Sales Operations Analytics Intern
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the Life
Join our Sales Operations team and gain hands-on experience supporting commercial analytics, sales reporting, and process improvement. In this role, you will work with data from across the business to help improve visibility of sales performance, customer activity, and operational issues. This internship offers a strong learning opportunity in a fast-paced environment, where you will contribute to day-to-day execution as well as longer-term improvements.
Internship Details:
- Start date: November 2026
- Duration: 12 months
- Locations : Johannesburg
- Working hours: Full-time
- Work model: Field-based and office-based, with regular travel to customer facilities
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Analyse sales performance by account, territory, and product portfolio to identify gaps and growth opportunities
- Prepare dashboards and reports on pipeline, forecasts, leads, RFQs, installed-base utilisation, and collections barriers
- Maintain accurate installed-base information and help identify equipment service, utilisation, and replacement opportunities
- Monitor customer and government RFQs, track deadlines, and support timely follow-up with sales owners
- Support customer queries and coordinate with Sales, Technical, Customer Care, Finance, Pricing, Service, and other internal stakeholders
- Improve Salesforce data quality, support Business WhatsApp lead management, and contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with Medtronic policies, data privacy, and approved processes
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Recently graduated with a degree in degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Commerce, Finance, Economics, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field
- Strong Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, data cleaning and basic dashboards, with strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills,
- Must be currently unemployed
- Must be a South African citizen
- Must be under the age of 30
- Must not have participated in a YES programme previously
- Should not be currently enrolled in or planning to enroll in postgraduate studies
- Commits to complete 12-month internship
Would be a Plus:
- Basic knowledge of Salesforce or another CRM system; Power BI experience is advantageous
- Experience supporting sales reporting, commercial analytics, or business process improvement in a cross-functional environment
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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