Job Requirements
Less than a year of experience
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Job description for Business Development Intern at Urban Company
About Urban Company
Urban Company (UC) is a fulfilment led marketplace for home services. We believe we are changing the way the world experiences home services. Whether it is cleaning, beauty treatments, plumbing, carpentry or home painting, our promise to consumers is quality services, at a fixed price and at a time convenient for you.
Our Vision
UC’s vision is to empower millions of professionals world-wide to deliver services at home like never experienced before. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of a home service professional into a micro-service entrepreneur. UC has helped these service professionals multiply their earnings by a factor of 1.5-2x via:
● Branding and Customer Access: Leverage on UC’s strong branding by working as an individual franchisee
● Financing Access: Bank account creation, access to loans, insurance etc
● Tech-Led Service Standardization: Creating SKUs, fixed and transparent pricing, clear service deliverables, defined SOPs, delivery tracking, payment systems, reviews etc.
● Training: Both soft and core skills imparted in-person and via app
Funding History
Investors: UC has raised 6 rounds of venture capital investment from the likes of Tiger Global, SteadView Capital, Accel Partners, Saif Partners, Bessemmer Venture Partners, Vy Capital, Trifecta Capital and the Family office of Mr. Ratan Naval Tata. UC has raised $255million in its latest funding round and confirmed a valuation of US$2.1B.
About the Role
In the next 3 years, UC wants to be synonymous to home services across Singapore. We are a high growth and a fast moving organisation, and plan to grow multifold year on year to reach an S$50 million+ annualised revenue run-rate within 3 years of operation. The intern is highly involved in making this happen by working directly with the Category Manager.
What you will gain/do during this internship:
- Understand the thought process behind managing a full scale business/category
- Understand the supply side of the market and help scale high quality supply
- Key account management
- Critical thinking to perform root cause analysis during problem solving
Job requirements
- Strong-willed, sharp problem solver and hands on!
- Hustle and get things done attitude. This is not a typical 9-5 job
- Strong resolve to make a difference in the world we live in
- Full-Time commitment for at least 4 months