Address Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Technology Sales is looking for proactive and enthusiastic students to join our Australian business as part our Internship Program.
As a Sales Intern, you will work with our sales team advising prospective clients on the benefits of IBM's solutions. In this role, you'll grow skills to implement initiatives and collaborate with colleagues across the wider Sales team to support client engagements throughout the sales process. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success at IBM.
Responsibilities of a Sales Intern could include:
- Work alongside Sales professionals and subject matter experts to build proposals, manage projects and bring value to clients
- Support internal IBM teams on business analysis activities, marketing initiatives and building and implementing programs
- Work in squads with subject matter experts, using Agile methodology to complete projects in sprints
- Collaborate with the broader IBM sales ecosystem, from Marketing to Sales and technical colleagues, to IBM Business Partners.
Skills/Knowledge Preferred:
- Highly organised, with a strong attention to detail
- Strong written & oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to work with people at a senior level & build business relationships
- A proven interest in Cloud and the Technology industry (interest in Sales a bonus)
- Comfortable using Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
- For more technical Intern roles, programming/coding experience (Python preferred)
Duration: 6 months, full-time based in either our Melbourne or Sydney office
Study backgrounds: All degrees welcomed
To be eligible to apply:
Intern applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Have Australian citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or Unrestricted Working Rights (Visa)
- You will be enrolled in a tertiary degree at University in Australia - for the duration of the Internship Program
- Have no more than 2 years relevant work experience
EEO
We believe true innovation is driven by diversity, so in order to uphold our reputation as an industry-leading enterprise, we rely on people from different backgrounds, different perspectives and different attitudes. So come on board and join us as we enter a new era for our industry - and our planet.
To apply:
Upload your CV, academic transcript and your Right to Work document (passport or citizenship/birth certificate and photo identification).
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