Supplier collaboration and quality head

Introduction to the job

ASML’s ability to industrialize highly complex systems at scale depends on a resilient, high-performing, and structurally capable global supply base. Within Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P), Supplier Collaboration & Quality (SC&Q) plays a critical role in ensuring supplier capability, performance, and lifecycle execution across all business lines.

This role represents the senior leadership of SS&P SC&Q across China, responsible for translating global SS&P SC&Q strategy into regional priorities and execution, building a high-performing

organization, and ensuring consistent delivery of supplier performance, industrialization readiness, and lifecycle excellence across the region.

This role direct reports to Head of SS&P China, functional reports to Head of SS&P SC&Q, and is

a member of the SC&Q global management team and meeting.”

Role and responsibilities

Lead SC&Q teams in China, including Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), Transfer and Make to Buy Program, Supplier Audits and Cost of Goods (CoG) Program.

• Act as a staff member of SS&P S&CQ, represent SC&Q teams in China, to increase global collaboration and teamwork
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and global collaboration by role modeling ASML’s core values of Challenge, Collaborate, and Care.
• Drive employee engagement, capability, talent and leadership development, succession planning, and performance management.
• Translate global SS&P SC&Q and BL strategies into regional priorities, execution roadmaps, performance targets, dashboards and review rhythms

Industrialization & Lifecycle Execution

• Ensure supplier readiness across ASML product lifecycle-from new development of repair solution, High Volume Manufacturing/repair, through Installed Base & Sustaining (IB&S) and End of Life (EOL)
• Secure readiness and quality of Bills of Materials (BOMs), technical documentation, configuration baselines, and supplier readiness. Transfer & M2B
• Lead supplier transfer projects, factory transfer to supplier projects, and supplier phase out/ phase in plan
• Lead milestone-based governance, risk tracking, and project management Quality & Logistics Means & Methods Deploy standardized processes, performance dashboards, drive continuous improvement, leverage and roll-out worldwide best known method to increase operations efficiency year over year
• Education and experience

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or related field

Experience

• 15+ years in project management, sourcing, supply chain or manufacturing, in global matrix organizations 10+ year in leading (at least two of following teams): project management, supply chain industrialization, supplier quality, and / or supplier account management
• Leadership of multi-site, multi-functional teams Solid track record of being leader of leaders, building high-performing teams, delivering solid operations results

Skills

• Proven people, operations and business leadership, with successful track record of leading and transforming supply chain organization in global matrix setting.
• Role-model leadership behaviors aligned with ASML values (Challenge, Collaborate, Care).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at both operational and executive levels.
• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline.
• Structured, fact-based problem solving combined with pragmatic execution.
• Excellent English and Mandarin

Inclusion and diversity

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

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