The Sr. Manager, Production Program Planning is the central architect of Rivian’s global Master Production Plan (MPP) across all major platforms, including R1, R2, Commercial Vans (EDV/RCV), DCFC, and future vehicle programs. This role bridges Alignment across the executive leadership teams of Product, Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Logistics, and Supply Chain, and Finance. Operating as a critical leader within the S&OP framework, this role is accountable for generating the enterprise supply response, developing 24-month capacity models, and establishing factory shift strategies across a growing multi-plant network. The leader also manages the near-term production planning for S&OE replanning, overseeing global order allocation rulesets and near-term sequencing alignment the scheduling team.
*** Candidate needs to be open to moving to Atlanta in the future for our new manufacturing facility. ***
Key Responsibilities: Develop the Master Production Plan (MPP): Create, maintain, and own the 24-month rolling Master Production Plan across all programs. Develop Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) models to balance internal manufacturing capabilities and external supplier constraints against the demand forecast.-
Lead Scenario Modeling & Supply Risk Mitigation: Build complex shift strategies to meet production strategy and demand. Partner with supplier capacity and material planning teams to map critical paths and present financial and operational trade-offs when critical parts face shortages.
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Drive Executive Decision-Making: Chair the monthly Supply Review and present finalized production commitments, vehicle mix changes, and risk mitigations to the Executive Operations team for formal approval.
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Oversee Program Change (PCCR) Integration: Assess and integrate Program Change Requests (PCCRs) into the production timeline, translating feature cut-ins to ramp curves and capacity requirements.
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Manage Near Term Production Response and Allocation Own the production inputs in weekly S&OE reviews. Manage the daily firm zone, order slotting, and explicit manufacturing quantities to dictate Build-to-Stock and Build-to-Order allocations in close coordination with the scheduling teams.
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Ensure Systemic Alignment: Oversee the accurate republication of the approved MPP across SAP, Kinaxis, and Databricks to ensure all cross-functional teams execute against a single source of truth.
10+ years of progressive experience in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Planning, Master Scheduling, or Production Control.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related analytical field or a combination of relevant experience in lieu of education; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Demonstrable experience scaling production planning from a single facility to a global, multi-plant manufacturing network, preferably within the automotive, EV, or highly complex hardware industries.
Deep technical understanding of Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), vehicle sequencing, and BOM/configuration management.
Proven ability to distill highly complex capacity constraints into clear financial and operational trade-offs for C-suite executive decision-making.
Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage significant amounts of data to drive algorithmic allocation strategies.
Advanced experience with ERP systems (SAP PP/DS strongly preferred), Advanced Planning Systems (Kinaxis required), and data visualization/management tools (Databricks, SQL, Hex).
