Job Description
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead business development activities for public sector related clients or partners
- Develop the company’s penetration or market share on all business lines for the public sector
- Lead complex and major sales presentations and negotiations with clients
- Mitigate situations where the organization/department is at fault in an appropriate way.
- Oversee the process of data collection, assessing, understanding and integrating primary quantitative and qualitative customer data
- Cross-selling Insurance products to the company’s customers.
- Evaluate organisational capability to respond quickly to consumer demand for products and/or services based on research outcomes
- Prioritize channel characteristics by how well they help Coronation meet channel objectives and desired customer experience
- Educate customers on the digital products and services offered by the coronation.
- Analyse business development principles, best practices, and full range of business development techniques for public sector clients
- Use specialist knowledge of insurance products and services to meet client needs
- Analyse and evaluate which insurance products and services could meet complex client needs
Key Requirements
Education and Work Experience:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance, Marketing and Finance or equivalent
- Minimum of eight (8) years of prior experience in Insurance Sales-related roles.
- Professional certification in Insurance, sales, marketing or any relevant field.
Skills and Competencies:
- Must have or willing to learn a broad-based insurance-related exposure and background in order to multi-task within a small team.
- Industry Knowledge – well versed with product knowledge and industry trends.
- Advanced selling skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships and priorities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong supervisory and people management skills.
- General understanding of the financial markets and investment vehicles
- Strong networking and relationship management skills.