo and drive improvements in assembly flow, quality, and delivery performance – Challenge. You strengthen your team’s commitment to first-time-right execution and accountability – Care. You bring together the right perspectives across assembly, engineering, planning, logistics, and quality to enable effective decisions – Collaboration. This creates results that hold up in day-to-day production and support a stable ramp-up.

Role and responsibilities 

• You lead team leads and employees both functionally and disciplinarily and continuously develop your team.

• You plan and manage the operational assembly processes of your manufacturing group, aligned with daily, weekly, and long-term output targets.

• You ensure compliance with relevant KPIs, particularly in quality, lead time, workplace safety, delivery reliability, and cost.

• You own mid- and long-term scheduling and resource planning in alignment with manufacturing management.

• You coordinate workforce allocation within your group, including shift, vacation, qualification, and training planning.

• You drive and lead operational formats such as shopfloor and team meetings and ensure transparency in daily operations.

• You collaborate closely with key interfaces and actively contribute your area to improvement initiatives, ramp-up activities, industrialization topics, and NPI projects.

Education and experience 

• You hold a completed advanced qualification as a technician or master craftsman, or a comparable qualification with relevant professional experience.

• You bring 5 years of experience in a production or assembly environment, ideally close to shopfloor, shift, or ramp-up operations.

• You have initial of leadership experience in managing teams or organizational units.

• You have experience in implementing improvements or further developing assembly, logistics, or shopfloor processes.

• You are proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).

• You bring experience working with ERP systems (e.g. SAP).

• You have fluent German and good to very good English skills, both written and spoken.

Skills 

• You understand leadership as a clear mindset and actively live the ASML Leadership Framework in daily work: as a role model, business leader, coach, and people leader, you develop people, drive change, and connect teams.

• You work in a structured and independent way with a strong focus on quality.

• You manage operational topics with a clear overview and make sound decisions in daily business.

• You organize complex assembly flows efficiently and maintain control even in dynamic ramp-up environments.

• You communicate confidently and collaborate actively across functions.

• You bring a strong hands-on mentality and assertiveness.

Other Information

What we offer

• Job with bright future prospects at an innovation leader in the semiconductor industry in Berlin Neukölln

• Remuneration in accordance with the IG Metall collective wage agreement (company[1]specific collective wage agreement) including 13th month’s salary and variable remuneration components

• Collective working time: 35 hours/week

• Attractive allowances in the shift model

• Reimbursement of moving expenses for you and your family

• Participation in the Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) 

• Specific advanced training and development opportunities

• Access to organized childcare and vacation care

• Comprehensive health and well-being programs

• Mobility benefits to support your commute: company transit pass, parking card, and bike purchase program

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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