🍇 Make sure to visit our career page to find out more about the work at grape and our values. grape is one of the fastest-growing startups in Switzerland. Founded in 2021, the team set out to reinvent commercial insurance. The next-gen insurtech approach is based on a platform reducing insurance administration and offering preventative health benefits. 🍇 🥜 IN A NUTSHELL: Because we’re growing, our sales team is looking for a new colleague (f/m/x). As a Business Development & Sales Intern at grape, your mission is to support the distribution team in all business development & sales related activities. You will coordinate together with the distribution team all sales leads and broker relationships and overlooking the sales funnel from an end-to-end perspective. Your main task is to manage the sales lead funnel E2E, update the leads in every sales funnel stage while reaching out to brokers and clients. You will also manage the KPI sales cockpit, analyse the numbers and propose actions how we can improve our sales & broker relationships. Boost your career by joining our high-performing team and become a key driver of our growth. Take an active role in shaping our culture and the future of grape 🍇 👇 If you aren't completely confident that you fit our exact criteria, please reach out anyway. Humility is a wonderful thing - we're interested in your character and in your talent. Requirements 👁️ What we look for in you Soft skills - You are thinking and acting in an entrepreneurial way - You are curious by nature - You are willing to step out of your comfort zone and eager to grow in sales experience - You can communicate effectively by listening actively and articulating your thoughts clearly within the team but also towards brokers and potential clients - You possess fundamental skills in showing opportunities during sales conversation - You are able and motivated to repeatedly execute winning strategies at high quality You are able to step into the shoes of your prospects and empathically read between the lines of prospect’s answers - You possess the grit and determination to power through objections, rejections, and obstacles. Hard skills - You have strong analytical capabilities and you can structure complex situations - You are at ease with receiving limited guidance and working independently even at times with a high workload - You can propose workable solutions and present them in an effective way - You can call senior broker leaders and resolve difficult relationship situations - You are organised within your activities and manage time and tasks effectively - Swiss German native (must), German and English at full professional proficiency 🎉 Bonus points - You worked in insurance, broker or sales-related environments before - You worked in a SaaS startup or high-growth company before - You have a bachelor or master in business - You speak French - You bring insurance knowledge or particular industry interest 🧙 Your role - You will work closely together with the Chief Distribution Officer and other broker & sales team members - Managing the sales funnel E2E: Manage inflow of broker tender requests Qualify tenders Manage successfully tenders through all stages of the sales funnel Coordinate offer structuring & elaboration with Underwriting team Manage partners (brokers and risk carriers) Prepare and send offers to brokers - Organise and conduct follow-up with brokers and clients - Organise onboarding of new customers - Analyse KPI sales cockpit: analyse KPIs on a daily basis, propose process improvements, increase conversion rates - Keep an overview of all broker & client relationship - Precise documentation of prospect, client and broker interaction in the CRM (e.g. documenting calls & meetings), including the coordination of next steps and handover of information to the Account Executive (AE) or Chief Distribution Officer - Taking over administrative tasks that support the optimisation of the overall sales process (e.g. extracting data and deriving educated actions) Benefits 📚 Learning opportunities - Shape one of the fastest-growing startups in Switzerland 💲 Work on large deals sized several hundred thousand CHF upwards - Be part of a skilled team and learn from sales and software engineering experts - Learn from among the best sales coaches in group coaching or individual sessions - Help to solve challenges at large companies by interacting with senior stakeholders - Take over responsibility from the beginning - Gain hands-on learnings for your future founding ambitions 🍇Our Offer - Great career trajectory. - 12 paid mental health sessions per year. - 25 days of paid vacation per year. - Regular team events and retreats. - Hybrid setup: we’re all setup remotely, however, we love spending time together in our beautiful office in Hardbrücke, Zürich. - We believe in ownership from day one and empower each and everyone in our team to take on responsibility. - You are joining a company that wants to change the way health (both physical and mental) is perceived and promoted within the workplace. Employees at grape can profit from various benefits that enhance your wellbeing. - You have the chance to play a decisive role in shaping our company in its rapid growth. - You will be part of a group of highly ambitious people. You may have heard the saying "you become the average of the five people you spend the most time around". Expect that average to be very high when it comes to ambition at grape. - We are an inclusive team and value everyone's unique background. - We expect different opinions and appreciate honest and frequent feedback. We thrive to create a safe work environment where nobody has to hide their real self. Easter egg: to gain brownie points and show us that you read the entire job description include the phrase "Holy grape, I'd love to join the team!" as a headline in your application. - For this position we can only admit Swiss or EU/EFTA applicants. 🎯 Scope - Start date: Latest as of August - Duration: 3-6 months (possible extension) - Workload: 100% - Location: Zurich & remote 🚀 Next steps - Apply to this job and add a few words of why you want to join us! - Extra points are awarded for video messages (e.g. via Loom). - Let’s meet for a virtual coffee to align our expectations - Challenge accepted? In our assigned challenge you can show us your skills by solving real-world problems that we are facing on a daily base - In the final feedback meeting we review your work from the assessment and the challenges you have solved during this process - Finally, be part of our success story We are looking forward to hearing from you! 😊