Corporate Intern Proposal
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Job Summary
Be part of a growing successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned which means youre empowered to make decisions find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.
This position will be located in: Fargo ND
Application Deadline: Posted Until Filled
Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.
Job Summary
The Customer Success Proposal Intern will develop a strong understanding of the Customer Success team the broader business and the proposal lifecycle. This internship provides handson experience through meaningful realworld projects. The role will support daytoday activities including process improvement project coordination documentation sales support and research. Youll gain foundational skills in proposal coordination crossfunctional communication content development and the tools used across the proposal management process. .
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Sales & Proposal Support
- Assist the sales team with organizing proposal materials and tracking deadlines.
- Help maintain proposal templates and update client-facing documents.
- Research & Insights
- Conduct basic research on Border States services proposal offerings clients competitors and industry trends.
- Compile data to support proposal strategies and presentations.
- Communication & Collaboration
- Coordinate with team members to gather information for proposals.
- Draft simple summaries and client-ready content under guidance.
- Learning & Development
- Gain exposure to proposal management tools.
- Shadow experienced coordinators to understand end-to-end proposal processes.
- Sales & Proposal Support
Non-Essential Functions
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate.
Qualifications
- Strong interest insales marketing and communication.
- Detail-oriented with good organizational skills.
- Comfortable with research and summarizing findings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; willingness to learn new tools.
- Positive attitude and eagerness to grow into a full-time role.
- Current student in a two or four year degree program.
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication reading and customer service skills.
- Ability to effectively plan and organize.
- Excellent customer service skills include being competent accurate responsive and engaged.
Physical Requirements
Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:
Occasionally 0 33% Frequently34 66% Continuously: 67 100%
- Lift from Waist:
- < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
- 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
- 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
- 100 lbs. - Not at all
- Lift from Floor:
- < than 10 lbs. - Frequently
- 10 to 25 lbs. - Frequently
- 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
- 100 lbs. - Not at all
- Carried for Distance:
- < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
- 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
- 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
- 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
- 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
- 100 lbs. - Not at all
Physical Activity
Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:
- Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously
- Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
- Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently
- Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally
- Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
- Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Frequently
- Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently
- Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
- Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
- Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally
- Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists hands and/or fingers) - Continuously
- Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally
- Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
- Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
- Fingering (picking pinching typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
- Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently
- Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally
- Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously
- Use of a computer - Continuously
- Use of a telephone - Occasionally
- Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously
- Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Not at all
- Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Occasionally
Additional Information
This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover allpossible jobduties and is subject to change at the employers discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or withouta reasonableaccommodation. Hourly range is $16.00-$20.00/hour based on experience.
Our History
Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers needs which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.
Values
As a Border States employee-owner youre responsible for living our mission service philosophy and service standards.
Our Purpose
We believe unstoppable businesses shouldnt go it alone. We are owners - of relationships of outcomes of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.
Service Philosophy
We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.
Service Standards
Border States employee-owners are competent accurate responsive and engaged .
Your career
Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for
Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
Health Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time and more!
Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.
Equal Opportunity For All
Its not just the something weve believed in since our value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.
Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace
Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre-employment screenings:
- Criminal background check (required for all positions)
- Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
- Drug testing
The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Campaigns
- Abinitio
- AutoCAD 3D
- Hardware & Networking
- Customer Support
- Arabic
About Company
Construction, Industrial and Utility Market Supply. We look forward to helping customers streamline their supply chain, reduce expenses, increase efficiency and deliver measurable, bottom-line results.
