Supplier Development Manager

Sourcing & Supply Chain (S&SC) represents ASML’s Sourcing, Logistics, and Quality interface to its external supply base and is responsible for materials availability for ASML’s factories. This is only possible in today’s complex multi-tier supply chains by creating full transparency in the chains and flexibility at suppliers. S&SC manages its Complex Supply Chains (CSCs) up to seven tiers deep, addressing potential bottlenecks and supply risks before they impact our customers. 

It must handle the increased complexity of ASML’s systems while reducing the cost of ownership for customers. To do this, S&SC works with suppliers to continuously reduce cycle time for components, modules, and assemblies, increasing supply chain flexibility and customer value. S&SC also monitors the suppliers’ quality, flexibility, cycle time reductions, move rate compliance, and on-time delivery reliability, driving supplier development in all areas to ensure ASML’s supply keeps pace with technological developments and can adapt to changing market conditions.

Job Mission The Supplier Development Manager (SDM) leads a program of cross-functional teams responsible for creating QLTCS capability breakthroughs at suppliers and on business-critical modules in ASMLs supply chain.  

The focus is to secure ASML’s ramp-up and QLTCS needs. Activities of the multidisciplinary team include solution design, risk assessment, module and/or manufacturing process re-design, supplier capability development, the release of new suppliers, phase in/phase out planning, and stakeholder alignment & communication. This is all in close cooperation with senior management of the relevant Business Lines, product clusters (Development & Engineering), and supplier group categories (Sourcing & Supply Chain).

Job Description The Supplier Development Manager is responsible for:

• Identify supplier operational, capability, and technical evolutions and ensure their implementation 
• Deliver integrated benefits on capacity, flexibility, quality, industrialization, business continuity, and cost 
• Directing multidisciplinary supplier capability and technical orientated module team(s)
• Alignment with internal and external stakeholders
• Creating the oversight of initiatives, workstreams, people, time, and resources necessary to keep the teams moving forward 
• Providing analysis and solution options to S&SC management regarding high-impact decisions 
• Communicating initiatives, workstreams, and processes, and connecting the dots to resolve challenges

Education MSc degree in Engineering or equivalent

Experience

• 10-15 years of relevant work experience in e.g.:
• Product and/or manufacturing process development management In high tech, automotive, medical device, aerospace, or process industry 
• Supplier capability development management of Supply chain and/or manufacturing functions in one of the above-mentioned industries
• Experience in building and maintaining relations with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• A combination of the above-mentioned examples is preferred

Personal skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Conceptual thinker on a strategic level
• Strong analytical skills
• Convincing / negotiation skills
• Pragmatic and result driven 
• Proactive attitude, drive for improvement

ASML is leading in the worldwide development, production, and sales of high-end lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Worldwide with important locations in the United States, Asia, and the head office in Veldhoven. The employees of ASML share a passion for technology with a customer focus. At ASML one works ongoing for the further development and implementation of complex and high-quality technological systems. Working at ASML is therefore challenging and extremely dynamic. To remain successful the company has ambitious objectives and high standard requirements. ASML brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips.

They design, develop, integrate, market, and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.