Intern International Diplomatic Sales (compulsory internship)

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Number: MER00048WS You are looking for an exciting and varied internship in an international department and want to get to know the international direct business? You bring enthusiasm for car sales in the international context and direct customer contact? Then you're right with us. As part of your internship, you will be active at Team International Diplomatic Sales and will gain insight into the worldwide sale of Mercedes-Benz cars to international organisations, governments, embassies and diplomats. The team is part of the International Corporate, Direct & GUARD Sales department within Marketing & Sales (SC/SM). Our goal is to be able to offer our various target groups as attractive as possible and at the same time contribute to the profitable growth of Mercedes-Benz cars, in the context of the current Mercedes-Benz strategy. This is done in cooperation with numerous interfaces such as controlling, regions/markets, legal, compliance and external affairs. We are therefore one of the few central functions that are directly in contact with end customers and at the same time provide comprehensive internal interfaces. The following challenges await you: Own implementation of pre-sales activities: processing and qualification of incoming requests from diplomats, embassies and international organisations, from customer advice to tender creation in Salesforce and in the Mercedes-Benz order management system, mainly in English Key Account Manager support in offering and contracting for governments and their international representations, including clarification of vehicle availability in the target countries in coordination with the local Mercedes-Benz sales companies Implementation and follow-up of international sales campaigns within the diplomatic sales channel Preparation, implementation and follow-up of personal and virtual customer appointments and delegation visits Working with international AI projects in sales to further develop internal and customer-facing AI assistants in the Diplomatic Sales Team Participation in the further development of the Salesforce CRM system and the Diplomatic Sales online platform The activity can begin from mid-January 2027. Degree in Business Administration, Economics, International Business, Economic Engineering or a comparable degree course

German and English knowledge in word and writing, further language skills are advantageous

Good MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote)

Knowledge of Salesforce and Microsoft Copilot are advantageous

First experience in sales or direct customer contact is advantageous

Good communication and team skills

Intercultural competence and customer orientation

Self-employed and structured work

Analytical thinking and conceptual skills

Equally important is a strong interest in digital transformation, especially in AI applications in sales, as well as in the automotive industry.

Please note that your internship at this site must have a prescribed mandatory share. The minimum duration of the internship is 6 months. Location: Stuttgart-Vaihingen Additional information: We are looking forward to your online application with CV, lettering, certificates, current enrollment certificate with a specification of the semester, if necessary. Compulsory internship certificate and proof of the regular study period. Please do not forget to mark your documents as ''relevant for this application' in the online form and note the maximum file size of 5 MB. Further information on the setting criteria can be found here. Disabled and equalized applicants are welcome! The severely disabled representative (sbv-zentrale@mercedes-benz.com) is happy to support you in the application process. People Solutions will be happy to help you with questions about the application process. You can reach us by email via myhrservice@mercedes-benz.com or by phone at 0711/17-99000 (Mo-Fr 10-12am & 13-15am). Please note that your internship at this site must have a prescribed mandatory share.

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