About Modern Trade:
Join us in reimagining the future of food trade! At Modern Trade, we’re creating a chat app that connects food suppliers and their customers - merchants like restaurants and convenience stores. Think of WhatsApp, but tailor-made for B2B food trade. Our vision is to combine the simplicity of chatting with the structure of e-commerce, to make transactions between food suppliers and merchants smooth as butter.
Your Role:
As a Business Development Intern, you'll be operating on the frontlines, connecting us to the right people, gathering crucial intel, and bringing our product to the masses. Your responsibilities will include:
1. Sales Contacts Directory:
- Compile a directory of fresh and non-fresh food & drink supplier salesperson contacts.
- Engage these contacts, introducing Modern Trade and verifying their contact details.
2. Supplier Engagement:
- Schedule and attend meetings with supplier salespersons to demo our product and solicit feedback
- Onboard supplier salespersons onto our app and walk them through the app.
- Request for introductions to senior sales leaders to discuss deeper collaboration.
- Document feedback and share insights with the team.
3. Merchant Activation:
- Directly approach restaurants and corner stores (or attend events) to share more about Modern Trade.
- Promote our merchant app and get restaurants and corner stores started on it.
- Collect and document feedback from merchants.
4. Business Operations:
- Act as a bridge between suppliers and merchants.
- Assist suppliers/merchants with app troubleshooting, ensuring a seamless experience.
- Continuously document feedback to help evolve our offerings.
Embrace the Startup Life:
Here at Modern Trade, things move at lightning speed. While we've outlined your core responsibilities, be prepared for the unexpected! The startup world is exhilarating, ever-evolving, and requires agility. You might at times be pulled into projects and tasks outside of the scope above, but what we can commit to is that you’ll do meaningful work and walk away with a great learning experience!
Learning Outcomes:
You will:
- Learn the art of cold outreach and relationship-building with customers
- Understand the intricacies of presenting a tech product and addressing customer concerns
- Develop the ability to solicit and document feedback from users to inform product development
- Acquire experience in troubleshooting and assisting users with technological solutions
What's in it for You (aside from a great learning experience):
- A competitive monthly internship allowance.
- Performance incentives based on targets achieved.
- Travel allowance for work-related trips.
- A company phone line.
Ideal Candidate:
We're looking for energetic individuals who are hungry to learn and make an impact. If you're adaptable, love challenges, and want to be at the forefront of a tech revolution in the food trade industry, we want you!
Jump into the world of food tech with Modern Trade. Send in your application and let's make waves together!
Requirements:
- Be able to communicate confidently and effectively in English and Mandarin to present and pitch ideas.
- Highly motivated, self-driven, and able to work independently.
- Desire to learn and adapt in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Poly / Diploma and University Undergrad internships may apply.
Please indicate your internship period availability during application.
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