New Business Consultant

Role Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Sourcing and securing new business opportunities with corporate, unions, churches, taxi associations, funeral parlours, burial societies and individual clients
• Training and ongoing product support to funeral parlours
• Review new business pipeline, follow-up and track by sourcing, issuing and converting of quotations
• Building relationships with internal departments to ensure superior service is offered to clients
• Ensuring that clear information is given to clients before, during and after a sales deal
• Ensure that there are no unreasonable post–sales barriers faced by clients
• Keeping up-to-date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments
• Consistently striving to engage with clients in honest, committed, considerate and receptive manner to drive company values

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Matric
• RE5 qualifications (advantageous)
• 60 FAIS Credits or alternatively full FAIS recognized relevant qualification (DOFA dependent).
• Class of Business training in Category 1 life and friendly societies & Product Specific training in Category 1 life and friendly societies
• Minimum 12 hours of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) per CPD cycle
• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle or means of transport
• Sound knowledge of long term insurance or employee benefits products & underwriting processes
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the insurance industry preferable in the group funeral or group risk market
• Experience in establishing contacts and relationships with decision makers within funeral group business
• 5+ years of experience in selling of short-term and long-term insurance products
• Experience in coaching and developing staff

Location

• Sandton

Offered CTC excludes commission which is capped at R100 000 per month!