Technical Sales Intern (Travel)

Voith GmbH Group; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith Group in Appleton, WI is seeking a Technical Sales Intern to join our sales team and blend technical knowledge with customer-focused communication. You will assist in identifying customer needs, demonstrating products, and supporting business development initiatives.

The internship offers hands-on exposure to sales strategy, product applications, and day-to-day customer support in a professional setting, with travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Engineering students enrolled in bachelor programs including chemical, mechanical, and electrical. Degrees focused on pulp and paper is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to learn technical products and communicate complex concepts clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Executing all work in a safe manner according to all pertinent Voith policies, OSHA regulations and customer policies.
• Working directly with Sales, Applications and Service to support customer facing interactions and projects. This includes participating in onsite customer technical sales meetings, product demonstrations, and technical discussions.
• Assist with preparing technical presentations, proposals, quotations, and product documentation.
• Travel as needed to customer sites to perform testing, inspections, meetings, etc. Flexibility is required to achieve maximum value for the business and candidate.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and customer service teams to develop customer solutions.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify industry trends and opportunities.
• Respond to customer inquiries and provide basic technical support under supervision.
• Assist in developing sales tools, training materials, and marketing collateral.
• Each intern will be assigned at lest one project they will be responsible for executing including a formal report out to senior management and various stakeholders at the end of the internship. Projects will depend on assigned locations and customers.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Verbal and written communication

Analytical and problem-solving

Learning technical products

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Pulp and paper focus preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Technical Sales Intern (Travel)

Appleton,WI

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Reasons you’ll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match

Summary

The Technical Sales Intern supports the sales team by combining technical knowledge with customer-focused communication. This role assists in identifying customer needs, demonstrating products and solutions, preparing technical documentation, and supporting business development initiatives. The internship provides hands-on exposure to sales strategy, customer engagement, product applications, technical problem-solving and day-to-day customer support in a professional business environment.

Responsibilities

• Executing all work in a safe manner according to all pertinent Voith policies, OSHA regulations and customer policies.
• Working directly with Sales, Applications and Service to support customer facing interactions and projects. This includes participating in onsite customer technical sales meetings, product demonstrations, and technical discussions.
• Assist with preparing technical presentations, proposals, quotations, and product documentation.
• Travel as needed to customer sites to perform testing, inspections, meetings, etc. Flexibility is required to achieve maximum value for the business and candidate.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and customer service teams to develop customer solutions.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify industry trends and opportunities.
• Respond to customer inquiries and provide basic technical support under supervision.
• Assist in developing sales tools, training materials, and marketing collateral.
• Each intern will be assigned at lest one project they will be responsible for executing including a formal report out to senior management and various stakeholders at the end of the internship. Projects will depend on assigned locations and customers.

Qualifications

• Engineering students enrolled in bachelor programs including chemical, mechanical, and electrical. Degrees focused on pulp and paper is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to learn technical products and communicate complex concepts clearly. P
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team?

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.