Sales support intern

We are:
The concept of De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture is clear and simple: designing bold, contemporary, easy-to-assemble and appealing furniture. With our brands WOOOD, BePureHome, vtwonen and Exotan, we sell our items in more than 50 countries and 1,500 outlets around the world. With over 200 employees, De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture and Basiclabel has specialised in developing, producing and distributing interior products for home decoration stores, department stores, furniture specialty shops and online retailers in Europe for over 40 years. The culture within the organisation fits that of a real family business: no-nonsense, dynamic and with a flat organisational structure. More than 30% of our collection is produced in our own factory in Zwaagdijk-Oost and to realise further growth, we have built a new headquarters with distribution centre and showroom along the highway in Hoorn. Working at De Eekhoorn stands for being challenged, getting the best out of yourself every day. It is important to us that you enjoy your work. De Eekhoorn is an international and growing company with an open culture. You will work together with enthusiastic colleagues who, like you, like to go that extra mile. Will you work with us?

We have an internship position available starting September 2024 for an HBO student. This is an internship in the Sales department. 

You will work closely with our account managers and all other departments to achieve maximum customer satisfaction and turnover. This includes administrative tasks such as maintaining the sales mailbox and the phone, where both Dutch and foreign customers are contacted. Do you like a challenge? You may try to find new sales channels and approach these potential candidates.
In addition, you ensure optimal follow-up of leads resulting from trade fairs, website registration or visits to our Experience Center. You work accurately, maintain an overview and know how to set the right priorities without losing sight of the interests of the organisation and the customer.

Core activities:

• Maintain sales mailbox and phone (in Dutch & English)
• Support in connecting new customers and processes
• Follow-up of trade fairs/customer visits
• Maintaining the CRM system for new and existing customers. 
• Search for potential customers on the internet.
• Perform acquisition with these potential customers.
• Receiving customers in the Experience Centre (national and international).
• Administrative tasks such as listing customers in our system and online portal. 
• Various unloading tasks that come in between. 

The De Eekhoorn has several departments. The sales department works closely with sales support, e-commerce and marketing, among others. 
The sales team consists of Vinny, Milan K, Milan J, Yannick, Ferry and Emiel. They will guide you and show you around in the world of sales and e-commerce.

Do you follow a study HBO in a commercial field? Are you commercially minded, flexible, ambitious and aiming for the best result? We kindly invite you to apply for this exciting internship!

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