Sales Intern

Motion Industries (MOT); Houston (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries (MOT) offers a full-time paid summer internship in sales, spanning approximately 10–12 weeks. The program emphasizes hands-on experience to broaden sales skills, customer engagement, and business acumen, with ongoing training and performance feedback.

Interns collaborate with the sales team to develop new prospects and navigate an entire sales cycle, while gaining exposure to cross-functional teams and product knowledge.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree, junior or senior year.
• Strong interest in a sales career and ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Works with the sales team and leaders to develop new prospects and manage the full sales cycle.
• Collaborates with sales and service teams to drive wins and engagement.
• Participates in on-the-job training, product/industry knowledge, and leadership exposure.
• Develops customer relationships at varying levels of seniority.
• Attends cross-functional meetings to understand department roles.

Skills

Sales interest

Lead generation

Outbound calling

Excellent communication

Desire to learn

Analytical thinking

Education

Undergraduate student (junior/senior)

Job description

Job DescriptionSUMMARY:Sales Internships provide the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop though hands-on experience to broaden sales, communication, and business acumen skills. This is a fulltime, paid summer internship, typically ranging from 10-12 weeks. Throughout your internship, we provide continuous training and performance feedback to ensure you build the necessary skills to succeed. Additional career opportunities are usually available upon conclusion of a successful internship, including placement within our Sales Development Program.JOB DUTIES• Works directly with the sales team and sales leaders in developing new prospects and following through with an entire sales cycle.• Collaborates with both sales and service teams to accomplish wins and create engagement.• Develops professional skills through on-the-job learning, technical training and leadership exposure.• Develops the ability to build relationships with customers at varying levels of seniority.• Develops an understanding of what each department does within the organization through cross functional meetings and information sessions.• Develops industry knowledge through product training.• Presents a report out presentation describing the internship experience.• Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION & EXPERIENCETypically requires an undergraduate student working towards a bachelor's degree in their junior or senior year of study with an interest in a sales career.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES• Strong interest in sales, lead generation, or outbound calling• Ability to commit to a 10-12 Week summer program• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)• Desire to learn• Strong analytical and problem solving skillsNot the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.