Senior Supply Chain Engineer

About Rivian
Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.
As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.
Role Summary
The Rivian Supply Chain team is looking for highly motivated and exceptional Supply Chain Engineering professionals to bring Rivian’s engineered products to life. In this role, the Supply Chain Engineer will be responsible for engineering end-to-end supply chain, logistics, and material flow processes from external warehouses to assembly line. In our team, we expect our people to own every aspect of the engineering process, from concept design to successful implementation and everything in between.
Responsibilities

• Detailed process design including value-stream, logistics, routing, and warehouse design.
• Be part of a world-class engineering team, with a focus on high quality work and rapid project deployment.
• Plan, manage, and communicate project schedule ensuring alignment to overall program milestones.
• Development of large-scale supply chain and logistics processes from external warehouses to assembly line in partnership with production control, packaging planning, inbound logistics, factory design, and manufacturing engineering.
• Implement material flow equipment such as conveyors, EMS systems, AGVs, and ASRS systems.
• Develop models to analyze the cost, throughput, and space factors for part sequencing, material batching, intermediate storage locations, and other material flow strategies.
• Be responsible for and ensure safety, quality, cost, timing & throughput targets are achieved on all projects.

Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)® or APICS CPIM/CSCP/CLTD certifications are a plus
• 3+ years’ experience with modeling or simulation software (Flexsim, AnyLogic, etc.)
• Experience working with Manufacturing Execution, Material Requirements Planning, Warehouse Management, or Yard Management (MES, MRP, WMS, YMS) systems is a plus
• Experience using Python for data analysis and/or workflow automation is a plus
• 7+ years of supply chain or material flow engineering functional experience
• Strong analytical ability to break down complex problems and data sets to derive meaningful, actionable results and properly communicate with leadership teams
• 5+ years with data-based development of end-to-end supply chain, logistics, and/or material flow processes for high volume, high complexity production or logistics facilities.
• 5+ years of managing supply chain engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience working with data visualization tools (MS PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)
• Ability to understand Engineering and Design direction and provide focused supply-chain solutions accordingly
• Experience with automotive, electronic, or consumer products, and the design and manufacture thereof
• 3+ years’ experience in layout planning using 2D or 3D (AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc.) design platforms.

Equal Opportunity
Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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