Sales & Business Development Intern (8 Months)

Location: Toronto, Canada

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

Thales provides world-leading Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and interlocking for mass rail transit applications globally. The Centre of Competence for Urban Rail Signalling is located right before you at mid-town Toronto. As the largest office in Canada, we house a department for every step of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)! This includes Software, Hardware, Systems Design, Verification & Validation, Operations, etc. The supporting corporate shared services teams in Finance, Human Resources and IT is also located at the office. Our office space was designed to provide a sustainable, healthy workplace that expresses TRSS’s brand while increasing collaboration. Features include Greenguard furniture, EnergyStar appliances, low-emitting adhesives, sealants, and sliding glass doors on internal offices provide daylight and views to the outside. Come join the big Transport family, here in Toronto!

The Sales & Business Development Intern will support the Urban Rail Signalling (URS) Business Line by conducting order intake reviews and collaborating on seminars, presentations and market intelligence activities.

He/she works closely with marketing and product teams, sales, key account managers and capture leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

Engage with the Sales & BD teams, Key Account Managers and Country Directors globally to collaborate on the achievement of order intake and margins targets

• Organize Sales seminars
• Prepare reports on a regular basis for management review which summarize the order intake status (Monthly reviews, Bi-weekly report, etc.)
• Maintain Salesforce database updated and provide sales forecasts
• Keep close follow up of opportunities (Quarter forecast, Must Wins, Key Projects, Large Contracts)

Manage the competitive and market intelligence lifecycle for URS BL, spanning from data collection to structuring, and also intelligence dissemination

• Manage and share information with top management
• Increase knowledge of our competitors, and, more widely, our whole ecosystem

Key Requirements:

• Ability to assimilate, integrate and extract relevant information in a concise manner, as appropriate
• University degree or working towards a degree in Business, Marketing, or closely related field
• Strong capabilities in Excel and PowerPoint
• Must be able to commit 8 months to the role starting September 5th, 2023.
• Is within their 3rd of 4th year of studies.
• Good language skills – due to the international nature of the business, must be comfortable in writing in English; and be able to understand and operate comfortably in an international business environment
• Inquisitive mind, critical mind, autonomy, responsiveness, ability to network and openness to other cultures

Thales is required to follow mandatory customer policies as well as Federal and Provincial legislation, now and in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, vaccination mandates and travel requirements. This role requires you to work on a customer site and/or travel. Therefore, you must follow all mandatory customer policies, Federal, and Provincial legislation as a condition of employment.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.