Commercial Sales Apprentice

4 Days ago • All levels • Business Development • Undisclosed

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Job Description

This Commercial Sales Apprenticeship in Paris offers a 12-24 month opportunity to assist in providing licensing solutions to customers, focusing on Microsoft volume licensing programs. You'll work closely with various sales teams (Account Executives, Business Development, etc.) and build relationships with clients' purchasing, business sponsors, and technical leads. Responsibilities include developing customer-centric offers, negotiating deals with senior stakeholders, supporting sellers to achieve revenue targets, and contributing to commercial proposals. The role requires strong consultative selling skills, exceptional negotiation and communication abilities, and a deep understanding of sales processes. Interns work on real-world projects with global teams.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's Degree in related field
  • Fluency in French and English
  • At least one semester of school remaining
  • Legally authorized to work in France
  • Seeking an Apprenticeship contract
  • Consultative solution selling skills
  • Exceptional negotiation and communication
Good to have:
  • Strong business acumen
  • Excellent analytical and presentation skills
Perks:
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Overview

Start date: September 2025

Placement length: 12 or 24 months

Type of Employment: Apprenticeship

Location: Paris, France

Application must be submitted in English

 

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.  

As a Commercial Sales Intern, you will assist in providing licensing solutions to customers with a focus on Microsoft volume licensing programs. Work closely with multiple sales disciplines including Account Executives, Business Development, Buy and Legal service desks. Outside of Microsoft, build and maintain relationships across customers' purchasing, business sponsors and technical lead to provide modern and robust licensing solutions.    

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

 

Date de début : septembre 2025
Durée du stage : 12 ou 24 mois

Type d'emploi : Apprentissage

Lieu : Paris, France

La candidature doit être soumise en anglais.

 

Venez construire une communauté, explorer vos passions et faire de votre mieux chez Microsoft avec des milliers de stagiaires universitaires du monde entier. Cette opportunité vous permettra de concrétiser vos aspirations, votre talent, votre potentiel et votre enthousiasme pour le voyage à venir.

En tant que stagiaire en ventes commerciales, vous aiderez à fournir des solutions de licence aux clients en vous concentrant sur les programmes de licence en volume de Microsoft. Travaillez en étroite collaboration avec plusieurs disciplines de vente, y compris les responsables de compte, le développement commercial, les services d'achat et juridiques. En dehors de Microsoft, construisez et maintenez des relations avec les services d'achat des clients, les sponsors commerciaux et les responsables techniques pour fournir des solutions de licence modernes et robustes.

Chez Microsoft, les stagiaires travaillent sur des projets réels en collaboration avec des équipes du monde entier, tout en s'amusant en cours de route. Vous serez habilité à construire une communauté, explorer vos passions et atteindre vos objectifs. C'est votre chance de concrétiser vos solutions et idées tout en travaillant sur des technologies de pointe.

La mission de Microsoft est de permettre à chaque personne et à chaque organisation de la planète d'en faire plus. En tant qu'employés, nous nous réunissons avec un état d'esprit de croissance, innovons pour autonomiser les autres et collaborons pour réaliser nos objectifs communs. Chaque jour, nous nous appuyons sur nos valeurs de respect, d'intégrité et de responsabilité pour créer une culture d'inclusion où chacun peut s'épanouir au travail et au-delà.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field
  • Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship
  • You must be legally authorised to work in France to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit)

  • Fluency in French and English.

  • Seeking an Apprenticeship contract.

     

Qualifications requises

  • Actuellement en cours de préparation d'un baccalauréat en commerce, sociologie, psychologie, informatique ou dans un domaine connexe. 

    o Doit avoir au moins un semestre/terme restant après la fin du stage. 

  • Vous devez être légalement autorisé à travailler en France pour être éligible à ce poste. (Légalement autorisé = a la citoyenneté ou a obtenu un visa ou un permis de travail valide)

  • Maîtrise du français et de l'anglais.

  • À la recherche d'un contrat d'apprentissage.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong desire and business acument for consultative solution selling
  • Exceptional negotiation, customer service, and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills

Qualifications préférées

  • Fort désir et sens des affaires pour la vente de solutions consultatives.
  • Compétences exceptionnelles en négociation, service client et relations interpersonnelles.

  • Excellentes compétences en communication verbale et écrite, en analyse et en présentation.

 

Responsibilities

 

  • Acts as a trusted advisor to determine how commercial licensing and contracting should be changed to best meet customer needs.
  • Leverages understanding of sales science (e.g., pipeline metrics, closed rates, competitive selling) to establish a strategic sales execution cadence. 
  • Develops customer-centric offers by engaging with and aligning account teams around the deal(s) that they are casting.
  • Establishes the strategy for the negotiation approach by engaging with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
  • Supports various sellers in order to achieve revenue targets. Collaborates with business stakeholders (e.g., Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs [CELA], operations, finance) and across teams.
  • Contributes to developing commercial proposals. Develops industry knowledge and understanding of competitive analysis to contribute to crafting commercial solutions. Contributes to early engagement, planning and ideation process as directed.

 

  • Agit en tant que conseiller de confiance pour déterminer comment la licence commerciale et la contractualisation doivent être modifiées pour mieux répondre aux besoins des clients.
  • Utilise la compréhension de la science des ventes (par exemple, les métriques de pipeline, les taux de clôture, la vente concurrentielle) pour établir un rythme d'exécution stratégique des ventes.
  • Développe des offres centrées sur le client en s'engageant avec et en alignant les équipes de compte autour des affaires qu'elles lancent.
  • Établit la stratégie pour l'approche de négociation en s'engageant avec des parties prenantes seniors en interne et en externe.
  • Soutient divers vendeurs pour atteindre les objectifs de revenus. Collabore avec les parties prenantes commerciales (par exemple, les affaires juridiques, les opérations, les finances) et entre les équipes.
  • Contribue à l'élaboration de propositions commerciales. Développe des connaissances sectorielles et une compréhension de l'analyse concurrentielle pour contribuer à l'élaboration de solutions commerciales. Contribue à l'engagement précoce, à la planification et au processus d'idéation selon les directives.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
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