PH - International Sales Research and Business Development

Placement:PH - International Sales Research and Business Development
Placement Location:Derby.
Application Deadline:29th February 2012

Vacancy Description

Start Date: End February/early March until September 2012
Duration: 6 months

The Host Company

The host company is amongst the largest of the UK's family owned manufacturers of single use medical devices. The company's products are used for patient care throughout the UK and in over 50 countries worldwide. 

The host company is becoming increasingly recognised as a dedicated and respected leader within their highly specialised field.

The Placement

The host company are looking for an international student preferably from the Netherlands (other nationalities will also be considered providing applicants possess the required skills) to carry out a 6 month work placement within their offices in Derby.  The student's role will be split as follows:

1)       Responsible for undertaking daily administration activities including: sales order processing, preparation of customs documents, export logistics such as booking shipments and preparing shipping documentation and some direct customer contact.

2)       Will also be responsible for assisting with some desk based research into new markets and opportunities i.e. looking for potential sales leads and new distribution agents in markets where the host company is not currently represented.

3)       The student will be responsible for reporting back to the Export Sales Manager and Export Sales Administrators and an excellent command of the English language and good telephone skills are essential.

The successful applicant will ideally have a background that includes sales and marketing and will be required to use high levels of initiative.

The Ideal Student

•·                       Dutch  

•·                       Fluent in spoken and written English

•·                       Able to undertake desk based sales orientated research

•·                       Experience of sales and marketing

•·                       Confident

•·                       Self motivated with lots of initiative