Sales and Marketing Internship Opportunity
Zege Technologies is a software development company that primarily
concentrates on development of financial service applications for Small
and Medium Enterprises.
We offer an innovative and friendly environment that nurtures individual talent and excellence in our team members.
We are looking for a talented, self motivated sales intern who
understands technology and has a passion for sales and marketing who is
interested in gaining relevant experience whilst making a real
contribution to an organization.
The intern will be based in our Nairobi offices.
The internship period will be 3-6 months .
Duties & Responsibilities
- Generate new business leads/prospects
- Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers via meetings, telephone calls and emails.
- Execute sales pitches leading to potential customers.
- Create relations with potential customers for new business.
- Maintain up-to-date information on all customer interactions on our customer relationship management systems.
- Advise customers on forthcoming products and solutions.
- Follow up on existing customers and prospective customers and conduct client site visits.
- Review sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets.
- Gain a clear understanding of customers’ businesses and requirements.
- Give feedback to management on relevant field information – demand, competition and prices.
- Maintain a weekly work plan and reports
Requirements and Skills
To be a successful intern and gain a place on our internship opportunity, you will need to have:
- A Diploma/ Degree in a Business related field
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Customer focus and ability to build rapport quickly
- Good Computer skill and online collaboration capability.
- Must be comfortable with various online platforms for sales & marketing and social networking.
- Great telephone etiquette
- Team player
- Ability to pick up and apply knowledge quickly
- Positive outlook
- Strong organization skills
- Reliability
The candidate MUST own a personal laptop and an android phone or
tablet so as to conduct his/her duties effectively during
demonstrations.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
Applicants who are not contacted within 2 weeks may consider their application unsuccessful.
If you feel that you are this person we are looking for send us your CV accompanied by your cover letter to talent@zegetech.com not later than 5th of February 2013.
