Team Lead, Application Competence

Context

• Lead a team of application competence engineers to support DUV NPI rollout demonstrate on-product benefits and support China region application escalations.
• Define development roadmap of application competence engineers according to the requirement of NPI and sustaining needs for all China customers.
• Manage all China application escalations to competence team to satisfy local team and customer.

Requirements

• MSc or Phd ( Phd is a plus but not required) in technical fields with substantial relevant industry experience.
• Relevant experience in an IC manufacturing environment or research institute with a strong emphasis on lithography patterning overlay imaging focus metrology or defectivity related to node/process development.
• Proven ability to perform in a fast paced and ambiguous environment while always maintaining focus on customer goals and relationships.
• Proven track record leading a technical team in bringing complex issues to successful resolution.
• Experience in customer (support) role.
• Strong motivational skills and stakeholder management and high influence in multidisciplinary environment.
• Competence knowledge covering broad range (Overlay Imaging Lens Heating Defectivity Productivity and etc). Thorough understanding of customer situation and limitations.

Responsibilities

Leadership and output realization

• Creates high performing teams secures the achievement of relevant KPIs 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.

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.

Annual plan / budget

• Understands year plan / budget for the assigned unit.

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.

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.

Coaching

• Assesses skill levels and grows team members by coaching.

Operational excellence

• Ensures adoption of best practices and lessons learned within department and across the local supporting teams. Acts as change agent of operational excellence.

Diversity and inclusion

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