Sales Intern

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute integrated sales and marketing plans for EMC Products, Resistors, Heating elements and other products in company product line-up to meet defined revenue targets.
• Lead Generation & Prospecting: Independently source new business opportunities
• Campaign Management: Design, implement, and monitor marketing campaigns
• Client Relationship Management: Maintain a portfolio of existing accounts, ensuring high customer satisfaction and identifying opportunities for upselling or cross-selling.
• Market Intelligence: Conduct regular competitor analysis and research market trends to adjust pricing strategies and product positioning.
• Sales Presentations: Deliver persuasive, tailored product demonstrations and proposals to high-ticket decision-makers (CEOs, CFOs, etc.).
• Performance Analytics: Track and report on KPIs such as lead conversion rates, demo-to-close ratios, and ROI of marketing spend using CRM and analytics tools. 
• Being in update ongoing & upcoming defence projects and finding opportunities with DRDOs, PSUs (BEL,BEML,ECIL,HAL,HVF,etc), Other defence equipment manufacturing companies to Pitch our products for their application.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Develop and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Requirement Gathering: Identify and prioritize product requirements through user research.
• Project Planning and Management: Define project goals, milestones, and manage timelines.
• Data Management: Oversee data collection, storage, and quality assurance.
• Machine Learning Models: Collaborate on AI algorithm development and model training.
• User Experience (UX): Advocate for intuitive and user-friendly AI product interfaces.
• Product Launch and Adoption: Plan and execute successful product launches.
• Performance Monitoring and Improvement: Track metrics and propose enhancements.
• Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical teams.
• Market and Industry Awareness: Stay informed on AI trends and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or related fields with 5+ years’ experience as a product manager and at least 2 years in AI domain.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of AI, machine learning, and data analysis.
• Product Management Experience: Previous experience in product management or related roles.
• AI Domain Expertise: Proficiency in AI applications and ethical considerations.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to analyse complex data and solve problems.
• Communication and Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Leadership and Project Management: Strong leadership and project management abilities.
• User-Centric Mindset: Understanding of user needs and usability testing skills.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of business principles and market dynamics.
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Openness to new technologies and continuous learning.

What the Role involves :

· Position holder will be an individual contributor

· Build and manage productive, professional relationships with clients

· Ensure clients are using and deriving benefit from IndiaMART

· Ensure products/services in client’s e-catalog are accurately defined

· Maximize revenue by upselling other services and achieve fortnightly, monthly client retention and revenue targets

· Systematic follow-up and time-bound closures

· Prompt resolution of complaints

Daily 10-15 meaningful telephone/video calls with clients

Critical Skills of a Suitable Candidate :

· Application of sales techniques

· Active listening and understanding the business contexts of clients

· Good Verbal and written communication

· Ability to work independently

Industry

• Computer Software

Employment Type

Full-time

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• PL ownership: Drive and ensure 100% achievement of the targeted sales numbers of the category. 
• Ensure Profitability by negotiating the best category margins, securing marketing support from brands, and focusing on delivering the budgeted top-line and bottom-line.
• Assortment planning: Ensure we have a competitive catalog compared to other players across brands and sub-categories. 
• Customer Experience: Anticipate and create solutions for customer pain points. Should be able to resolve customer escalation and deliver on the expected NPS for the category. 
• Category marketing: Create weekly, monthly, and quarterly calendars  Have joint marketing plans signed off with partner brands, execute the plan in coordination with the internal team
• Operational efficiency: Work with cross-functional teams like CS, Finance, Sales to ensure a smooth functioning system and to be able to deliver on the required set of parameters measured across each function
• Working with customers and merchandisers and finding new ways of expanding product categories.
• Responsible for demand and supply planning both sides of the business and planning marketing and sales strategies for the category growth.
• Joint Planning with Product / Sales and Marketplace team: Work closely with the marketplace team to ensure sufficient visibility to our products and jointly participate in the marketing events conducted on the platform.

1. 2-7 years of experience in global category roles, preferably digital categories.
2. Hands-on in Sales, Operations, and Category Management.
3. Strong analytical aptitude in problem-solving, multi-tasker, critical thinker, and a tactical executioner with a proven track record of finding solutions to business problems.
4. Good communication skills / Good analytical skills along with sales/marketing knowledge.
5. MBA from reputed colleges would be preferred 
6. Team management experience will be a plus, its cross functional role. 
7. A strategic thinker along with a growth mindset will be a right fit

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Plum (a vertical in Company‍

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, San Francisco, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Plum works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate their employees, sales teams, channel partners, or consumers for better business results.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. However, we assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of exposure to the architecture and design (design patterns, security, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• Bachelors/Masters degree in computer science or other related fields
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java or Python including object-oriented design
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Proven ability to take initiative and dive into new areas of technology.
• Passion for learning, analysing technology trade-offs and shipping products.
• Knowledge on SQL, NOSQL databases and AWS deployments is a plus
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Ability to work well with people and be both highly self motivated and motivating
• Must be independent and comfortable in a fast paced, ambiguous and often multi-directional work environment

• You will build cutting-edge secure and scalable systems by writing simple and efficient code.
• You will push your design and architecture limits for new product development.
• You will be the owner of your feature and work directly with product teams to drive customer impact.
• You will ensure that the systems you oversee are secure, fault-tolerant and are performing reliably at high volumes.
• Constantly look at possibilities to improve the overall functioning of the product.
• You possess a strong desire to learn and contribute solutions and ideas to a broad team
• You are independent and comfortable in a fast paced, ambiguous and often multi-directional work environments
• You will manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing
• You can collaborate with globally-located cross functional team in building customer-centric products
• You will analyze existing software implementations to identify areas of improvement and provide estimates for implementing new features

• Full stack experience is a plus
• Understanding of complete SDLC and Agile methodologies
• Domain expertise in Financial Services, Banking or Payments
• Code Quality –Code Hygiene (Coverage, Complexity, Usability)
• Collaboration –Strong peer review standards

• A Bachelor’s degree, with sales as your core dream.
• Proven Sales Experience.
• Fantastic track record of meeting sales target.
• A passion towards multitasking and team building.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational and management skills.
• Excellent negotiation, convincing and consultative sales expertise.
• Effective communication skills.
• Exceptional customer orientation knowledge.