Excess Inventory Guru – Internship: Business Dev. & Operations

The internship has 5 main specific tasks:

Support Product Team as the “voice of the customer” in terms of user experience

Support the development of business development pitches and presentation

Support the training sessions for customers and staff recruitment process

Support the backend on operations matters.

Market research on products being developed to garner user opinions

To support the above task, general duties would include:

Support Product team in Product Testing, opinions on application flows for better consumer experience

Support Product team in consumer research and response on functionalities to include in new versions of applications

Manage sales-related and marketing administrative projects that include running marketing and sales reports, conducting research on company and other assignments in database

Assist in sales pitch production and presentation

Assist in unsolicitated calls to secure new customers

Assist in writing and editing sales and marketing materials, which include articles, presentations, white papers, and collateral

Provide post sales support to customers by following up and rendering them assistance pertaining to the product.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Undergraduates in business management, technology and/or marketing

Must have very strong POWERPOINT skills

Love mobile technology and its applications

Have some experience in building business plans or sale pitches

Ability to build relationships internally and externally, interfacing

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

“Can do” attitude, team player, fun, energetic personality, works well under pressure

Enjoys working in a Silicon Valley styled internet start-up culture with requires a “hands on” attitude

Some experience in Photoshop, HTML would be beneficial

COMPETENCIES

Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about details and thorough in completing work tasks

Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems

Creative Thinking – Job requires the ability to “think out of the box”, clever in design and effective marketing concepts

Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges

Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable and fulfilling obligations

Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks

Commercial Savviness – Job requires the ability to think logically if execution makes commercial sense for the business