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Oracle Direct is currently hiring interns to join their Customer Intelligence Team, giving you an insight into a career in IT Sales.

Oracle Direct is a state-of-the-art, multi-channel sales operation bringing to life the benefits of Oracle’s e-business technology. As a Customer Intelligence Representative with Oracle Direct, you will be part of the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.

As part of the Customer Intelligence Team you will be responsible for gathering customer information through various outbound campaigns across various European markets, along with researching and understanding customer companies’ structure, business lines, needs and business issues with the aim of creating business opportunities and generating revenue.

• Ongoing Training and Coaching like no one else – You will be assigned a mentor for the duration of your internship and you will undergo a defined training and coaching plan ensuring a successful internship. We aim at ensuring all Customer Intelligence Interns are given regular on-the-job coaching, be it with your own manager or with one of our full time professional sales coaches. You will also develop your soft skills including your negotiating and influencing skills.
  
• A career path like no one else: The Customer Intelligence Team is the first step in joining OracleDirect. With a clear, defined career plan in place, we offer you the opportunity to apply to become a Business Development Consultant after successful completion of your internship.
  

-          A likely career path for you will be:

Customer Intelligence Representative to Business Development Consultant to Inside Sales Representative to IT Sales Account Manager, and all within a relatively short period of time.

• Flexibility like no one else: OracleDirect offer 6 to 9 month internships with a flexible start date. Internship duration is flexible and we will accommodate the right candidates.
  
• Products like no one else – We offer the broadest product range with freedom to upskill in the IT industry’s most comprehensive product suite, allowing you to become an expert in your field. Full comprehensive training on all of our products is available to you.
  
• Talent like no one else - Many of Oracle´s Business Leaders have been developed from the “Talent Pool” of OracleDirect, offering you unparalleled future career opportunities within the Oracle global organisation after you’ve completed your internship.
  
• International like no one else – When working with the Customer Intelligence Team you will be surrounded by 27 different nationalities, speaking 14 different languages thus creating excellent opportunities for multi-cultural networking.
  
• Global careers like no one else – With 8 of our 145 offices dedicated to OracleDirect, we can offer you opportunities to progress your career in Potsdam, Paris, Vercelli, Malaga, Prague, Dubai and Moscow.
  

And did we mention lots of fun and excitement!

The Customer Intelligence Team is responsible for the first step in the sales cycle and kick starts shorter and stronger sales cycle by:

• Identifying and understanding customers’ needs and key business issues.
  
• Gathering customer information through outbound campaigns for all European markets.
  
• Researching and understanding companies’ structures, organisational charts and business lines.
  
• Analysing and mapping I.T. infrastructures and competitors’ landscapes.
  
• Contacting companies with a view to creating a business opportunity and generating revenue.
  
• Meeting required KPI’s and targets.
  
• Building a relationship and achieving a high level of collaboration with Business Development Consultants by developing and delivering against a joint sales strategy.
  
• Co-ordinating and supporting Marketing and Sales Teams across various sales and campaigns.
  
• Reporting on results at the end of specific sales campaigns.
  

• An ambitious target driven individual with a strong interest in establishing a career as an IT Sales Account Manager.
  
• Student or Graduate from a Top School.
  
• High level of energy, drive, enthusiasm and commitment.
  
• Willingness to work in a dynamic, multinational, fast-paced environment.
  
• Willingness to develop your skills in Sales and Technology.
  
• The ability to contribute to a shared goal together with others.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Previous customer interaction experience, either B2C or B2B, is a strong plus.
  
• Fluency in English and German.
  

Want to get a feeling for what OracleDirect is about? http://www.youtube.com/user/oracleireland

Check our Graduates Blog http://blogs.oracle.com/campusrecruitment/entry/join_our_marketing_intelligenc for information on working with the Customer Intelligence Team.