Part-Time Sales Development Intern

Design-Ready-Controls; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned sick time

Job summary

Design Ready Controls is seeking an internship to drive new market generated leads and seamlessly transition them to the sales and account management team. The role emphasizes market research, stakeholder communication, and data-driven analysis.

Responsibilities include tracking outreach, weekly leadership updates, and developing processes for efficient lead transition. The program offers cross-functional learning in supplier management, inventory, and business finance management.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with ability to work in a cross-functional team.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent time management and multi-tasking abilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute market research to generate new leads in target markets.
• Provide strong communication to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Record outreach and analyze data; provide weekly updates to leadership.
• Develop and implement a process to transition marketing qualified leads to the sales team.
• Gain cross-functional exposure in supplier/inventory management and business finance.

Skills

Motivated

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Communication skills

Time management

Detail oriented

Project management

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Location: Brooklyn Park, MN

Job Id:1316

# of Openings:1

POSITION OVERVIEW

The core of this position is to execute strategies that drive new market generated leads for Design Ready Controls and successfully transition to the sales & account management team.

Identify: Market Research

Conduct extensive market research within new markets while tracking - volume, complexity and price sensitivity. This involves tracking of industry developments and strategies, as well as identifying purchase patterns and emerging trends.

Contact: Communication

Provide strong communication and follow-up to establish and maintain highly engaged relationships both internally and externally. Communication and activities can include phone calls, emails, meetings + presentations, events/tradeshows etc.

Qualify: Analysis & Reports

Record and evaluate outreach, activity and key industry insight gathered to understand the impact and areas of opportunity for business growth. Conduct weekly updates and summaries to sales and marketing leadership, specifically on outreach, engagement and key highlights.

Introduce: Transition

Develop and implement a process with sales and marketing leadership that successfully transition all marketing qualified leads in an efficient and effective method.

In addition to all the above, this internship will provide the successful candidate with strong cross-functional education and experience in:

• Customer selection, qualification, and management
• Supplier management, inventory management, and supply chain rationalization
• Business finance management
• An overview of sales engineering & technical advisory sales

QUALIFICATIONS

• Highly motivated and self-driven
• Collaborates effectively with others in a cross-functional team
• Identifies and resolves problems and communicates effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
• Proficient in Microsoft, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Detailed oriented
• Project management experience

This is apart-timeposition; up to 30 hours per week.

Compensation: $22.00 p/h

Benefits: Earned sick and safe time

Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position. The position will also assume any other additional responsibilities as assigned by the manager. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Design Ready Controls is an equal opportunity employer.

Design Ready Controls is committed to providing competitive total compensation and benefits packages. This listed range is based upon a full-time schedule. This is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. Base salaries are determined by taking a variety of factors in account, including, but not limited to, candidate qualifications, education, geographical locations, market conditions and internal equity.