Sales and Marketing Specialist

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a Sales and Marketing Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

To qualify at the GS-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: GS-07: Assisting with inputting bids and producing required reports that enable Sales Specialist to evaluate the bids and determine award.

Assisting with performing analysis of bids to determine responsiveness to the catalog.

Assisting with reviewing and analyzing bids to help Sales Specialist determine responsiveness and ensure bidder is qualified to submit a bid (indebtedness, debarment, etc).

Assisting with conducting research and analyzing results to provide sound data to higher level specialists and managements for completing requirements and making appropriate decisions.

GS-09: Inputting bids and producing required reports that enable Sales Specialist to evaluate the bids and determine award. Performing analysis of bids to determine responsiveness to the catalog.

Reviewing and analyzing bids to help Sales Specialist determine responsiveness and ensure bidder is qualified to submit a bid (indebtedness, debarment, etc).

Conducting research and analyzing results to provide sound data to higher level specialists and managements for completing requirements and making appropriate decisions B.

Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.

If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation.

To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: GS-07: 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement GS-09: A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B.

or J.D., if related. C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-07 and GS-09, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-07 and GS-09.

To be found well-qualified as an ICTAP applicant, individuals need to demonstrate experience including: receiving, validating & inputting customer orders/change requests, monitoring customer orders, and processing order cancellations; responding to customer requests, verifying customer profiles, providing customer shipment information & initiates corrective resolution of shipment problems; performing marketing duties in order to promote sales of one-time, term or local sales of usable, hazardous or scrap property; gathering, collecting and consolidating data; researching and analyzing data in order to make recommendations or report any discrepancies; using various software applications to produce a wide variety of documents using word processing, spreadsheet, and other software applications.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

• If selected at the GS-07 level, duties below will be performed in a developmental capacity.
• Receives, validates and inputs customer orders/change requests.
• Monitors customer orders after they have been created, and process order cancellations.
• Performs marketing duties in order to promote sales of one-time, term or local sales of usable, hazardous or scrap property
• Designs and develops invitation for bid (IFB) catalogs that are used to sell excess property that is designated as sales eligible.
• Gathers, collects, and consolidates data, identifying and highlighting to the Sales Contracting Officer (Sales Specialist) areas where data is insufficient or incomplete.
• Assists Sales Specialist with researching list of items for sale, item descriptions, and general information required to produce the IFB.
• Uses publishing software to develop the layout of IFB and ensures all required elements, terms and conditions are displayed properly.