Quality Supplier Manager - Electronics Category

In your role as Quality Supplier Manager (QSM)– Electronics Category you are responsible for the technical performance of a selected number of suppliers. You will work with suppliers on performance monitoring, solving technical issues and driving technical process improvements (quality and yield improvement, process control, cycle time reduction, risk analysis and reduction). You will work closely together with Supply Chain Engineering, Logistics Supplier Management (LSM), Procurement Account Managers and New Production Introduction Supply Chain Engineers in the ASML Development Organization. Depending on the size of the account, you will be a member of Supplier Account Teams. Focus of your work is on volume control, process optimization and supplier development.

Role and responsibilities

• Responsible for entire Quality process and performance on “volume” products for strategic suppliers and their n-tier suppliers.
• Carry-out analysis of material Quality issues through structural problem-solving processes (DMAIC, 8D) and drive technical solutions during material escalations (MN’s, DN’s, AIR, FAR).
• Drive yield and technical process improvements at supplier, actively participate in improvement projects at suppliers regarding cycle time reductions, yield improvements and quality improvements.
• De-risk manufacturing processes at suppliers by optimizing quality, testing and qualification infrastructure, configuration management, processes, and organizational capabilities.
• Monitor and review supplier Material Quality Performance (MQP).
• Contribute to supplier development (e.g. implementing SPC, lean, FMEA, operational excellence at suppliers or n-tier suppliers), understand the needs of supplier and ASML and drive internal supplier changes to align.
• Support implementation of EC changes at suppliers on “volume” products.
• Develops and maintain sustainable partnerships with supplier's senior engineering and management staff.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree required. Or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience.
• Experience in improvement projects in supply chain, preferably in High-tech industry.
• Experience with engineering and/or supply chain processes in business-to-business (high-tech, low-volume) environment.
• Experience in building and maintaining strategic relations with suppliers.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Influencing without power, able to convince without the use of formal authority, display the ability to motivate the team on job intrinsic aspects: technical challenges, execution challenges.
• Ability to deal with resistance, interacts with key stakeholders in a constructive way without being defensive, focuses on data and has an open mind, is always part of the solution.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency, and professionalism.
• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.

Diversity and inclusion

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 diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

Other information

Role within Office Responsibilities:

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel dependent on business needs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the 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.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

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