Keep seeing this in job ads:

[taimatsu]

What on earth are 'internal sales'?

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[j4.livejournal.com]

Context? If it's e.g. "Internal Sales Executive" it may just be a bracketing problem, i.e. it's an executive responsible for the Sales department within the company rather than an executive responsible for "internal sales".

If you see what I mean. Not v coherent today I'm afraid.

[andrewwyld.livejournal.com]

My stomach tried to sell my liver some alcohol yesterday.

[borusa.livejournal.com]

I think internal sales are sales within a company - "the internal market" etc.

Not certain though.

[poshashmoshgirl.livejournal.com]

i love it how you always ask about things i also have no clue about :)
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[spikydavid.livejournal.com]

I believe that Internal Sales are simply salespeople employed by a company, as opposed to external sales contractors

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

It depends on the company, but in places I've worked the internal sales people followed up on orders that the travelling sales people got - made sure the paperwork was filled out, acted as a contact point when the travelling person wasn't around - that sort of thing.

Lots of phone work, stuck between the customer and the salesperson - not my idea of a good job, but some people seem to love it.

[damerell.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the "internal market" fantasy some companies entertain gets out of control. The first warning is when internal users are referred to as "customers" by tech support management.