Director, Global Supplier Development & EV Industrialization

Rivian Automotive; Plymouth Charter Township (MI); Sur place; USD 183 000 - 287 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Rivian Automotive is seeking a Director of Supplier Development, Industrialization & Quality to lead a global team responsible for end-to-end supplier execution, capability building, tooling industrialization and quality assurance across Rivian's supply base.

The ideal leader brings deep automotive or EV experience, combining technical rigor with hands-on problem solving to ensure flawless program execution, capacity realization and zero-defect quality across launch and current production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing) or related field.
• Supply Chain Management or related technical field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Responsabilités

• Strategic Organization Leadership: Build, lead and mentor a global team of Supplier Development, Industrialization & Quality Engineers across major commodity sectors.
• Cradle-to-Grave Part & Supplier Ownership: End-to-end component ownership and cross-functional alignment across pre-PPAP and post-PPAP production quality.
• Upstream Quality Prevention: Conduct DFM, DFMEA and PFMEA reviews early in program development cycles with Engineering and Purchasing.
• Tooling & Capacity Industrialization: Oversee supplier tooling timelines, audits and capacity mapping to resolve bottlenecks.
• Rigorous PPAP & Launch Gatekeeping: Enforce APQP/PPAP, Safe Launch protocols and recovery plans for supplier milestones.
• Rapid Problem Solving & On-Site Triage: Deploy resources to supplier facilities for root-cause analyses and yield recovery.
• Supplier Performance & Governance: Track global supplier scorecards, audits and corrective action programs.
• Cross-Functional Executive Partnership: Align sourcing strategies with Procurement, Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Operations.

Connaissances

Leadership & Change Management

Communication & Negotiation

Operational & Analytical Discipline

Willingness to Travel

Cradle-to-Grave Domain Expertise

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Outils

APQP/PPAP

PFMEA

SPC

8D

5-Why

Poka-Yoke

Lean Manufacturing

Description du poste

Rivian Automotive is seeking a Director of Supplier Development, Industrialization & Quality to lead a global team responsible for end-to-end supplier execution, capability building, tooling industrialization and quality assurance across Rivian's supply base.

The ideal leader brings deep automotive or EV experience, combining technical rigor with hands-on problem solving to ensure flawless program execution, capacity realization and zero-defect quality across launch and current production