Correctional Enterprises Sales Representative Recruitment # 240717-2385AR-001 Location Wethersfield, CT Date Opened 7/17/2024 4:00:00 PM Salary $65,979 - $83,953/year New to State employment start at the minimum salary range Job Type Open to the Public Close Date 7/25/2024 11:59:00 PM Go Back Apply View Benefits (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits)
Introduction
Are you looking to grow your career within the State of Connecticut? If so, take a look at this great opportunity below!
The Department of Correction (DOC) (https://portal.ct.gov/DOC) is currently recruiting a qualified individual for an opening as a Correctional Enterprises Sales Representative (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=2385AR&R1=&R3=) to work for the DOC's Correctional Enterprises (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/doc/pdf/cecproductcatalog2013pdf.pdf) located in Wethersfield, CT.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
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The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 (https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Press-Room/Press-Releases/2023/Forbes-State-of-CT-Ranked) - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule;
The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service) for more information;
Professional growth and development opportunities;
A healthy work/life balance for all employees!
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
This position is full-time, following a first shift schedule, on-site, 40 hours per week, scheduled Monday - Friday.
This position is an exciting opportunity to develop innovative strategies to achieve sales goals, as well as make meaningful connections with our customers and supervisory staff.
The Connecticut Department of Correction strives to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered reentry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors.
Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.
ABOUT US
The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.
The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.
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Selection Plan
Before you apply:
In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to [email protected].
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Important information for after you apply:
This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from branch to branch but it does not impact your state service credit.
Questions about this position should be directed to Alejandro G. Davila-Hurtado at [email protected] .
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In the Department of Correction this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks as contact person between the enterprise program and other governmental agencies to promote the purchase of various products and the utilization of the various services.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
The Sales Representative will have access to state car usage for travel from Central Office to visit existing and potential customers as well as attend trade shows.
A "day in the life" of the Sales Representative may include:
Meeting with Sales Manager, Shop Supervisors and Director of CEC to discuss new company products or services, recurring customer issues, upcoming sales or new leads to pursue;
Interacting with prospective or existing customers and recording new sales/quotes while developing strong business relationships;
Selling offender manufacturing products to tax supported entities to cover the cost of training and rehabilitation, which provides skills necessary to work on the outside once returning citizens are released from incarceration;
Making an impact by assisting in the funding of our offender specialized training through sales, which teaches on the job training; and
Performing related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
Knowledge of
the organization of state and municipal governments;
a variety of manufacturing methods and materials;
Skills
interpersonal skills;
oral and written communication skills;
in computing cost bids;
Ability to
prepare concise reports;
utilize computer software.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Five (5) years of employment in industrial sales or industrial purchasing.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience networking and building relationships with customers;
Experience negotiating with customers for the purchasing of products;
Experience identifying prospective customers, and generating sales leads from new and existing customers;
Experience generating/navigating trade related documentation such as blueprints, AutoCAD and schematics;
Experience responding to bids and annually budgeting customer projects;
Experiencing contacting new and existing customers to discuss needs;
Experience negotiating prices and terms, and preparing sales agreements;
Experience collaborating with colleagues in different sectors including colleges, state entities, municipalities and nonprofit entities;
Experience maintaining a customer contact list and customer relationships;
Experience with Microsoft office tools including World to develop letters, quotes and weekly sales reports, and Excel to create spreadsheets; and
Experience using Peoplesoft to create work orders and proformas.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Incumbents are required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification at the time of appointment.
Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
Conclusion
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.
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