Lead, Business Process, Planning

About ASM

Join ASM, a tech pioneer with over 55 years at the forefront of innovation, specializing in advanced semiconductor devices impacting key sectors including 5G, cloud computing, AI, and autonomous vehicles. With a diverse workforce of more than 4,500 employees across 70 nationalities, ASM emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and sustainability while fostering employee growth through comprehensive development programs.

Role Mission

As the Global Planning Process Lead, your primary focus will be to enhance ASM’s worldwide planning capabilities by establishing standards that underpin long-term growth and operational excellence. You will collaborate with global process owners, IT departments, and cross-functional teams to improve system performance (SAP, Kinaxis), advance process harmonization, and heighten planning efficiency throughout all regions. Your contributions are vital to maintaining a resilient, data-informed supply chain ready to meet future semiconductor industry demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead comprehensive process mapping and standardization initiatives to simplify workflows and translate business needs into scalable digital solutions.
• Maintain authority over global planning process standards and related business capability roadmaps, overseeing alignment from conceptual design to active adoption and continuous sustainability.
• Identify, prioritize, and manage business requirements for end-to-end planning solutions, collaborating with IT, vendors, and stakeholders on design, configuration, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Set and govern standards for master data, business rules, process controls, performance metrics, and traceability to meet objectives related to safety, quality, delivery, cost-efficiency, and productivity.
• Work closely with Manufacturing and Logistics teams to optimize processes and boost operational metrics.
• Ensure that planning system capabilities are consistent with enterprise process standards, digital platform strategies, and desired business process designs.
• Partner with global process owners, functional leaders, and IT to continuously refine system features, increase adoption, and mature process and platform capabilities.
• Guarantee compliance of planning processes, controls, and system setups with corporate policies, regulations, and audit standards.
• Deliver data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to leadership concerning process effectiveness, standardization possibilities, capability gaps, and ongoing improvement priorities.
• Lead continuous improvement projects that utilize procedural, system, and operational data to enhance efficiency, visibility, decision-making quality, and business results.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in supply chain planning or related fields.
• Demonstrated proficiency with SAP S/4HANA and Kinaxis Supply Chain Management platforms.
• Comprehensive understanding of supply chain and procurement operational processes.
• Strong communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively across various time zones and cultural contexts.
• Analytical problem-solving skills applicable in dynamic, high-variety environments.

Preferred Attributes

• Track record of leading global transformation projects involving SAP S/4HANA and/or Kinaxis.
• Knowledge of advanced supply chain models and digital tools for procurement.
• Strong ability to influence and build consensus within a global matrix organization.
• Excellent presentation skills suited for communicating insights to senior leadership.

Additional Information

ASM is committed to equal employment opportunities irrespective of race, color, religion, age, nationality, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, political views, disabilities, veteran status, or any legally protected status.

Be a part of ASM and contribute to the technology that powers devices improving lives worldwide, pushing frontiers in innovation to shape the future of technology and connectivity.