Business Operations / Sales Intern

Groupon is a marketplace where customers discover new experiences and services everyday and local businesses thrive. To date we have worked with over a million merchant partners worldwide, connecting over 16 million customers with deals across various categories. In a world often dominated by e-commerce giants, we stand out as one of the few platforms uniquely committed to helping local businesses succeed on a performance basis.

Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business with relentless pursuit of results. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. The impact here can be immediate due to our scale and the speed of our transformation. We're a "best of both worlds" kind of company. We're big enough to have the resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact.

📰 General important information: 

• Role: Business Operations / Sales Intern
• Location: London City (office-based)
• Part time (3 days a week): Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
• Start date: ASAP

🟢 About the role:

The Commercial Sales team is responsible for managing the business relation with our partners. This dynamic team is dedicated to improving overall experience and driving success for both Groupon, the partner and the end users (customers).

As the intern within our sales team in London, you will be responsible for creating insights and actions for the Local business, supporting the sales teams across the UK and working on your own commercial relationships with our partners, combining marketing, finance and overall commercial tactics to improve our results - while getting to know all the ins and outs of how large global companies operate while doing so!

This internship offers a hands-on experience where you will directly contribute to projects and immediately see the tangible results of your work. You will be given genuine responsibilities and gain valuable exposure to Groupon's senior leadership.

🛠️ You’ll spend time on the following:

• 🔍 Finding new ways of generating commercial leads by combining your skills with specific market tactics
• 👥 Working in small groups to tackle specific operational and commercial challenges in sprints of 2-3 weeks
• Learning about ecommerce/platform/deal economics and applying this to real world negotiations
• 📞 Directly approaching businesses across the UK to discover how they can cooperate with Groupon
• 📈 Using social media and other marketing channels to increase Groupon’s brand recognition with small/medium businesses
• Joining our senior sales team members in high value negotiations with our partners
• 🚀You will obtain very relevant, concrete and useful experience for any future role!

🤩 We’re excited about you if you have/are:

• A current or completed university or higher level education in any relevant field such as marketing, finance, economics, STEM but other educational backgrounds are welcome to apply too
• Any experience working with Microsoft/Google Suites, Salesforce or similar tools is highly desirable
• Fluency in English language 🌍
• Based in London with the ability to attend the 💂 London office, based in Aldgate Tower 
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Self-motivated team player who can succeed in a dynamic ⚡fast-paced work environment

Groupon is an AI-First Company
We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working—and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role—you’ll be right at home here.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce marketplace, click here. You can also find out more about us in the latest Groupon news as well as learning about our DEI approach. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.

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