Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies · 3 months ago
Senior Global Supply Manager - Drive Unit
Irvine, California
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$108K/yr - $135K/yr
5+ years expRivian is a company focused on creating emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles and is seeking a Senior Global Supply Manager to enhance their supply chain operations. This role involves developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring that production targets are met while maintaining high quality and cost-efficiency.
AutomotiveInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Support the development of sourcing strategies by analyzing the supply base, market conditions, and technology roadmaps
Identify potential suppliers, analyze capabilities, develop a sourcing approach and roadmaps for Rivian stakeholders
Craft sourcing recommendations and present to executive cross functional leadership
Support contractual negotiations with suppliers on NDA’s, General Terms & Conditions and Production Supply Agreements, and RFQ responses
Perform detailed comparative analyses of supplier quote submissions and cost breakdowns
Collaborate with internal Cost Estimating partners to build should cost analysis to negotiate most competitive market pricing
Drive and implement cost reductions on prototype and production vehicles through leveraged negotiations to achieve vehicle cost targets
Manage strong supplier relationships while maintaining accountability for world class operations utilizing key performance metrics
Kickoff purchase orders for production and prototype tooling, engineering, parts and other supplier related costs while maintaining budget throughout program life ECRs
Review Engineering, Design & Development (ED&D) costs with Engineering leads to ensure best-in-class cost is attained
Manage vehicle budget in collaboration with Rivian Finance team
Work closely alongside Program Management to support prototype requirements, execute against build milestones and track sourcing progress
Support Supplier Development/Quality plant audits and technical reviews
Maintain internal systems to assure pricing and roadmaps are always up to date
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering
5+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or purchasing experience
Negotiation experience specific to automotive electric Drive Unit commodities
SAP experience
Proficient interpersonal, presentation, and communications skills
Meticulous analytical skills and ability to manage large amounts of complex supplier quote data accurately
Attention to detail to ensure specifications being requested are received
High level of integrity and desire to own one's role and contributions to the cross-functional team
Company
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies develops scalable automotive software and technology platforms for multiple vehicle segments.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kranti Garatkar
Staff Technical Program Manager
Recent News
2025-11-14
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