Intern, Shops Business Development

We are looking for an outstanding Business Development Intern to drive growth for our business partners. Reporting to the Head of Marketplace (Shops), ideal candidates should possess quick learning abilities, a high degree of comfort with learning proprietary software systems and a very keen eye for details.

The role will focus on:

End-to-end Catalogue Management

• Taking raw vendor data and transforming it into platform-ready listings.
• This includes verifying barcodes, sourcing/resizing high-quality imagery, and ensuring SKU descriptions match brand standards

Vendor Communication & Success

• Acting as the first point of contact for technical onboarding. The intern will be communicating directly with vendors to resolve data gaps and ensure they understand our submission requirements.

Business Development (BD) Support

• Pitch preparation: assisting in the creation of data-driven pitch decks and market analysis.

Sales Shadowing

• Attending BD meetings to learn how to handle vendor objections and move a prospect from "Lead" to "Live." Learning to manage a sales pipeline, ensuring every interaction with a potential partner is documented for long-term relationship management."

Requirements:

• A keen sense for customer behaviour and how content quality affects purchasing decisions.
• Exhibits the competencies: Drive for results, action-oriented, problem solving & analytical thinking
• Job ownership is an important part of our company culture, thus structure and discipline are optimal traits in the ideal hire.
• Experience with presentation software (Powerpoint, Prezi etc.) and knowledge of analytics tools (SQL, Excel, Python) would be a plus.