Lief Labs is a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements. Our in-house product development and R&D team creates the best-tasting and cutting-edge supplement formulations. Lief also houses a state-of-the-art, full-service Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) manufacturing facility, which offers custom solutions for many supplement categories. Lief collaborates with entrepreneurial firms to help them build premier brands. Our turnkey solutions allow us to engage in seamless partnerships that help brands with scalability and sustainable growth. Lief Labs is in the Santa Clarita Valley (Valencia, CA.)

Summary

The Business Development Representative (Sales Intern) will be responsible for running live outreach, speaking with real prospects, and contributing directly to the organization’s revenue pipeline. It is a hands-on, high-activity role supporting new business development effort under the guidance of the Sales Team.

This role is a part-time temporary summer internship lasting up to 12 weeks after the start date.

Responsibilities

For the duration of the internship, this position will own all top-of-funnel new business development activity working directly with Lief’s sales team. This includes:

• Work from Lief’s identified prospect lists and build your own, targeting emerging and established supplement brands considering a contract manufacturer switch
• Execute structured, multi-channel outreach following a defined process and cadence: cold email, LinkedIn, phone, and social media
• Conduct introductory calls and virtual meetings with prospective leads
• Qualify leads against Lief’s Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and hand off Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) to the AE team in normal rotation, with complete notes
• Log all activity, conversations, and outcomes daily in Go High Level (CRM) and Teridot
• Maintain and update prospect data in Excel via Lief’s SharePoint environment
• Attend the sales team meeting each week, and other tentative meetings
• Submit a structured weekly activity and performance report on a weekly basis (each Friday)

Supervising Responsibilities

None

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited university/college program, ideally in business, marketing, communications, or a related field

Experience:

• Prior industry sales, customer service, or outreach experience is preferred
• Confident, professional communicator who is comfortable making cold calls and sending outbound emails without hesitation
• Self-starter who can work independently, stay organized, and hit activity targets without being managed hour to hour
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and comfortable learning CRM platforms (Go High Level)
• Genuine interest in sales, business development, or the supplement/CPG/health industry is a strong plus

Skills/ Abilities Problem Solving

• Problem Solving
• Planning & organizing
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Relationship Management
• Ability to interact at all levels
• Ability to work as a team member
• Flexibility/ adaptability/ multi-tasking

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may regularly be required to talk, hear and grasp items. This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.

The employee requires to push, lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel

None

Work Environment

The work area must be clean, orderly, properly lighted, and ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate. Field conditions vary.

Exposed to various raw materials, including allergens (i.e., milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nut, peanuts, wheat, soy).

Additional Information
The Salary Range for this position at Lief Labs is $18.50 - 20.00 per hour (USD). Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to market demands, experience, training, skills, and education.

Lief is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Suppose you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran. In that case, you have the right to request accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center due to your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Lief Human Resources department.

Lief will consider employment-qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Lief uses E-Verify to confirm work eligibility in the United States. E-Verify compares the information on your Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to official government records.