Microsoft Sales Specialist Internship Opportunities 

South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 

224527560

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or have completed a Bachelor's degree in the last 6 months in Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field.
• Strong desire and business acumen for consultative solution selling.
  
• Exceptional negotiation, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• You must be legally authorised to work in South Africa to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit).

Visit our to learn more about the interview process and answers to commonly asked question.

• Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
• Learns how Microsoft's 3-cloud-platform can enable digital transformation areas. Supports team members on digital transformation opportunities in an assigned area by applying established process and activities.
• Receives leads from Marketing and converts leads into opportunities for the supported business. Applies Microsoft's sales process (MSP) to determine the quality of the opportunity and whether to proceed.
• Collaborates with One Commercial Partner (OCP) and other assigned partners to cross-sell and up-sell products, solutions, and services. Understands the ecosystem of the partners in a solution area.
• Participates in and contributes to internal technical community discussions and conversations.
• Seeks client feedback (both formal and informal) to identify and understand the drivers of satisfaction and execute plans to maintain and continue to build on it, and to identify and understand the drivers of dissatisfaction, determine the root cause of problems, and establish recovery action plan to improve clients overall experience. Shares feedback with account teams.