Sales Operations Internship at Yoco 2017 at Yoco

Job Description

Yoco is looking for a driven, energetic individual to join our Sales Operations team.  We strive to accelerate the performance of the sales team in order to hit our ever-growing targets. This means building tools, processes and infrastructure to support the team.

We operate in many departments within Yoco and create as much visibility as possible; not just for Sales, but for Business Development and Yoco at large. We are ambitious, fun and committed to making sales enormously successful. 

As a Yoco intern, you will make a direct contribution to the acceleration of our business. This is an opportunity to initiate and refine campaigns that will take Yoco to the next level. There will be successes, failures and lots of learning. You’ll be pushed to better yourself and the company every single day.

ROLE | WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
As a Sales Operations Intern, you will help drive new initiatives and make your mark on our rapidly growing business each day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the Sales Operations team in executing on the following:
• Develop and maintain strategic sales performance dashboards
• Build and execute processes for the sales team
• Perform analysis on sales performance
• Ensure the integrity of sales data within sales tools, for reporting purposes
• IDEAL CANDIDATE | WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
• Key requirements to perform responsibilities:
• Life long learner, loves a challenge, is a true problem-solver
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Team player
• Ability to easily adapt to a number of environments
• You can drive your own boat: the ability to fearlessly use the resources at your fingertips to resolve technical challenges especially when you don’t know the answer
• Creative problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude to overcome any obstacle and get things done
• Bonus points:
• Tech-Savvy
• Knowledge of payments and the mobile Point of Sale space
• Experience with CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce)
• EXPECTATIONS OF AN INTERN AT YOCO
• Dealing with People
• Communicating & influencing: Strong communication skills across various mediums, building collaborative relationships internally and externally.
• Dealing with Business
• Preventing & solving problems: Diagnostic information gathering and research, analytical thinking, application of conceptual thinking to problem solving.
• Achieving results:Proactive / initiative, customer orientated, fostering innovation, continuous improvement mind-set, appreciation of results, business acumen, thoroughness and detail orientated
• Dealing with Self-management
• Self-confidence, personal credibility, flexibility, adaptability and strong sense of personal accountability

VALUE PROPOSITION | WHAT WILL YOU BE GETTING?
 As part of the Yoco team, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in the growth of the mobile Point of Sale opportunity in South Africa. 
To support this we have built a role-based organisation; where every individual is given the space to focus and develop his or her innate strengths. Everyone here has the opportunity to lead a project and become a specialist, enabling flexibility, collaboration and accountability at all levels.
We offer a competitive package for an early stage venture; with flexible working hours and time off when you need it.  In addition to this you will have the opportunity to participate in our Equity Incentive scheme, which will be uncapped based on performance.