Senior Global Supply Manager, Body and Battery Structures

About the role

The Rivian Supply Chain team is seeking a highly motivated and exceptional purchasing professional to join our team. As a Senior Global Supply Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end sourcing strategy and lifecycle management for Rivian's vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Lead projects with medium to large vehicle spend for Body and Battery structures, supporting the execution of a multi-generational vehicle strategy.
• Drive the competitive bid process and lead manager-level reviews with leadership oversight.
• Systems & Process: Use supply chain systems to support business needs, including placing RFI/RFPs and purchase orders timely and accurately.
• Proactively identify and provide feedback on system functionality to drive process improvement.
• Technical Understanding: Lead supplier prospecting and drive a commodity strategy that supports the vehicle program.
• Maintain a basic understanding of the sub-supplier footprint and raw material drivers for your assigned commodity.
• Supplier Management: Build and maintain relationships with Tier 1 account and program managers.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders while managing expectations.
• Project Management & Risk Mitigation: Lead small-scale projects with autonomy and limited management support. Identify and mitigate low-complexity risks in a timely manner and provide proposals for resolution.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Domain Expertise: Specific negotiation and technical experience for the assigned commodity; understands cost estimation models to identify risk.
• Commodity-Specific Experience: Knowledge of Castings, Stampings and Extrusions Tooling and processes.
• Tech Skills: Proficient in SAP, Basecamp, and using cost estimating outputs to close should-cost gaps.
• Communication: Professional interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to defuse conflicts and provide feedback to peers.
• Execution: Ability to work on problems of diverse scope, evaluating identifiable factors to find solutions and exercising good judgment.
• Operational Style: Comfortable receiving general instructions on new assignments and managing day-to-day work with independence.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $107,800 - $134,800 for Irvine, California based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees.