As a Quality Supplier Manager in ASML Singapore office, you will be managing a couple of ASML key suppliers in Southeast Asia, responsible for their quality and operational performance. You work with suppliers on ensuring parts quality performance, solving both quality and technical issues, and drive process improvements, for example quality and yield improvement, process control, cycle time reduction, risk analysis and mitigation. You work closely together with the supplier team, the supplier manager, the procurement manager, engineers, etc. to drive success for the organization. The main goal of you is to secure an excellent quality of parts delivered by our suppliers on time and with the right cost to ASML.
Role and responsibilities
- Responsible for the entire Quality and Technical process performance of suppliers and their n-tier suppliers
- Monitor, review and drive supplier quality performance from incidents to structural improvement to achieve various quality KPI targets
- Contribute to supplier development (e.g. implementing SPC, lean, FMEA, operational excellence at suppliers or n-tier suppliers).
- Optimize manufacturing processes at suppliers by improving quality, testing and qualification infrastructure
- Drive yield improvements and process improvements at suppliers. Actively participate in improvement project at suppliers (cycle time reduction, cost of goods reduction)
- Carry-out analysis of quality issues and drive technical solutions needed during material availability escalations
- Support implementation of hardware changes at suppliers
- Build-up and develop technical competences within ASML (SPC, lean manufacturing, FMEA, operational excellence) to drive and support operational excellence at suppliers
Education and experience
- Bachelor or master degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or 10+ years equivalent practical experience
- Specialism in electro-mechanic assemblies
- Proficiency in quality tools like 8D, FMEA, Six Sigma, Lean, etc.
- Project management experience
- Ability to travel locally or internationally to supplier sites
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:
- Proven track records in improving supply chain processes in production environment
- Capable to make deep-dive analyses whilst maintaining top-level overview regarding problem & solutions
- Capable to work under pressureand cope with complex matters and tough suppliers to drive results
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills with the ability to influence and motivate others
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Pro-active attitude to drive for improvement
