Employee Benefits Spec

The Standard is a marketing name for StanCorp Financial Group, INC. and its subsidiaries. Insurance products are offered by Standard Insurance Company of Portland, Ore. in all states except New York, where insurance products are offered by The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York of White Planes, N.Y. Product features and availability by state and company, and are solely the responsibility of each subsidiary.

**This is your opportunity to accelerate your success as our next Group Benefits Sales Professional.** The territory offers the ideal mix of opportunities, from well-established mature business relationships with area producers to robust market development opportunities. Each year we welcome a select group of sales professionals just like you into our stellar sales training program. As a participant you will leverage our outstanding classroom and field based training, on-going mentoring, a team-centered culture, and our commitment to your success. Throughout you receive very competitive pay and the excellent benefits you would expect from a Fortune 500-caliber industry leader. Simply stated, there is no better opportunity to launch your sales career than The Standard.

* Commit 100% to leveraging every opportunity to learn our sales process, products, marketing strategies, channel, culture, and value proposition throughout our wide-ranging, intense training program. * Use your increasing knowledge, combined with your passion for sales, people and relationships to succeed in sales scenarios and actual sales calls as your training progresses towards conclusion. * When fully trained assume responsibility for your territory, and begin the next phase of your sales career. You will either relocate to your new territory, or remain in your training office, dependent upon business conditions.

To succeed in this exciting role the ideal candidate will need: * The flexibility to relocate. We seek to hire, train and place trainees within a general regional geography. Relocation to a training office, and again to your territory sales office, typically happens within this regional geography. However business conditions and needs may require relocation to any sales office, nationwide. * Bachelor’s degree, preferably Business/Marketing/Finance, but all majors considered. * A passion for sales. * Solid prospecting skills, territory management methodology, sales process, proposal preparation and presentation skills, etc. * Commensurate PC skills (Microsoft office, Sales management tools etc.). * Excellent driving record is required. * Must be insurable under corporate insurance carrier.