Intern

C23901 Alfa Laval Inc (US)

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Johannesburg Until 10/5/2026 0+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted June 20, 2026 Last posted August 6, 2026
Job description

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling, and purifying process that allows our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development, and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage, and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. Our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment, and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job:

In this job the Intern would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

• Follow established sales processes and guidelines to promote and sell Alfa Laval Product and services.
• Investigate and identify parts/products needed by customer.
• Create and actively follow up transactional quotes.
• Proactive looking for upselling opportunities.
• Actively follow up the quote in order to understand if the proposed value is understood and if it is matching the customer needs.
• Use the CRM tool and other tools in a consistent and qualitative way, to support the sales process and take decisions.

Who you are?

As a person, you are customer oriented, a team player, outgoing, proactive with a willingness to learn & collaborate with associated stakeholders. You are structured in your approach & comfortable with working on multiple overlapping assignments. You have a discerning eye for the details as well as able to have a holistic view of the situation.

Educational Qualification

Graduate (National Diploma - Chemical/Mechanical), Business Administration (Preferably in sales & marketing)

Experience

0-2 years

Why should you apply?

  • We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
  • Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities to mingle and to learn.
  • Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

Interested? Please apply for the position.

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.
 

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

The Alfa Laval Internship is in collaboration with the YES (Youth Employment Service) initiative, thus Individuals who have not participated in the YES programme are encouraged to apply.

About this role

Summary

Assist sales team with customer engagement, quotes, and CRM management.

Job title

Intern

Experience level

0-2 years

Minimum experience

0+ years exp

Industry

engineering

Location requirements

Johannesburg, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

customer orientationteamworkproactivestructured work

Preferred skills

sales process understandingup-selling

Specializations

salescustomer serviceCRM
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Work arrangement unknown City