National Accounts Sales Intern - Summer 2025

Pella Corporation
National Accounts Sales Intern - Summer 2025
Pella, IA

Who Is Pella Corporation?

As the #1 most-preferred national window and door brand by homeowners across the country, Pella Corporation leads the industry in innovation and design. Founded in 1925, today the Pella Family of Brands encompasses a robust product offering sold and installed through various channels.  We are a growing, privately owned company with 20 manufacturing locations and over 10,000 team members in the U.S. and Canada. Pella is consistently recognized as a great place to work by Newsweek, Forbes and Glassdoor, having most recently been named to America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek in 2024. We have also received numerous accolades for innovation and design, including Fast Company’s Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2022 and 2023. 

At Pella, our team cares deeply, learns continuously and achieves results that go beyond. We encourage creative thinking that seeks out and includes diverse perspectives. And we empower you to do the work you’re most proud of — that’s why we offer individualized talent development plans, cross-functional experiences and opportunities for career advancement through personal and professional development.

With talent just like you, we are imagining, building and fighting for a brighter future for generations to come. Ready to find a career that sparks your passion?

The primary purpose of this position is to:

• Collaborate with account team on project ownership in order to win more sales for our National Account Partners. Project ownership responsibilities could include, but are not limited to:
• Leverage, understand and interpret data within specific CRM and Microsoft Software platforms. 
• Use data and customer feedback to work with our sales team on selling process improvements.
• Conduct weekly presentations with hiring manager and cross functional partners to report on project updates & findings.
• Needs Assessment, Customer/Rep Interviews, Consumer Research, Data Analytics, Sales Reporting, Competitive Intelligence, etc.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from four-year college or university – Business, Marketing or related field
• Strong academic candidate.
• Experience with team leadership and teamwork, especially outside the classroom.
• Ability to use the following software applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and other applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate to personnel utilizing written and verbal skills, including presentations to small and large groups.
• Ability to learn new processes quickly.
• Experience managing projects from conception through implementation.
• Ability to be successful in a fast-paced team-based work environment.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:

Pella Corporation is committed to workforce diversity. Pella is a Tobacco-Free Work Environment.  Post-offer background check and drug screen required.  Pella participates in E- Verify.  Pella will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

Pella Corporation provides a working environment free of discrimination and harassment.  Pella Corporation treats all persons equally, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability, as each is protected under federal law. A number of states in which Pella operates have laws protecting classifications of Team Members not necessarily protected under federal law. Therefore, Pella also treats all persons equally, regardless of political affiliation and belief, pregnancy, national origin, age, creed, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, mental disorder, veteran status, ancestry or handicap as each category is protected under a municipal ordinance or state law.