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Rivian

Makes electric pickups, SUVs and delivery vans

Senior Global Supply Manager - Capex, Drive Unit

Procurement & SourcingPosted on Nov 10
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience creating commodity strategies and navigating economic and political factors that affect them.
  • CapEx or technical sourcing experience, preferably in battery, automotive, or electronics industries.
  • Supplier management experience.
  • Manufacturing or factory experience.
  • Proficiency in SAP, Basecamp, and cost estimation models.
  • Ability to defuse conflicts and provide clear feedback to peers.
  • Ability to independently implement solutions for familiar problems and prioritize tasks to meet area-specific milestones.
  • Ability to manage responsibilities and assigned projects with moderate autonomy and periodic guidance.
  • Ability and willingness to travel as needed, expected to average 20–30%.

Responsibilities

  • Concurrently lead sourcing projects with medium to large spend and complexity, drive competitive bid processes with leadership oversight, and lead manager-level reviews.
  • Use supply chain systems to support business needs, provide feedback on enterprise functionality, and support onboarding of new team members.
  • Lead supplier prospecting and create and drive category or commodity strategies that support programs while monitoring economic and political landscapes.
  • Negotiate most commercial contract terms with some legal involvement, use cost-estimating outputs to close should-cost gaps, and negotiate pricing with some leadership oversight.
  • Maintain a basic understanding of Tier 1 supplier footprints and sub-tier suppliers, and optimize contract timing to support long-term value.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to provide detailed forecasting and costs that support long-term business plans.
  • Lead small-scale projects with autonomy, identify and mitigate low-complexity risks, and provide proposals for resolution.
  • Translate complex datasets into an easily understood format for executives and synthesize data from multiple systems to create comprehensive analyses.

Desired Qualifications

  • CapEx or technical sourcing experience in the battery, automotive, or electronics industries.

About the Company

Rivian

Makes electric pickups, SUVs and delivery vans

Rivian designs and builds electric pickup trucks, SUVs, and delivery vans, pairing off-road ability with electronics and software it develops itself. In 2021, its R1T became the first fully electric pickup truck on the US consumer market, ahead of larger rivals such as Ford and Tesla. It makes the R1T pickup, the R1S and R2 SUVs, and commercial vans in Normal, Illinois, and sells them directly online and in its own stores rather than through dealers. Its vehicles run on Rivian's own software, which gains features through updates sent over the internet, and most revenue comes from vehicle sales, with service and optional software adding more. Rivian was founded in 2009 and is based in Irvine, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irvine, CA
Founded
2009

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