Paid Sales Intern

DiaMedical USA is a fast-growing medical equipment distributor looking to fill an Operations Intern position in our Farmington Hills, MI office. At DiaMedical USA, our mission is to improve quality healthcare by acting as a turnkey solution for healthcare facilities and educational institutions, allowing clinicians and instructors to prioritize patient care. As one of the largest healthcare and education equipment providers in the country, we achieve our mission by simplifying the purchasing process and operating as a single source supplier of over 1,500 healthcare and instructional manufacturers.

The Sales Intern is responsible to support DiaMedical’s day-to-day sales efforts. This internship provides the opportunity to develop selling skills and learn the phases of the sales process by working directly with the team to serve our customers and generate sales.

The focus of this position is working with and through others, building and maintaining relationships, and working closely within established guidelines. Effective communication with many different people is key along with the ability to motivate others and being aware of and responsive to their needs. The details of the job need to be handled quickly, correctly, and efficiently to maintain and grow relationships.

Key Responsibilities and other duties as assigned:
• Collaborates with the Sales team to provide support with lead generation, call campaigns, sales pipeline work, and conversion on numerous new and existing sales channels and projects.
• Provides proposal pricing, contract, and sales operations support to field sales development while developing acumen of internal Finance, Legal, and Operations processes.
• Works with suppliers to obtain order updates & key product information.
• Researches and vets new opportunities for Sales and Marketing teams including grant searches.
• Conducts discovery conversations utilizing call guides to qualify potential customers.
• Utilizes the ERP system and other tools for accurate and detailed data capture and metrics and to recode and classify customer records.
• Conducts analysis on sales trends to target marketing efforts.
• Assists in trade show and event preparation and sales follow-up.
• Assists clients with new account setup and website navigation.
• Maintains confidentiality of all records, products, demographic information, or any information that is specific to the planning, development, and operation of DiaMedical.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education:
• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in an undergraduate Business related program with a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA.
• Prefers a student with an expected graduation date between Spring 2025 and Spring 2026.
• Available for 40 hours/week, Monday through Friday, during summer internships.

Skills and Experience:
• Prior internship, part-time employment, or academic project experience in a corporate environment.
• Lead generation, cold calling, or campaign generation experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including verbal, written, and presentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and analytical capabilities.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Benefits and Compensation: 
• Competitive wages.
• Paid holidays
• Free parking.
• Company-wide cookouts, pot-lucks, and work day events.
• Opportunities for career enhancements through training and educational programs.
• The opportunity to make a difference in the ever-growing healthcare field.

Physical and Cognitive Demands:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation.  All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; and requires color and close vision. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. No employee is authorized to lift weight over 50 pounds without assistance.

This role requires the individual to be able to understand, remember, and communicate routine information and understand problems and collaborate on alternative solutions; organize and prioritize thoughts, ideas and own work schedule; apply common sense, analyze and make decisions which have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit; express written and spoken word for internal and external communications and compose materials such as routine reports, forms, letters, manuals, catalogs, publications, etc. and communicate information; and compute, analyze and interpret numerical data for reporting purposes.

DiaMedical is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. 
Information is available here: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test and background check (including criminal record check).