Business Account Manager Intern supporting Desjardins, North America’s largest cooperative financial group, with business-client relationships and financial product sales.
Responsibilities
Serve, prospect for, solicit, develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients
Sell business products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member and client needs
Ensure businesses, associations and groups get the most out of their products and services and remain satisfied
Help the unit meet sales and business development objectives
Advise and assist members and clients
Represent Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with clients
Establish and negotiate product and service terms in accordance with standards and procedures
Solicit, develop and maintain personalized business relationships to promote products and services
Identify and analyze member and client needs and refer them to the appropriate channel
Monitor the industry to identify business development opportunities
Participate actively in public relations activities
Requirements
18-week internship
Enrolled in a program of study leading to a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
Knowledge of French is required
Ability to communicate effectively
Ability to understand clients’ expressed needs
Interpersonal savvy
Ability to work with clients with specific needs
Benefits
Equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility commitments
Recruitment-process accommodations available at any stage
GSK Territory Manager driving respiratory pharmaceutical sales across Halifax and southwestern Nova Scotia. Building healthcare - provider relationships and executing data - informed territory growth strategies.
Account Manager leading relationships and growth for enterprise technology clients at Intercept, a B2B marketing agency. Overseeing campaigns, delivery, and AI - enabled account development.
Partnerships Lead expanding Alternative Payments’ financial operating system for SMBs across North America. Building referral partnerships from cold outreach through activation and ongoing relationship management.
Partnerships Lead expanding Alternative Payments’ financial operating system for SMBs across North America. Building referral partnerships from cold outreach through activation and ongoing management.
Senior retail account manager driving growth for ecobee, a smart - home technology company. Owning Walmart, Best Buy, and other North American retail partnerships, strategy, and P&L.
Regional Account Manager educating healthcare professionals and building diagnostic pathways for HPP treatments at Alexion, a rare disease medicines company. Driving KAM plans and territory sales across Western Canada.
Relationship Manager providing business and financial advice to RBC small - business clients across Brockville, Prescott, and Iroquois Falls. Developing client relationships, acquiring business, and managing portfolio needs.
Area Director overseeing newly acquired healthcare clinics across Ontario and Atlantic Canada for CBI Health. Driving integration, operational performance, clinical quality, profitability, and growth.
Assistant Key Account Manager supporting Jellycat’s luxury soft toy and gift brand across Canadian retail accounts. Managing sales growth, account plans, merchandising, and client relationships with the Key Account Manager.