Business Development Intern

Welcome to Lepaya

Our mission is to enable professionals across the globe to be more effective in their work and enjoy more happiness in life. Did you know that 85% of your effectiveness at work is determined by soft skills? To deliver on our mission, we deliver high impact soft skill training. Our training platform provides professionals with the more modern tools to develop themselves: online where possible, offline or face-to-face where that has more impact.

We launched early 2018 and, the success of our approach is demonstrated by our rapidly expanding client-base - ranging from the most innovative and fast-growing scale-ups such as Bynder and Picnic, to global corporates such as ING, and L’Oreal.

We are now fully committed to rapid growth and international expansion. This makes it the perfect time to step in. The new Sales Intern has the opportunity to work in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, where he/she plays a central role in achieving ambitious growth.

A word on diversity: at Lepaya, all we’re askin’ is a little respect! To us, it doesn’t matter where you were born, what you believe in, how old you are, what you look like, or who you love. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds will actually lift Lepaya to new heights and increase our power of thinking. Our passion is to build a strong culture with respect for each other’s unique experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Join us, as there is a place for you here!

Why do we need you?

We need you to further conquer the Dutch market - that's about it! Be our Sales Rockstar and further develop our fast growing business and stimulate our growth with the help of our Sales Development Representative and Business Development Managers. You will work on the prospecting process: the first steps of customer contact. You will be involved in generating leads, following up customers and improving our Sales & Business Development operations. You come up with smart ideas on how to identify new opportunities and how to approach potential customers. And the more you know about what our customers want, the more you can support us in the further development of our product in the first steps of customer contact.

Specifically, what we would expect you to deliver over the course of your internship?

• Increase Lepaya's market share by generating and qualifying leads through (potential) customer contact by e-mail, telephone, events and networking;
• Identifying opportunities for Lepaya and developing these into concrete plans;
• Increasing Lepaya's brand awareness;
• Contribute to the improvement of our sales strategy;

REQUIREMENTS

In an ideal world, who would you be?

• You have strong commercial ambition;
• You are persistent and have a growth and problem-solving mindset; 
• You are bursting with ideas and energy. Instead of giving up, you are constantly looking for ways to achieve your goal;
• You are a team player and enthusiastically set to work;
• You enjoy working independently and indicate when help is needed;
• You speak and write English fluently, and you're either a Dutch or a German native speaker;
• You are currently enrolled in a relevant Bachelor's or Master's program;
• You are available as soon as possible;
• You are available for 6 months;

We value capabilities over formal experience, yet what would we love to see on your resume?

• Previous experience in business development, sales, or acquisition; 
• Previous experience with the HubSpot CRM system; 
• Previous experience in working in a scale-up environment;

And of course, next to the challenge we offer, why is it amazing to work for Lepaya?

• You will join an inspiring and dynamic environment;
• You will participate in Lepaya’s own training curriculum;
• We offer excellent guidance during your internship;
• We offer a compensation of 500 Euro/month;
• And the best: participation in the Lepaya Work-To-Live schedule consisting of unlimited holidays & a free Friday every second week.

Are you looking for a challenge with a lot of responsibility and learning opportunities? Be part of a fun international team? Work on an innovative solution for learning & development? Get in touch with us now!