Business Development Intern

Job description

As a Business Development Intern, your goal is to boost the growth of Productpine by getting in touch with the best consumer brands in the world and signing them as long-term partners. By doing so, you enable brands to achieve more growth in their direct-to-consumer channel, so that these brands can increasingly be discovered by consumers. You will support, manage, and grow partnerships with global consumer brands in different industries, ranging from consumer electronics, fashion, home, design to cosmetics.

Productpine is seeking a high-energy Business Development Intern for the Dutch market with a passion for sales and brand partnerships. The successful individual will be a deal-closer that is eager to operate in a fast-paced sales environment in a fast-growing start-up, while working in a growing team of business developers. This individual is proactive and has excellent verbal and written-communication skills. He or she is high in energy and works extremely efficiently to get the job done.

You will be part of a growing team and report directly to Productpine’s Business Developer(s), who will assist you in spotting new partnership opportunities and boosting the success of our current partners. Exciting stuff, right?

Responsibilities

You research and identify new potential partners through subscribed databases, LinkedIn, events, and referrals;
You learn to work with CRM tools such as HubSpot, and you generate personalized e-mail campaigns;
You connect with prospects by calling, emailing, or engaging on social media, with the goal to close deals with these prospects;
You contribute to the weekly goals of the Business Development team, such as booked discovery calls and opportunities generated;
You develop an understanding of the Productpine value proposition and the value it creates for our customers;
You analyze the latest retail and e-commerce trends and developments in the market;
You perform market and competition analyses;
You discuss marketing opportunities with current brands and support them in day-to-day business.

Who are you?

You are fluent in Dutch and have a professional command of the English language.
You are a HBO or WO student.
You are interested in e-commerce and digital environments.
You have a 'can-do' mentality, you want to learn and are proactive.
You see a perfect fit with our core values: entrepreneurial, solution-orientated, resilient, sincerity and passion.

What do we offer

A monthly internship allowance;
Practical experience in business development for a fast-growing e-commerce marketplace;
A fast-growing start-up environment that gives you the space to think independently and explore your potential;
Remote working model but opportunity to go to the office in Amsterdam;
Space to discover what you like to do, to think creatively and to take initiative;
Personal development within the company and many career opportunities;
An informal and international environment, with a bright and young team;
Feeling like you’re part of one of the largest and most important movements in the commerce space, that truly adds value to the world.

Who we are

Productpine is a fast-growing Amsterdam based start-up. We envision a world in which brands thrive instead of retailers. This world is better for our precious environment, for millions of consumers that are looking to improve their lives, and for thousands of brands that are so passionate about telling the stories behind their amazing products. To get there, we make direct-to-consumer sales 80% cheaper for brands, so brands can increasingly sell directly to customers without middlemen. We’re doing this by building a next-generation marketplace, empowered by advertising technology that allows brands to share advertising costs. We then help brands to invest their savings to improve our planet.

Our team.

Although our team is geographically distributed, our office is in the city center of Amsterdam, alongside the canals and next to lots of urban hotspots and great restaurants. It’s just a 15 min. walk from the central train station, and it is easily accessible by bike and public transport. For most of us, Productpine feels like a second home where you can just be (and develop) yourself to get the best out of yourself.

Our core values.

We’d love to get in touch with candidates that blend well in our young and tight-knit team. We expect you to be entrepreneurial by taking complete ownership over your tasks and role, while being proactive and curious. You are solution-orientated and communicate honestly, directly, and openly with others. Your resilience allows you to cope well with difficulties and changes, since you remain positive and future orientated. More importantly: you have a lot of passion about what you do, because you are optimistic and full of energy and ambition. Let’s push those boundaries together.

Entrepreneurial

You’re willing to take action and do not sit still when something has to be done.

Solution-Oriented

You choose to focus on solutions, rather than to be stuck with problems.

Sincerity

You take responsibility for your actions and have a deep desire to be genuine.

Resilient

You remain positive, future-oriented and strong during challenging situations.

Passion

You believe in what you do and take satisfaction in exercising your discipline.

We have abig

announcement.

We have raised 2.5M EUR Seed funding from established investors

We have raised seed funding from established investors (previously invested in Pinterest, Square, Classpass, Wish, GoStudent, Shipbob), well-known entrepreneurs (HomeToGo, Afterpay, Binckbank) and senior executives (eBay) to help direct-to-consumer brands thrive and consumers improve their consumption decisions. With 90 active brands on our platform and over 600 brands in the waiting list, we are entering a period of rapid growth and are inviting you to be part of it.

We'd love to get in touch and can’t wait to hear from you.

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