B2B Appointment Setter & Business Development Pro
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Job summary
Medtronic is seeking a Sales Intern for a 12-month internship across SA locations including Cape Town and Gqeberha. The role offers exposure to medical technology, hands-on experience with sales and clinical teams, and opportunities to develop commercial, clinical, technical, and customer-facing skills while supporting healthcare professionals and customers.
The program starts November 2026, is full-time, field-based and office-based with travel to customer facilities, and requires recent
Qualifications
- Recent graduate in Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Biomedical, Medical Sciences, Nursing, Business or Marketing.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams).
- Willing to travel to support customer needs and assignments across SA locations.
- Must be currently unemployed and a South African citizen under 30.
Responsibilities
- Support customer engagement and account management with Sales Reps and Clinical Specialists.
- Assist with clinical and technical support activities, including demonstrations and training.
- Coordinate administrative tasks: quotations, PO follow-up, reporting, and inquiries.
- Assist inventory management to ensure product availability and compliance.
- Develop knowledge of Medtronic products and healthcare pathways to support needs.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Remote
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Full time
R78059
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the Life
Join a team where innovation meets real-world impact. As a Sales Intern, you will gain exposure to the medical technology industry, work alongside experienced sales and clinical professionals, and contribute to initiatives that improve healthcare and patient outcomes. This internship provides structured learning, hands‑on experience, and the opportunity to develop commercial, clinical, technical, and customer-facing skills while supporting healthcare professionals and customers across assigned territories.
Internship Detail:
- Start date: November 2026
- Duration: 12 months
- Locations : Gqeberha (Eastern Cape), Cape Town (Western Cape), Bloemfontein (Free State); Potchefstroom (North West)
- Working hours: Full-time
- Work model: Field-based and office-based, with regular travel to customer facilities
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Support customer engagement and account management activities by working alongside Sales Representatives, Clinical Specialists
- Assist with clinical and technical support activities, including product demonstrations, case preparation, procedure support, customer training, and educational initiatives under appropriate supervision.
- Coordinate administrative and operational activities, including quotations, purchase-order follow-up, reporting, presentations, customer inquiries, and maintenance of accurate records
- Assist with inventory and consignment management to ensure product availability, stock accuracy, and compliance with business procedures.
- Develop knowledge of Medtronic products, therapies, disease states, and healthcare pathways to effectively support customer needs and business objectives.
- Collect and communicate market insights, customer feedback, and competitive intelligence through approved channels.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, regulatory requirements, and ethical business practices.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Recently graduated with a degree in Health Sciences or Life Sciences or Biomedical Sciences or Medical Sciences or Nursing or Business or Marketing
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
- Able to travel to support customer needs
- Must be currently unemployed
- Must be a South African citizen
- Must be under the age of 30
- Must not have participated in a YES programme previously
- Should not be currently enrolled in or planning to enroll in postgraduate studies
- Commits to complete 12-month internship
Would be a Plus:
- A valid driver's license.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work well in a team and build positive relationships with customers and colleagues.
- Previous exposure to a clinical, theatre, healthcare, or medical technology environment.
- Experience supporting customer engagement, education activities, or field-based work.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life‑changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will.
+ Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
+ Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
+ Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning.
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life‑transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world. Here, it's about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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