Sales Development Intern

Design Ready Controls; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Design Ready Controls is seeking an in-person internship in the Twin Cities area to drive new market generated leads and support the sales transition. You will conduct market research, track trends, and help convert outreach into opportunities while coordinating with sales and marketing.

This role emphasizes collaboration, communication, and project management across teams. Ideal candidates are highly motivated with excellent communication and time management skills, plus proficiency in the

Qualifications

• Must be highly motivated and able to work in a cross-functional team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Excellent time management and multi-tasking abilities are required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel is expected.
• Detail oriented with strong project management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform market research and identify new market opportunities.
• Maintain proactive communication with internal and external teams.
• Track outreach activities, engagement and opportunity highlights.
• Assist in transitioning marketing qualified leads to sales.
• Support cross-functional education on supplier relations and finance basics.

Skills

Motivated

Cross-functional

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Microsoft Office

Attention to detail

Project management

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

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.

This is an in person role. Candidates must be located in the Twin Cities or surrounding suburbs in MN.

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

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, geographic locations, market conditions and internal equity.