Rivian - Plymouth, MI
posted 4 months ago
Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever, focusing on emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles and attracting curious, courageous individuals. The Lead Demand Planner, Data Scientist role is pivotal in leading the generation of the unconstrained demand plan, collaborating with internal stakeholders while considering external market conditions. This position will drive Rivian's commercial activities and guide the development of demand strategy and Demand Planning technology. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading consensus demand reviews as part of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring alignment across various teams including marketing, finance, sales, and product development. In this role, you will lead weekly business reviews, driving alignment across the commercial organization and supporting actions to achieve a consensus plan. You will also develop a multi-variable econometric model to create medium to long-range demand forecasts, identifying necessary input data and presenting findings to leadership. Your strong industry knowledge will be crucial in providing guidance on competitive models, pricing, and industry trends, which will impact the unconstrained demand plan. Additionally, you will design and develop dashboards, KPIs, and standard reports to monitor performance against the plan, critically analyzing forecasting predictions to improve accuracy and effectiveness. The position requires identifying critical technology capabilities and gaps to support work processes, developing a technology roadmap, and partnering with IT for implementation. You will interface directly with planning partners across various departments and present findings to senior leadership, making this a highly collaborative and strategic role within Rivian.