Junior Business Development Intern

Job description

eShelf is e-commerce that helps people to get the products they need very fast. Showing the distance of items available in real-time across different stores nearby and offering click & collect.
Our vision is to “change the way you shop” merging the online and offline channels of retails seamless and saving time to shoppers.
This is an exciting moment to join eShelf because our e-commerce is fully functioning and ready to be launched soon. We are signing up new stores every week.

What you will do:

Build sales pipelines: You will learn the best practices of sales across all the cycle from lead generation to closing deals. You will work directly with sales managers and co-founders to build the sales pipeline. You will receive training and support in the beginning and throughout your time in eShelf with a weekly meeting with the sales team. Not everyone can sale but if you learn then you will have a superpower that will help you to progress your career at an exponential rate.

Shops acquisition: You will be responsible to manage relationships with clients in areas that you will be responsible for in Central London. Where you will pitch the products directly to shop’s owners or shop assistants. Manage contacts and planning meeting with shop managers, presenting the platform and highlight the key advantages for the shops and users and let shops sign up on the eShelf platform.

Account management: You will be responsible to assist your area clients with their account registration to the platform. Supporting with the onboarding activities, helping to take pictures and upload the first few products on their accounts. Showing how to manage their account and explain the dynamics of the platform.

Strategic activity: Find key trends and discuss directly in a weekly meeting with the sales team and co-founders. Actively contribute to improving and create new strategic tactics to boost sales expansion. Reporting feedbacks coming from your shop acquisition activity to implement the sales cycle.

Desired profile

Who we are looking for:
- Desire to gain first-hand sales experience
- Growth mindset, can-do attitude
- Studying a bachelor’s degree or recent graduate
- Strong communication skills; Highly motivated and intellectually curious
- Proactive and able to manage relationships with clients, with minimum supervision
- Buckets of ambition, comfortable working in a fast-paced, intense startup

**Commission based salaries, Central London area. Based on the performances cover of traveling and various expenses will be provided.

Duration 12 weeks internship.