Senior Global Supply Manager, Chassis Structures

About the role

The Rivian Supply Chain team is seeking a highly motivated and exceptional purchasing professional to join the Rivian family. As a Senior Global Supply Manager, you will play a crucial role in bringing Rivian's engineered products to life.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Lead projects with medium to large vehicle spend for Chassis Structures, supporting the execution of a multi-generational vehicle strategy.
• Systems & Process: Use supply chain systems to support business needs, including placing RFI/RFPs and purchase orders timely and accurately.
• Technical Understanding: Lead supplier prospecting and drive a commodity strategy that supports the vehicle program.
• Negotiations: Negotiate most commercial terms and LTAs with some legal involvement. Use cost estimating outputs to close "should cost" gaps and identify areas of opportunity or risk.
• Supplier Management: Build and maintain relationships with Tier 1 account and program managers. Maintain a basic understanding of the sub-supplier footprint and raw material drivers for your assigned commodity.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders while managing expectations. Inform appropriate teams to provide detailed forecasting and costs that support long-term plans.
• 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: Commodity experience in Chassis structural components (subframes, control arms, links, bushings, ball joints).
• Technical 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.