Internship – Business Development & Competitive Selling, Leipzig

Internship – Business Development & Competitive Selling, Leipzig

Maviance believes in empowering motivated dynamic students by giving them the opportunity to grow in real life projects. Our market focus being emerging markets ("the next three billion IT consumers"), are faced with very interesting growing opportunities (challenges) from a business development point of view.

If these challenges excite you, feel free to write to us.

Your Role

Your main task is business development and selling our products, starting from the point of positioning it for the customers, presenting our products to potential customers and influencers, following up on the customers and all the steps to close the sale.

These include

• Study and understand our products, its features, benefits and advantages
• Perform competitive sales analysis with respect to other products on the market and develop a «win strategy » for selling 
• Identify the key players (potential customers, competition, partneirs) in the target market
• Create sales propositions and sales pitches 
• Create tools to help our customers understand and use our products
• Contact clients and organise meetings
• Taking part in sales conversations and meetings. These could include direct sales meetings or indirect sales meetings to partners that would then introduce the products to the clients.

Your Profile

• A bachelor or higher degree, or relevant professional experience in marketing
• Excitement for IT and emerging markets and products
• You are interested in business development and selling
• Self-Motivation and ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
• Good English skills are a must; Knowledge of French or German would be a plus
• Excellent communications and customer Skills

We offer

• The possibility to be part of a young, dynamic and international team 
• Work on international projects and work closely with the management and gain massive first-hand experience
• The opportunity to take responsibilities, bring your ideas, solve real problems and work in cross-disciplinary areas 
• Gaining experience in business development, competitive selling and presentation
• An opportunity to become an expert in the new mobile apps world.
• The Chance to express yourself and execute your own ideas 
• The internship will last at least 4 months and a maximum of 9 months; starting in April/May 2013
• We are based in Germany, Leipzig (close to Berlin, one of the world's most livable cities)