Product Guide III (part-time) - Meatpacking Spaces

Rivian Rivian · Auto · New York, NY · Customer Service

This is a part-time Product Guide III role at Rivian in New York, focused on customer engagement, brand experience, and driving sales through exceptional service. Responsibilities include welcoming and educating customers, achieving performance indicators, demonstrating product expertise, and maintaining operational duties. The role requires strong customer service skills, a flexible schedule, and a valid driver's license. Experience in customer service, automotive, or hospitality is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Welcome, engage, and educate customers, providing a positive and inclusive experience for everyone who visits; ensuring their needs are met, and their expectations are exceeded.
  2. Responsible for achieving key performance indicators such as leads captured, lead capture rate, lead-to-drive rate, sales orders influenced, and customer experience (NPS & survey results).
  3. Engage with Rivian customers and identify the unique needs to create an individualized experience including demonstration drives and customer deliveries.
  4. Demonstrate a commitment to achieving commercial business objectives and supporting brand initiatives, including demand generation, lead generation, product deep-dives, gear demos, trip planning, food and beverage offerings, and community events.
  5. Possess a high level of brand and product expertise, staying up to date on all required training and courses.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years’ experience in customer service, automotive, clean energy solutions, field marketing, sales, education, or hospitality environment preferred.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • Must be 21+ years of age to operate any Rivian vehicle.
  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule to support customers on nights, weekends and/or holidays; ability and willingness to travel based on business needs to support other market launches and operations.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license in the state/province of residence that you will be driving/operating a vehicle (or state that you are commuting daily to/from).
  • No drug or alcohol related driving incidents in the last 3 years; No more than 1 serious moving violation in the last 3 years; No driving related suspensions or revocation of Driver License within a 3-5 year period; Will be subject to continuous Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) monitoring.
  • Physical exertion may be required to perform occupational tasks (sitting up to 2 or more hours at a time, standing for up to 8 or more hours a day, walking, bending, kneeling, laying, twisting, carrying, reaching, stretching, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 50 lbs).
  • Frequent use of hands for purposes of grasping and using tools correctly, entering data, writing communications, or calling customers or internal partners.
  • Strong understanding of written and spoken English.
  • Ability to see, read and interpret documents such as governmental regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or schematics.
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and engaging customer interaction style.
  • Ability to understand and articulate concepts in the technology and automotive space.
  • Resilience and ability to overcome objections using active listening and critical thinking.
  • Ability to multi-task while providing exceptional quality of work.
  • Excellent written and verbal language skills in English, additional languages a plus.
  • Ability to learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing timelines.

Nice to have

  • Experience using POS and CRM software preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Google Workspace with the ability to learn new tools quickly.
  • Must have or be eligible to obtain a sales license, notary license, and/or food handling certification (within the first 90 days of employment) if applicable in the state/province of your assigned work location.

What the JD emphasized

  • obsessive approach to elevating the customer experience
  • over-deliver when it comes to delighting and interacting with our community