Lean Change Agent Job in Veldhoven, Netherlands

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

Lean Change Agent Job Description

Introduction
The lean team drives and supports the EF organization in becoming operational excellent as a means to realize the EF business goals. As a lean change agent you will be the trusted partner for the business managers, guiding them through this major change transformation.

Since the beginning of 2017, the foundation was lain to create a pull for lean principles within the EF organization.
The EF staff embraced the concepts of hoshin kanri, daily management and structured problem solving supported by lean leadership behavior.

Job Mission
The lean change agent reports to the Manager Lean within the Quality & Lean department of the EUV Factory. The lean change agent is responsible for all deployment aspects within a part of the value stream. He or she supports and guides teams and leaders with implementing the daily management system, coaches them in developing problem solving techniques and lean leaders behavior. As a Lean Change Agent you will respectfully challenge the status quo and act as a role model for Lean thinking.

Job Description
The main responsibilities of the lean change agent is are training, coaching, challenge on lean principles and being a catalyst in driving the change. The position also requires experience in both project & change management skills. (i.e. event planning, execution & follow up)
The holder of this position also contributes to ASML’s System of Mastering Lean by improving the lean standards used within the EF lean team and ASML. 

In alignment with the accountable business manager, as a change agent you will:

• Define the deployment’s “vision of awesome” ;
• Set & agree deployment goals;
• Co-designs the deployment plan;
• Challenge the change curve;
• Define success criteria and roles & responsibilities;
• Challenge progress regularly with your stakeholders.

• Share and inform the team about deployment progress, bottle-necks and help requests;
• Supports your colleagues pro-actively in the deployment or building each other’s expertise;
• Contribute to improvements to the ASML lean standards ;
• Challenge your colleagues adapting the lean principles in our own team;
• Improve our daily operations and participates in strategic steps.

Lean Change Agent Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor or Master degreeExperienceExperience in Lean deployment or application is an absolute must;
• Additional relevant experience with continuous improvement methods (problem solving, six sigma) or change/ project management experience is a pre;
• Fundamental knowledge of lean principles;
• Knowledge of change management models ;
• Experience with managing change on culture and leadership;
• Facilitation, training & coaching;
• Background in operational / manufacturing environment is also a pre;
• Fluent in Dutch and English .

• A passion for continuous improvement and ‘to get things done’ mentality ;
• Great networking skills, able to work & communicate at multiple levels of the organization;
• The ability to motivate & inspire colleagues in Lean Thinking as a business necessity;
• Has the potential to use a wide range of different influencing techniques (influencing without power);
• Crisp communicator by fact-based and well-structured messages in a range of different formats ;
• Ability to observe team dynamics and coach and/or define improvements for better way of work;
• Is able to listen to others issues & able to connect to people at all levels by showing empathy;
• Actively gives and seeks constructive feedback, dares to have courageous conversations;
• Good team player who is committed to the success of LEAN deployment within ASML;
• Be openminded and eager to learn from others.

Lean Change Agent Application Information

Please submit a recent CV and motivation letter for this position alongside your application. We can't process your application without the above mentioned documents.
Please contact Chantal Boesveld (Hiring Manager) or Monika Myslinska (Recruiter) for more information.
 

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