Sales Consultant

Sales Consultant, based in the East Rand.

The person will service the East Rand, Gauteng as well as outlying areas and will need to reside in the East Rand.

What will make you successful in this role?

The successful incumbent will be required to service, market and sell short term insurance products

• Servicing intermediaries and brokers; this will include monthly in person visits, queries and claims management, monitoring and increasing sales, reporting on sales and relationship building.
• Training intermediaries and brokers in the portfolio on products and systems.
• Servicing corporate clients.
• Attending workshops, conferences or any public relations events when required these activities may occasionally take place afterhours or over weekends.

Qualification And Experience

• Minimum Matric
• RE accreditation
• Relationship management in Broker environment, not negotiable
• Previous work experience in an unsupervised role highly advantageous
• Valid drivers license and own reliable vehicle
• Computer literate (Intermediate Excel, PP, Word and Outlook)
• Tertiary education an advantage
• Sales and marketing experience an advantage

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Sound Relationship building skills
• Presentation and Negotiation skills
• Well-spoken with excellent presentation and communication skills (telephonically and written)
• Attention to detail and ability to analyse
• The ability to work independently
• Effective time management and discipline
• Planning and organising

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently

• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently

The market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. A large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Their success is rooted in their passion for their clients and everything they do is centred on their delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. Theyre about people. People drive the business so it follows that they want to recruit the best people possible whether they work permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

This client is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives them to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of society. In achieving their employment equity goals they give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.