Sales Support Intern (Summer 2025)
Schneider Electric has an outstanding opportunity for a motivated individual to assume the role of a Sales Support Intern at our Houston, TX location for Summer 2025.
Discover the opportunity to join a global, innovative, sustainable, dynamic, and responsible company that fosters the development of all its people around the world. Every day, we empower employees to achieve more and experience an exciting and challenging career experience.
What will you do?
- Responsible for providing sales support functions to U.S. outside sales team
- Utilize tools to create bill of material and generate quotes / proposals
- Collaborate with sales support team members, presales, and field service to gather supporting information to complete quotes / proposals.
- Other job essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- o Leverage client data base to develop sales opportunities for upsell and cross sell
- o Support and promote targeted marketing campaigns to existing installed base
- o Hybrid / Flexible work schedule
- o Duration: Up to 6 months with the opportunity to convert to a full-time role
What skills will make you successful?
- Pursuing a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree, graduating December 2025 or Summer 2026
- Self-motivated and ability to work independently
- Excellent MS office and presentation development skills
- Highly organized and disciplined
- Planning - Ability to develop, communicate and execute both tactical and strategic sales plans
- Deep desire to Learn - Possesses key leadership attributes: Strong personal conviction, vision, strong emotional bonds, inspirational, team orientated, risk taker, and driven to excel
- Cultural sensitivity - Ability to participate in a highly diverse teams to achieve superior results
- Judgment - Ability to think and act independently and exhibit consistently sound business judgment and an action-oriented ability to take measured risks and take responsibility for the consequences
- Familiarity with engineer/mechanical and software technology products (preferred)
- Strong contract negotiations and closing skills (preferred)
- Preferably located in Houston, TX. This role does not provide funding for relocation
We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position