Sales Associate for Health Plan Open Enrollment (temporary on-call)

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SENIOR SALES ASSOCIATE FOR HEALTH PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT (TEMPORARY ON-CALL)

Duration:  10 months (836 total hours)

Location:  Rockville, MD  20852

Pay Rate:  $17/hour (W2 contract)

Job Number:  48757

Client:  One of the country's leading health care and health plan providers

Job Description:

  • The role of a temporary on-call sales staff is to represent a Full time account management team onsite at employer events/open enrollment events throughout the Mid-Atlantic States, primarily the greater DC and Baltimore areas.
  • Majority of the meetings are 2-4 hours a day, and may include the need to conduct a formal presentation to employees.

Essential Functions:

  • Promotes health care products and services to prospective and existing customers. 
  • Conducts meetings at employer worksites to educate and inform prospective and existing members about the company and its products.
  • Provides complete and accurate information to potential applicants regarding benefits and pricing.
    Liaison to Account Managers and Sales Representatives.
  • Responsible for communicating meeting outcomes, competitive environment and customer needs.

Hours:

  • On-Call Position (about an average of 20 to 25 hours per week, including weekends and evenings). This is over the life of the entire project; may work more some weeks and less other weeks.

Travel Required:

90% (Local); reimbursed

Training:

  • Mandatory training starts AUGUST 14, 2014. Candidates must be willing and able to attend the training on the 14th.
  • New on-call sales staff will go through an intensive week of training before shadowing Account Managers out in the field. On-call sales staff would have the opportunity to specialize in key accounts, especially those with multiple locations.

Required Experience:

These are the MUST HAVE items. If a candidate does not have these then they will be rejected.

  • High School Diploma
  • 7 years' work experience in health care and/or supporting or reporting to a sales/account management department; seasoned sales and marketing staff
  • With Associates Degree only 5 years is required
  • With BA/BS Degree only 3 years is required
  • Comfortable in front of a display or table, onsite at employer events, answering questions about our health plan and unique delivery model
  • Willingness to travel locally 90% of the time. This is a HARD requirement; unable to bend on this
  • Reliable transportation required. On-call sales staff are reimbursed mileage at the national IRS rate of $.555/mile
  • Flexible schedule
  • Must be a local candidate (DC Metro Area); no out-of-area candidates will be considered
  • Personal Computer proficiency with Microsoft Window operating systems

Preferred Experience:

These are things that we would like to see, but are NOT required to fill the position.

Preference will be shown to candidates with this experience.

  • Licensed in Life and Health insurance
  • Life and Health insurance knowledge
  • Spanish speakers

Skills to be Successful in This Role:

  • INTERPERSONAL SAVVY - Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact.
  • CUSTOMER FOCUS - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
  • DRIVE FOR RESULTS - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
  • INTEGRITY AND TRUST - Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
  • FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SKILLS - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
Start date
mid-August
Duration
10 months
From
Enclipse Corp.
Published at
05.07.2014
Project ID:
737506
Contract type
Freelance
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