Sales Intern

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Sales Operations Intern (BDR Support) to assist with CRM management, data quality initiatives, company research, and sales database maintenance. This role is ideal for students or recent graduates interested in sales operations, business development, CRM systems, data management, and revenue operations. 

The intern will work closely with the Business Development, CRM, and Business Operations teams to ensure accurate, organized, and high-quality sales data that supports prospecting and business growth efforts. 

Key Responsibilities 

CRM Management & Data Maintenance 

• Create, update, and maintain contact and company records within the CRM.  
• Ensure records contain all required fields and comply with CRM data standards.  
• Add notes, activities, ownership information, tags, and other relevant details accurately.  
• Monitor CRM data quality and maintain database hygiene.  

Company Research 

• Research prospective companies and collect relevant information, including:  
• Company website  
• Location  
• Industry  
• Assets Under Management (AUM), where applicable  
• Company size and key business information  
• Verify information from reliable sources before entering it into the CRM.  

Contact Research 

• Identify and verify decision-makers and relevant stakeholders.  
• Research contact names, job titles, email addresses, and professional profiles.  
• Locate and validate LinkedIn profiles and other publicly available information.  

Data Quality & Validation 

• Review CRM records for completeness, accuracy, and consistency.  
• Perform quality checks on data collected through research or AI-assisted processes.  
• Ensure data entered meets established validation and formatting standards.  

Duplicate Management 

• Identify duplicate company and contact records.  
• Merge and clean duplicate records following established CRM procedures.  
• Maintain a clean and organized database.  

CRM Operations Support 

• Assist with:  
• Data imports and exports  
• CRM filtering and segmentation  
• Mass updates and bulk record management  
• Reporting and data organization projects  
• Support CRM optimization initiatives as assigned.  

Sales Intelligence & ICP Research 

• Learn and understand the organization's Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs).  
• Evaluate whether companies and contacts align with target customer criteria.  
• Support lead qualification and database enrichment activities.  

Documentation & Process Compliance 

• Follow documented CRM and sales operations procedures.  
• Escalate issues or uncertainties to appropriate stakeholders (CRM Team, Business Operations, Managers).  
• Maintain confidentiality and data security standards.  

Key Skills 

• CRM Management  
• Data Entry & Validation  
• Lead Research  
• Company Research  
• Contact Research  
• Data Quality Control  
• Problem Solving  
• Attention to Detail  
• Business Research  
• Sales Operations Support  
• Time Management  

 Required Qualifications 

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Business, Marketing, Sales, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.  
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.  
• Excellent internet research and analytical abilities.  
• Strong written communication skills.  
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets and data.  
• Ability to follow processes and maintain data accuracy.  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.   

Preferred Qualifications 

• Familiarity with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, or Zoho CRM.  
• Understanding of B2B sales, lead generation, or business development processes.  
• Experience with LinkedIn research and professional networking platforms.  
• Knowledge of data validation and quality assurance practices.  

Role Summary:

We are seeking a proactive and persuasive Telecaller to join our fast paced real estate team. The candidate will be responsible for contacting potential buyers, understanding their property requirements, providing relevant information, and scheduling site visits. The goal is to convert

leads into prospects and contribute to the company’s sales pipeline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Make outbound calls to potential clients based on leads provided.

• Understand customer requirements and provide relevant property information.

• Systematic follow-up with interested leads and timely updates on new offers.

• Schedule and coordinate site visits with sales teams and clients.

• Maintain accurate records of all conversations and lead progress using CRM tools.

• Achieve daily/weekly/monthly targets for calls and conversions.

• Handle customer inquiries professionally and escalate issues when needed.

Whatsapp blast and email marketing to be carried out.

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Job Specification (JS):

Education qualifications:

• Minimum preferred: Bachelor’s degree in any field.

Experience:

• 2-3+ years of experience in telecalling, telesales, or customer support.

• Experience in real estate or similar industry is an added advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent verbal communication skills in English and local & regional specific languages (Hindi, Kannada & Tamil).

• Good convincing and negotiation skills.

• Confident, energetic, and customer-focused.

• Ability to handle rejection and remain calm under pressure.

• Basic computer knowledge and experience with MS Office.

Other Requirements:

• Willing to work in a target-driven environment.

• Must be comfortable with working on weekends and fixed weekday offs (as per company’s norms).

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

We are hiring, young, enthusiastic, dynamic, smart and experienced individual to be a part of our expanding marketing chain of Casey Food division. If you have –

• 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.

Then you are the one to whom we are searching for. Being the Sales head of a district, you will dispose the following job responsibilities:

• Manage sales operations in assigned district to achieve revenue goals.
• Supervise sales team members; the BSMs, on daily basis and provide guidance whenever needed.
• Identify skill gaps and conduct trainings to sales team.
• Work with team to implement new sales techniques to obtain profits.
• Assist in employee recruitment, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Conduct employee performance evaluation and provide feedback for improvements.
• Contact potential customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and competitors.
• Maintain clear and complete sales reports for management review.
• Build strong relationships with customers for business growth.
• Analyze sales performances and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that sales team follows company policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
• Plan and coordinate sales activities for assigned projects.
• Provide outstanding services and ensure customer satisfaction.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A versatile personality with above average organizational and planning skills.
• A person with critical thinking and problem solving ability.
• A good team player with creation and handling of team.
• A customer centric person with customer centric business agenda.
• An exemplar having capacity to analyze marketing trends, and promoting product, service and promotional activities.
• A person who can develop transparent marketing strategies to expand brand recognition.

Experience –

3 – 8 years in FMCG/Retail of Insurance Marketing.

CTC –

20,000 fixed as regular salary, and 5, 000 as TA. Total = 25,000.

We are hiring, young, enthusiastic, dynamic, smart and experienced individual to be a part of our expanding marketing chain of Casey Food division. If you have –

• 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.

Then you are the one to whom we are searching for. Being the Sales head of a district, you will dispose the following job responsibilities:

• Manage sales operations in assigned district to achieve revenue goals.
• Supervise sales team members; the BSMs, on daily basis and provide guidance whenever needed.
• Identify skill gaps and conduct trainings to sales team.
• Work with team to implement new sales techniques to obtain profits.
• Assist in employee recruitment, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Conduct employee performance evaluation and provide feedback for improvements.
• Contact potential customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and competitors.
• Maintain clear and complete sales reports for management review.
• Build strong relationships with customers for business growth.
• Analyze sales performances and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that sales team follows company policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
• Plan and coordinate sales activities for assigned projects.
• Provide outstanding services and ensure customer satisfaction.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A versatile personality with above average organizational and planning skills.
• A person with critical thinking and problem solving ability.
• A good team player with creation and handling of team.
• A customer centric person with customer centric business agenda.
• An exemplar having capacity to analyze marketing trends, and promoting product, service and promotional activities.
• A person who can develop transparent marketing strategies to expand brand recognition.

Experience –

3 – 8 years in FMCG/Retail of Insurance Marketing.

CTC –

20,000 fixed as regular salary, and 5, 000 as TA. Total = 25,000.