Area Manager, Advanced Processing Operations BCELL

Introduction to the job
As an Area Manager, you will serve as a hands-on leader, ensuring the safe, on-time delivery of high-quality products to both internal and external customers. In this role, you will drive continuous improvement in processes, operational effectiveness, and efficiency across your area of responsibility. You will proactively identify opportunities for enhancement and lead initiatives that elevate overall performance.
You will build and maintain a strong partnership with our sister facility in Berlin, Germany, to exchange best practices and align on operational excellence. In collaboration with Production and Development Engineers, you will play a key role in the adoption and industrialization of new products and processes.
Success in this role requires a collaborative mindset—you thrive as a team player and take equal pride in the achievements of your team members as in your own.
Lead and supervise a team of >5 or more direct reports, with an overall organizational scope of more than 30 employees.
Manage multiple work centers, competencies, or shifts, often involving a broad technical scope and complex, cross-functional stakeholder engagement.
Coordinate activities requiring advanced vocational expertise or experienced Bachelor's-level thinking, while applying your own academic-level analysis and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
1. Operational Leadership & Delivery
Lead manufacturing operations within the BCELL area, which includes several advanced optical production processes:
Bonding – assembling precision optical components
Contacting – joining optical surfaces at a microscopic level for high-performance systems
Etching – shaping and refining surfaces using controlled material removal techniques
Lithography – applying patterns to optical surfaces using light-based processes
Laser Processing – using high-precision laser technology to modify and enhance optical materials
Manage these processes across multiple shifts in a 24/7 production environment to meet or exceed key performance indicators:
Safety, Quality, First Pass Yield, On-Time Delivery, Lead Time, Labor Productivity, and 5S
Ensure smooth, continuous operations with strong responsiveness to production issues and escalations
Enable direct reports (GLs) in production planning, scheduling, and execution in partnership with Business Planning
Translate customer demand into executable plans aligned with available equipment, workforce, and capacity
Manage operational and capital budgets to meet performance targets
2. People Leadership & Organization Development
Lead a layered organization of shift managers, team leads, and technicians
Build, coach, and develop leadership capabilities within direct reports
Drive employee engagement, inclusion, and team effectiveness
Ensure retention and development of critical skills and technical expertise
Act as a visible role model aligned to the ASML Leadership Profile:
People Leader, Business Leader, Coach, and Culture Carrier
Lead organizational design and capability transformation aligned to future business needs
3. Safety, Quality & Compliance
Own Health, Safety & Environment performance across BCELL, with factory-wide impact
Ensure compliance with ISO9001, ISO14001, and internal procedures
Promote a proactive safety culture and hold teams accountable
Investigate and drive systemic resolution of quality issues, including craftsmanship-related defects
4. Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives (L3/L4 level)
Foster a culture of structured problem-solving, experimentation, and innovation
Align CI portfolio to factory strategy and quantify business impact
Challenge teams to identify waste, improve flow, and increase process capability
Partner closely with Production Engineering to improve process performance and efficiency
5. Strategy, Planning & Capability Development
Translate sector strategy into operational plans with a 2–3 year horizon
Define and implement department KPIs aligned to strategic priorities
Establish future capacity and resource planning to support demand growth and NPI
Lead industrialization of new products and processes with cross-functional teams
Drive organizational readiness for future technology and volume ramps
6. Stakeholder & Cross-Sector Collaboration
Build strong partnerships across:
Production Engineering
Supply Chain / Business Planning
Development & NPI teams
Sister factories (Onsite and offsite)
Influence stakeholders across functions and leadership levels (up to senior management)
Represent BCELL operations in cross-sector initiatives and decision-making processes
7. Governance, Reporting & Decision-Making
Provide clear operational insights, KPI performance tracking, and risk assessments
Deliver actionable recommendations and drive decision-making
Ensure transparency and alignment through structured reporting and tiered meetings
Make data-driven decisions with strong business and operational judgment
Education and experience
Bachelor’s Degree required (Engineering or related field preferred) 10–15 years in manufacturing operations, preferably high-mix, technical environments
Master’s Degree (Engineering or related field preferred) 5-10 years in manufacturing operations, preferably high-mix, technical environments
Proven experience leading leaders in a complex, multi-shift production environment
Strong Lean/Continuous Improvement background with demonstrated results
Experience in optics manufacturing, coating, or metrology preferred
Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred) and manufacturing systems
Experience working in ISO-certified environments
Limited experience of planning, managing and organizing resources within short to medium timescales within the overall policy framework.
Other information:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch
The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus
The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
May require travel dependent on company needs
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level
Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents
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.
You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship
The current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $140,625 - $206,250
Additional Responsibilities: There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.
The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
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Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.
The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.
All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.
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, veter