Sales Intern

Start Date: April 1, 2022 (6-month internship)

Location: Vienna, Austria

About Us:

ACED Global Solutions (“ACED”) manages, funds, and advises projects around the world.

One of our core activities is to build a clean and sustainable energy future for the planet. Through innovative energy storage systems, we equip customers throughout Europe, from the smallest private consumers to the largest utilities, to achieve greater efficiency and security for their power needs.

Science, engineering, and cost underlie the R&D process behind the technology. With more than ten years of focused effort and significant manufacturing capacity, our goal today is to make this product available to more markets. These advanced systems promote the use of clean, reliable, safe, and cost-effective energy. We are a small but global team. By bringing together technical and production experts along with international partners who share our vision and passion, we seek to establish a strong long-term position.

Our product is of a higher quality and lower price than the competition.

We are looking for a proactive and entrepreneurial Sales Intern to help bring our clean energy technology to European clients, with an initial focus on wholesale and commercial distribution in Austria and its neighboring countries. This is a 6-month internship with an opportunity for full-time employment.

Responsibilities:

Sales

- Learn and support sales to new and existing customers and distributors

- Learn and support sales presentations and product demonstrations

- Participate and support price negotiations and conclude sales contracts

- Participate and support record-keeping of all leads and customer accounts

Customer/Distributor Communications

- Assist with communications with new and existing customers and distributors

- Participate in technical inquiries

- Support marketing and PR activities

- Participate in exhibitions, industry events, and meetings

Continuous Improvement

- Identify potential weaknesses and offer improvement suggestions

- Keep abreast of industry best practices and promotional trends

- Maintain organized sales information

- Propose ideas to help maximize sales and build upon existing strategies

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or pursuing completion of a bachelor’s or master’s degree) in business, marketing, or other relevant field

- Interest in working in sales and a familiarity with the current sales techniques

- Excellent communication skills

- Excellent written and verbal English (required) and German (preferred)

- Technical competency as well as ability, curiosity, and drive to understand the product

- Ability to work independently and to thrive in a fast-paced environment

- Time management and organizational skills

- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills

- Good knowledge of MS Office and social media literacy

- Attention to detail and openness to feedback

- High ethical standards, integrity, and professionalism

What We Offer:

• Great, hands-on learning experience in sales of innovative technologies in the renewable energy space

• Paid position

• Collaborative, international working environment • Opportunity for professional development and potential for a full-time employment How to

Apply: Submit the following documents by email to careers@acedgs.com on or before March 15, 2022. • Cover letter • Curriculum vitae Kindly put ‘ACED HR: SI Application’ in the email subject line.

All required documents need to be submitted in pdf format. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview (either on-site or online).

For inquiries concerning the position, contact careers@acedgs.com

Sales Representative

Our product is of a higher quality and lower price than the competition.

We are looking for a proactive and entrepreneurial Sales Representative to help bring our clean energy technology to European clients, with an initial focus on wholesale and commercial distribution in Austria and its neighboring countries.

Responsibilities:

Sales

- Support sales to new and existing customers and distributors

- Establish meaningful relationships with potential customers and distributors

- Support sales presentations and product demonstrations

- Support price negotiations and conclude sales contracts

- Generate offers tailored to customer / distributor needs

- Maintain complete and accurate records of all leads and customer accounts

Customer/Distributor Communications

- Assist with communications with new and existing customers and distributors

- Intermediate technical inquiries

- Improve existing and prepare new sales presentation materials

- Support all marketing and PR activities

- Participate in exhibitions, industry events, and meetings

Continuous Improvement

- Provide feedback to the product and engineering teams from the market, customers, and distributors to support roadmap development

- Identify and document customer needs, problems, and interests; competitive activities; and potential opportunities for new products and services

- Keep abreast of industry best practices and promotional trends

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, marketing, or other relevant field and/or 2 or more years of work experience in sales

- Excellent selling, negotiation, and communication skills

- Excellent written and verbal English (required) and German (preferred)

- Client-first attitude and winner mentality

- Technical competency as well as ability, curiosity, and drive to understand the product

- Ability to work independently and to thrive in a fast-paced environment

- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills

- Willingness to travel and to be directly involved in all sales activities

- Attention to detail and openness to feedback

- High ethical standards, integrity, and professionalism

Additional Qualifications:

- Previous experience in the power and/or energy industries (preferred)

- Academic background in sales or business and/or energy or power-related fields (preferred)

- Good knowledge of MS Office (required) and CRM software (preferred)

- Time management and organizational skills

- Ability to create and deliver presentations tailored to the audience needs

What We Offer:

• Competitive base compensation (minimum gross EUR 25,000 year or higher according to experience and qualification)
• Sales-based bonus
• Collaborative, international working environment
• Participation in shaping strategy and further development of the product
• Opportunity for professional development and advancement

How to Apply:

Kindly submit the following documents by email to careers@acedgs.com on or before March 15, 2022.

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae

Please put ‘ACED HR: SR Application’ in the email subject line. All required documents need to be submitted in pdf format.

Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview (either on-site or online).

For inquiries concerning the position, contact careers@acedgs.com.