Position       : Business Development Intern

Location : Covington, GA

Duration : 3 Months Contract

Total Hours/week : 40.00

1^st shift

Description:

• Developmental position for growth into strategic marketing. Generates and executes plans and programs under the supervision of the Business Development Manager.
• Contributes to opportunity assessments in conjunction with Marketing and R&D teams to gain expertise in strategic planning and new product development.
• Assists with necessary target screening and due diligence work, potentially leading to full business cases on growth opportunities identified.
• Helps complete approved assessments and full business case presentations for review by senior management.
• The Intern may be assigned additional projects involving new market assessment and business plan development upon demonstrated success with the existing duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyzes business and clinical information in order to assess the attractiveness of new markets
• Research and analyze sales trends and forecast potential sales volume
• Construct market models and forecasts for New Product Development (NPD) and New Business Development efforts
• Collaborate with NPD and assess technology solutions to market needs
• Contribute to the NPD process by providing appropriate input on value proposition, product design, claim strategy, customer needs

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements included in this job description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Proficient in the use of a personal computer with intermediate level of keyboarding skills and proficiency in the use of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting using Excel
• Good technical knowledge of medical device marketplace composition, drivers, and trends
• Innovative thinking and technology aptitude
• Strong interpersonal skills required in the areas of verbal and written communications, customer focus, professionalism, coaching and team building
• Strong listening and assessment skills
• Strong questioning and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership potential
• Decisive, flexible, quick-thinking
• High level of curiosity and desire for new learning
• Unquestionable integrity and honesty
• Organized and thorough
• Creative

Education / Experience:

• Pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, marketing or finance
• Some healthcare experience/exposure preferred
• Experience analyzing business opportunities

Language Skills:

• Full written and verbal command of the English language
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers

Mathematical Skills:

• College-level math skills required
• Working knowledge of statistics necessary and some understanding of regression analysis preferred

Reasoning Ability:

• Strong problem-solving skills required
• Conceptual thinker preferred
• Demonstrated analytical skills necessary

Physical Demands:

• Employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, use keyboard, see, talk and hear. May occasionally lift objects of 10 to 25 lbs
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Work Environment:

• This position works in a normal office environment. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate