Energy FloorsTM is looking for an intern in International Business Development Energy Floors is offering an exciting Business Development Internship to further grow the Energy Floors business, gain work experience (no graduation project) AND potentially become our next Junior Sales Manager. Energy Floors is looking for an enthusiastic and confident intern with a commercial background who wants to gain work experience in the international business field. Your focus will be on further developing our business opportunities in the German speaking part of Europe, therefore German language skills are a big plus. Type: Location: Department: Start date and period: Background:
Internship Rotterdam Marketing and Sales direct, 4 months or more (international) business management or related
You will support a small team of marketing and sales professionals by: researching and analysing existing and potential markets; expanding our database of potential customers; Selecting relevant events, conferences and trade shows to promote Energy Floor products; working on the further segmentation of our target groups and how to approach them; preparing sales actions for these different market segments; working towards writing proposals for clients independently; You are… • bachelor/master student or recently graduated with a commercial background; • familiar with the Energy Floors business and philosophy; • entrepreneurial, creative and disciplined and have a hands-on mentality; • keen to learn about doing business internationally; • self confident, in possession of good communication skills and a customer focussed attitude; • fluent in English; • fluent in German. • understanding and speaking some Dutch (preferably); We… are Energy Floors, formerly known as Sustainable Dance Club (SDC). We successfully launched the first energy generating flooring system in the world. This patented technology converts kinetic Energy from human movement into usable electricity. Our famous Sustainable Dance Floor has been installed at the biggest events worldwide such as the Olympic Games in London, the World Expo in Shanghai and many large music festivals in Europe. We are based in Rotterdam and rapidly expanding our clean-tech startup into an internationally renowned brand that is working for customers such as Nokia, Google, Toyota, Volkswagen, Coca Cola, Disney, WWF, Microsoft and many more. Energy Floor combines creativity with technology to create human powered experiences that motivate people to live a more sustainable lifestyle. We offer… • small internship fee; • great place to gain international business work experience; • many opportunities for your own initiatives; • cool colleagues that want to share their expertise with you; • personal development and training; • the possibility to become Energy Floors next team member. We are recruiting a junior sales manager within the next 6 months if we keep on achieving our goals (not guaranteed but we will certainly consider you as a candidate). Call, mail, tweet… if you are interested in growing with us or if you need more information. We hope to hear from you soon! Contact: Gian Walhain at +31(0)10-276 2213, gian@energy-floors.com twitter