Inside Sales Intern

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling, and purifying process that allows our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development, and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage, and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. Our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment, and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job:

Responsible for selling Alfa Laval transactional products and services within the assigned area of responsibility and providing direct support to customers.

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

Job Description

• Follow established sales processes and guidelines to promote and sell Alfa Laval Product and services.
• Investigate and identify parts/products needed by customer.
• Create and actively follow up transactional quotes.
• Proactive looking for upselling opportunities.
• Actively follow up the quote in order to understand if the proposed value is understood and if it is matching the customer needs.
• Use the CRM tool and other tools in a consistent and qualitative way, to support the sales process and take decisions.

Who you are?

As a person, you are customer oriented, a team player, outgoing, proactive with a willingness to learn & collaborate with associated stakeholders. You are structured in your approach & comfortable with working on multiple overlapping assignments. You have a discerning eye for the details as well as able to have a holistic view of the situation.

Educational Qualification

Engineering/Diploma (Mechanical/Chemical), MBA is preferred

Experience

1-2 years

Base Location

Johannesburg

Why should you apply?

·       We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.

·       Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn.

·       Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success; you will be learning new things every day.

Interested? Please apply for the position.

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.