Sales Manager (Part-Time, Job-Share and Full-Time)

  • Location

    Canterbury

  • Sector:

    Retail

  • Job ref:

    34d2e5c29054

  • Published:

    about 2 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2021-04-01

  • Client:

    #

Description

Sales Manager, Risk Engineering (Part-Time, Job-Share and Full-Time)

Location: Homebased - with UK wide travel

The opportunity:

Do you thrive on building and nurturing relationships with customers? Can you support sales and growth strategies which balance revenue generation with customer satisfaction? Do you work well as part of a team as well as identifying and seizing new business opportunities to deliver your own challenging sales targets?

As part of our vibrant and experienced UK Risk Engineering organisation we have created two opportunities for successful candidates to join a newly established team and play a key role in the front-line sales, development and distribution of our Risk Engineering services. Reporting directly into the Head of Sales you will grow income directly from our current customer base by researching, prospecting and winning new customers, as well as identifying and helping to convert pipeline opportunities through the broader organisation. You will contribute to the development of new propositions and deliver on local revenue targets.

This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren't available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

Key responsibilities:

  • Drive revenue opportunities across the Zurich Risk Engineering function by working closely with team members and through broader colleague engagement.
  • Deliver new sales growth against targets through gaining and building profitable relationships with existing and new customers for Zurich
  • Promote the company's products and services by understanding, predicting and addressing clients' risk management objectives
  • Seek out opportunities to develop and sell partner service propositions through various distribution channels
  • Collaborate within a team of sales representatives to support local business income targets
  • Support colleagues throughout the Zurich UK business to build and monitor target sales pipelines and convert leads
  • Model behaviours that demonstrate commitment to our corporate values and be an external ambassador for the Zurich brand
  • Manage your own personal development, lead by example and encourage others to do the same
    • Your skills and experience:

  • Extensive experience of building deep and long-term relationships at all levels within large corporate organisations.
  • First-hand knowledge of Risk Control and Risk Management services as a supplier, broker, customer or other provider.
  • Excellent working knowledge of London and/or Regional broker markets and their operations.
  • A clear understanding of customer segmentation, and the requirements in dealing with customers in these differing groups
  • Risk Management Degree - desirable
  • ACII, FCII, AIRM, or FIRM qualification essential
  • Proven track record in delivering large corporate negotiations and agreements.
  • Understanding of Risk Engineering, Insurance Service model and proposition development
    • The Reward

    The salary offered for this role is c £67,500 depending on experience. As well as this, we offer an excellent lifestyle benefits package which includes:
  • 12% non-contributory pension
  • Company car/car allowance
  • 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
  • Annual company bonuses - subject to individual and business performance
  • Full private medical cover
  • 4 x notional salary death in service
  • Plus discounted flexible benefits to suit your own lifestyle , including gym membership, gadget insurance, dental plans and many more
    • At Zurich we will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. Many of our employees work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

    Who we are:

    With about 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. The success of our business is built on the contributions of our highly talented employees - people who work every day to position us at the forefront of the insurance industry. We therefore look to hire great people and we encourage those people to give their best.

    You'll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company. A long-standing player in the insurance industry, we make every effort to address the career development needs and plans of our employees to ensure their success in the future.

    Further information:

    Our diversity and inclusion initiatives are creating an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of protected characteristics.

    With the above in mind we accept applications from everyone regardless of your background, beliefs or culture however we especially welcome applications from women, people from ethnic minorities, people with a disability and people who are LGBT+ as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.

    We are committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities. Zurich is passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity through the Zurich Community Trust.

    We have won numerous awards for our work on Diversity and Inclusion. We are also proud to be nominated for the 2020 Insurance Times award for Diversity and Inclusion. You can read about our awards on our website.

    So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us .

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