
Business Development Intern
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Job description
Andercore published this listing. We've added our own working-student context below — what this role means for your weekly hours, take-home pay and student visa as a student in Berlin, Germany.
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Description provided by Andercore
The AI-driven trade platform transforming industrial supply in infrastructure, energy, and construction materials. It connects vetted suppliers across Asia, Europe, and the GCC region with local demand through a single integrated platform.
Its proprietary AI stack digitizes and automates the full lifecycle of materials trade – from procurement and pricing to inventory, logistics, and embedded financing – replacing thousands of manual, relationship-driven processes with real-time orchestration.
Buyers gain instant quotes, reliable availability, and predictable delivery through a unified operating system. Suppliers benefit from accurate forecasting, disciplined demand management, and seamless integration into cross-border fulfillment networks. The company partners with leading brands to run both dropship and cross-dock fulfillment motions for large-scale transactions, turning global supply chains into predictable, repeatable, software-like workflows.
The company has scaled to triple-digit-million GMV, operates across six international markets, and is rapidly expanding toward profitability. With a team of 80+ people across Berlin (HQ) and Asia, it is building the world’s first industrial-grade AI operating system for materials – redefining how global trade works in one of the world’s largest and most essential industries.
The company is backed by top-tier investors as well as global institutional banking partners, having recently closed its $40m series B - Atomico, Project A, and Invent Capital with institutional backing from Commerzbank and KfW.
What You Will Do
- Lead Distribution & Sales Support: Manage and distribute new leads across the team and support the sales team in day-to-day business development activities.
- Prospecting & Outreach: Prospect and assist in identifying and reaching out to potential clients or partners through various channels, including email, phone calls, and social media.
- Customer Communication: Plan and execute weekly sales newsletters and updates for customers, ensuring clear and engaging outreach.
- Operational Support: Assist with ad hoc business activities to support the sales and business development functions.
- Problem Solving: Identify existing process challenges and propose actionable, creative solutions.
- Learning by Practice: Develop your business acumen through hands-on execution and collaboration with the team.
- Strategic Support: Assist our Growth Chief of Staff in strategic initiatives across the Sales organization.
- Currently enrolled in University or recent fresh graduate looking to gain some work experience
- You are motivated and passionate about new ideas and you possess a creative mindset
- You have excellent analytical and communication skills and you are not scared of talking to clients and partners
- You demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills in English, proficiency in German is a plus.
Working student essentials
What this Sales internship in Berlin means for you — pay rules, social contributions, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Internships have no 20-hour cap, but a voluntary internship longer than three months generally has to pay at least the German minimum wage. Mandatory internships in your study programme are exempt.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Mandatory internships are largely exempt from social contributions. Voluntary internships are treated like regular employment once they run long enough, so contributions usually apply.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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