Regional Sales Director (RSD)-Eastern Canada

Foresters Financial; Quebec; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional Sales Director to lead sales efforts in Eastern Canada. This role involves managing a defined territory, generating sales, and fostering relationships within the MGA channel. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of life insurance products and demonstrate exceptional communication and presentation skills. Bilingualism is essential, as the role requires interaction with diverse clients. Join a forward-thinking company that values inclusion, diversity, and equity, and contribute to a dynamic team focused on achieving sales targets and delivering outstanding service.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of life insurance business and products.
• Skillful communicator with superior presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage territory to generate sales and develop new business.
• Lead prospecting for new sales and service existing clients.
• Build and execute a sales plan to deliver expected results.

Skills

Sales Management

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Relationship Building

Bilingual (English/French)

Education

LLQP Certification

Job description

Career Opportunity

Role Title

Regional Sales Director (RSD)-Eastern Canada

Purpose of role

The Regional Sales Director is responsible for building relationships and supporting sales to achieve agreed upon targets in their designated block of business within the MGA channel.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a defined territory to generate sales and develop new business
• Lead by actively prospecting for new sales, as well as establishing long lasting relationships and servicing existing clients
• Promote products through presentations, seminars and other approaches
• Provide superior service to ensure positive experiences at all times
• Able to generate sales, make the right connections, build relationships, sell our solutions, and support implementation and ongoing services
• Build and execute a sales plan to deliver expected results
• Identify marketing and sales opportunities and best approaches to close sales
• Develop and provide regular sales and product training seminars
• Be the primary contact for escalated support for distributors
• Other duties as required

Key Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of life insurance business and products
• Skillful communicator and superior presentation skills
• LLQP certification
• High level of integrity
• Effective interpersonal skills

Location

The territory for this role is Eastern Canada, including the Maritime provinces. Ideally, the successful candidate should reside in either Montreal or Quebec City and must be available to travel occasionally in the Atlantic region.

Other Aspects of the Role

• The successful candidate must be bilingual
• The position may require occasional evening and weekend work

Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion – at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.

Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail] in advance of your appointment.

Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.