Vehicle Associate (Sacramento Or Seattle)

Who is Bird

Bird is on a mission to bring environmentally friendly transportation to everyone. Our products, services, and people share one common goal: to make cities more livable by reducing gas-powered car usage, lowering carbon emissions, and improving the safety of all road users.

We are relentless in our pursuit of better—for our riders, for our partners, for our employees, and for future generations. Our award winning electric vehicles help millions of riders take carbon-free trips in more than 300 cities globally. And our teams push boundaries and challenge the status quo in pursuit of a brighter future.

Job Summary

The Vehicle Associate owns the development and execution of all partner repair training and upskilling/development that ensures Bird's logistic providers are equipped to successfully deliver Bird's mission. The Vehicle Associate will create content and host training both virtually and in person while creating content libraries to address the greatest skill gaps that Bird partners face while operating. The VA serves as an expert on our devices and products with the ability to communicate repair best practices to a diverse set of Bird stakeholders. As the first line of input for feedback from market operations, the Vehicle Associate also serves as a valued source of input for emerging issues and continued vehicle improvement efforts across engineering, product, supply chain, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with key stakeholders across the entire organization.
• Drive a culture of safety, collaboration, and productivity
• Responsible for damage backlog and tracking key repair and damage metrics across your region
• Become a subject matter expert on our vehicles, internal tools, processes, applications, and metrics
• Create and present information through coaching sessions and one-on-one conversations in-person and remotely with Fleet Managers focused on troubleshooting problems and answering questions related to the product, vehicles, repairs, and spare parts
• Ability to execute projects of varying urgency and scope with high degree of autonomy
• Build relationships with and provide coaching to our Fleet Managers to optimize their performance. Look around corners to ensure the long-term success of their and Bird's businesses, as well as the success of all of our cities and customers.
• Work closely with other members of the Bird team to drive the vision and execution of world class operations within your cities
• Measure the impact and efficiency of existing processes within Operations while identifying new ways to create value for the business. Scale best practices that are incubated from test to global implementation.

Requirements

• Strong logical thinking, verbal, and quantitative reasoning, along with the ability to zoom out and see patterns
• Willingness to travel: 40%
• 2+ years leading a team
• Problem solver DNA; ability to identify areas of improvement within processes and help execute those changes
• Ability to drive a team towards goals and KPIs
• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years operations experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment
• Willingness to get your hands dirty and lead by example

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical (mechanical / electrical) experience
• Lean manufacturing experience or training

Culture at Bird

We're an ambitious, smart and open-minded team that is passionate about our mission. Each day is unlike the last, as we’re constantly moving forward, challenging each other, and working together to create the future of micro-mobility.

Perks up

We want people to succeed at Bird, so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a generous employer-paid healthcare package, pre-tax spending accounts, mental health resources, a work from home stipend, and a whole host of other out of the box benefits that meet you where you are.

Bird is the world

Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives —encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

Sound like a place you’d like to work? Sweet. Let’s chat.

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