Strategic Partner Intern

Position: Strategic Partner Intern
Location: Remote or Hybrid (UCLA Campus)
Reports To: Strategic Partner Manager and CEO

Project SPICES LLC 

www.projectspices.com 

Project SPICES is a comprehensive coaching, consulting, and speaking firm. At Project SPICES, we bring positive change by developing diverse people in your company to become very productive employees. Project SPICES helps employees discover their purposes in life and align them with company values. We deliver proprietary methodologies to help people overcome obstacles that impede their daily lives, and establish multiple paths to reach their vision and career opportunities. 

Project SPICES accomplishes this through seminars, workshops, services, products, training, business partnerships, and opportunities. 

Expected Duties and Responsibilities 

•Identify New Opportunities: Seek out and secure strategic engagements with guidance from the manager.

•Business Development: Identify potential customers, conduct background research, analyze customer needs, and develop value-added solutions to drive gross profit.

•Lead Generation: Generate new business through prospecting, cold calling, scheduling appointments, and building relationships.

•Negotiation: Apply your negotiation skills to land strategic partnerships with a mentorship with experienced staff.

•Proposal Preparation: Assist in preparing proposals, bids, and presentations as needed. Revise and submit materials to companies and individuals, providing documentation for any modifications.

•Customer Service: Deliver the highest level of customer service by customizing staffing solutions to meet client needs.

•Market Strategies: Develop market strategies by researching lists of high-potential prospects.

•Sales Outreach: Generate new sales leads through cold calling, email marketing, and social media outreach.

•Value Presentation: Present the company's value proposition and address customer questions.

•Reporting: Track and report on sales activities and results.

•Product Knowledge: Learn the various products and services provided to explain to potential customers with confidence.

Learning Objectives/What You Will Get Out of This Opportunity 

• Growth Mindset: Willing to learn, pivot, and explore new ways of mastering the art of the deal. Develop resilience so that when you are rejected, they are not rejecting you but the approach or service.

•Remote Work: Ability to work remotely or hybrid setting (UCLA campus)

•Partnership Building: Learn basic knowledge of how to build professional business relationships. 

•Training and Mentorship: You will be mentored and trained with experts in the industry.

•Skill Building: Build confidence in reaching out to people you would normally talk to. Be comfortable with cold outreach and persistence despite frequent rejections. Learn a variety of skills: speaking, cold calling, outreach, writing, social media, pivoting

•Record Keeping: Learn how to maintain detailed files on all interactions and transactions.

•Track Record: Develop experience in facilitating, negotiating, and closing successful transactions for products and services.

•Documents Received, Created, and Modified: Materials acquired shall remain confidential regarding trade secrets. Learn how to maintain confidentiality. NOTE:  Business relationships cultivated remain with the company.

Compensation

Please note that this is a volunteer position. We would like to provide you with a small stipend as a gesture of gratitude for your deliverables and professionalism. If, after your internship is over, we decide to hire you, we will offer you a commission opportunity.

How to Apply:

 Please send an email to info@projectspices.com outlining why you are the ideal candidate:

• Full Name, Location, Program
• Your availability—start date, end date and days of the week, number of hours.
• Introduce yourself—any previous work experience, projects, and accomplishments that illustrate why you will be a great addition to the team.
• Any experience with sales, cold calling, business development, or passion for the industry?
• Please attach a resume.