Job Title: Associate Telephone Account Manager
Location: Reading
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Job type: Permanent, Full time
The company was “re-born” with a simple objective….to make life better. It’s at the core of everything they do and they’ve worked hard to turn an idea into an exciting business proposition. They’ve bought together the best capability, technology and people to create a business that challenges conventional thinking, and approaches things differently.
It’s their belief that by being trusting they’ll be trusted in return. For the business that means providing Financial Advisers and their clients with products and services that they can be certain of. For you that means being part of a team where you can really make a difference, and part of a culture that is driven to make life better. You’ll be in an environment that you can trust to do everything it can to help you grow and succeed.
If you would like to build a career in sales and be part of an exciting, innovative and growing business then join them to experience ‘Life. Made better’.
The Role:
The creation of this role follows recent and continuing growth of the business throughout 2020. As an Associate Telephone Account Manager, you will be responsible for generating new business from your assigned accounts and promoting the company’s proposition with intermediaries.
The role will involve promoting the full suite of Individual Protection products to an allocated panel of Advisers/Brokers over the telephone.
Accountabilities:
Sales
- Generate a high volume of outbound calls and business development activity to a panel of assigned accounts
- Generate new business to meet agreed sales target for your assigned accounts
- Work with the Distribution & Marketing Management Team to ensure the company’s proposition is approved to do business with Advisers
- Have a great attitude and the ability to build new relationships with external contacts
- Ensure that all compliance and KPI requirements are met
Planning
- Ability to prioritise to achieve a high volume of outbound calls and business development activity
- Ensure all business objectives are achieved and excellent relationships, both internally and externally are maintained
Entrepreneurship
- Build strong enduring relationships with intermediary partners as well as internal customers
- Self-motivated and the ability to work independently as well as within a team
Continual improvement
- To review and identify opportunities, so that we can create a learning organisation, in line with agreed process
Values champion
- To be an effective role model within the team, living and promoting the companys’s vision and values to ensure the team are brand ambassadors, in accordance with the beliefs of the business
The Candidate:
Ideally you will have the following experience:
- A successful sales track record
- Experience of telephone sales
The following experience would be desirable but not essential:
- Financial Service experience
- Protection knowledge
- Intermediary sales experience
To support this experience, you will have the following special skills:
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Ambition and desire to succeed
- Work effectively within the team, supporting others to enable them to achieve their best
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability, desire and confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Business Development Executive, Sales Executive, Sales Agent, Internal Sales Executive, Sales Consultant, Key Account Manager, Business Development Executive, BDM, BDE, Business Development Manager, Sales, Lead Generation, Business Development, Account Manager, Business Developer may also be considered for this role.
