# Business Development Intern - Placement Year

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Winnersh, Reading
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Business Development Intern for a 13-month placement starting from 1 July 2026. As a Business Development Intern, you will support the HPE Networking Business Development team across business analysis, reporting, communications, pricing activities, and events.

Responsibilities:

- Create and maintain reports, dashboards, and insights using Excel, Power BI, and internal business systems to support decision-making.

- Analyze sales performance, market share, customer trends, and distributor data, presenting findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

- Manage internal and external communications, including promotions, product updates, pricing information, and SharePoint content.

- Support partner engagement activities, including distributor business reviews, sponsorship events, and inventory management initiatives.

- Work collaboratively with sales, marketing, channel, and sponsorship teams on a variety of business projects and priorities.

- Contribute to charity initiatives, volunteering activities, and cross-functional intern projects.

- Provide administrative and operational support where required, including equipment, logistics, and business coordination activities.

Requirements:

- Be in the second year of a four-year degree with a compulsory or optional industrial placement year.

- On track to achieve a minimum 2:1.

- Be eligible to work in the UK and available to start in July 2026 for a 13-month placement.

- Be self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable working independently while knowing when to seek guidance.

- Demonstrate strong organisational and time management skills with a structured approach to work.

- Be adaptable to changing priorities and comfortable working to tight deadlines.

- Show creativity, curiosity, and confidence in asking questions.

- Possess excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

- Be collaborative and team-oriented.

Benefits:

- Develop expertise in business analytics, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and commercial operations within a global technology business.

- Gain hands-on experience using Microsoft Office, Salesforce (SFDC), Clari, CSIS, and Power BI.

- Build capability using industry-leading AI and productivity tools, including Copilot, Chat HPE, Klue, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Zoom AI, and People AI.

- Learn about HPE Networking's strategy, portfolio, and market propositions, including delivering a presentation to the management team within your first 90 days.

- Build relationships with the UK&I leadership team and key stakeholders across the business.

- Participate in HPE's intern programme, including Early Careers activities, Employee Resource Groups, and office-wide initiatives.

- Complete sales readiness training delivered by industry experts.

- Attend channel partner meetings, distributor focus days, and business reviews.

- Shadow Business Development Managers during customer, partner, and industry engagements.

## Skills

### Required
- Excel
- Power BI
- Microsoft Office
- Salesforce (SFDC)
- Clari
- CSIS

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