Job Details

Job Location:    S&L Inc - Office - Lenexa, KS Salary Range:    Undisclosed

Description

Smith & Loveless is united under one cause: “Protecting Water. Protecting People.”  We are seeking a Business Development Intern to partner with our experienced Parts & Retrofit Sales team in this environmentally focused industry.

This is a year-round PAID internship for a local Kansas City Business, Marketing (or similar field of study) college student available to work 15+ hrs/wk minimum Monday through Friday. Internship will NOT provide college credit.  Must be currently enrolled in an associate or bachelor’s degree program. There may be opportunities for a regular, full-time business / sales role with Smith & Loveless upon graduation.

A Business Development Intern at Smith and Loveless is responsible for supporting the Parts and Retrofit Divisions by maintaining and updating contact information for existing S&L customers and finding out what equipment is still in operation. They will also discuss the need for a company representative to visit and review their S&L® equipment or connect customers with a Parts Representative for replacement parts. The effort will consist of calling existing customers, researching websites for contacts to call and identify current points of contacts, updating the database with contact information on existing S&L customers and helping customers stay connected with S&L departments for assistance.

Qualifications

Skills/Requirements

• Currently pursuing an Associates or Bachelors degree in Business, Marketing or relevant field of study.
• 2 or more years’ experience with water and wastewater treatment equipment preferred. 
• Experience in telemarketing outreach is a plus. 
• Customer service experience is a plus. 
• Effective communication, human relations, presentation, and sales ability. 
• Possess conceptualization and negotiation skills along with a professional demeanor. 
• Ability to quickly establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Ability to sort and organize raw data. 

Job duties

• Provides out-bound sales initiatives to connect with existing customers to make connections, update contact information and analyze the needs to S&L customers.
• Develop information and feedback on market conditions from contacts made
• Updates the database with current contact information.
• Connect customers with Parts, Retrofits and Representatives to assist customers with their S&L equipment.
• Sends out required information to customers and representatives as a follow-up to connections made
• Assists with outbound calls to encourage sign-ups for Pump Schools.
• Other duties as assigned by VP Aftermarket
• Keeps work area neat and clean.

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Required to sit, stand and walk.
• Use hands to finger, hand or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Required to talk and hear consistently.
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry and/or drag up to twenty-five (25) pounds if necessary.
• Specific vision abilities required by the role include the ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye.
• Ability to ascend and descend two (2) flights of stairs.

About us

For over 75 years, Smith & Loveless has provided innovative environmental engineering ingenuity and quality craftsmanship to the water industry by pioneering superior pre-engineered pumping, treatment and headworks systems to a global customer base.  A true pioneer in the water and wastewater pumping industry, Smith & Loveless manufactures cost-effective, operator safe and efficient pump stations for municipalities, developments, industrial, governmental, and military facilities across the globe.   Our energy-efficient and durable systems deliver unrivaled life-cycle cost savings.   With tens of thousands of installations in more than 70 nations on all seven continents, our innovative wastewater/reuse engineered products allow us to maintain our market leadership in lift stations, grit removal systems and over a complete range of wastewater treatment systems. 

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