Sales Consultant

National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA); United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employee benefits firm is seeking a Sales Consultant for new business development. The role involves managing projects and leading client meetings in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate has previous sales experience, strong communication skills, and a willingness to develop further. Support for gaining industry qualifications is provided, along with a strong bonus earning potential.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Attractive bonus package

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills, preferably in Microsoft programs including Excel, Office and Word.
• Previous customer relationship/sales based experience.
• Good levels of education with required GCSE grades.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple new business projects across various lines of business.
• Lead client meetings to understand customer requirements.

Skills

Customer relationship experience

Strong communication skills

Relationship building skills

IT skills (Excel, Office, Word)

Ambitious nature

Education

Grade C/4 or 5 pts GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Job description

Sales Consultant (Employee Benefits) - Salary + attractive bonus package

Mercer Marsh Benefits have a fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Employee Benefits Sales Consultant. The role is focused on new business development, within SME organisations. You will work mainly virtually via zoom or teams with some phone work but this is not a cold-calling role with the majority of leads provided.

Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) is part of the Marsh McLennan family, bringing together a broad spectrum of expertise to help clients navigate the complex world of risk & wealth management, HR consulting and employee benefits. MMB is a global leader in the health and benefits marketplace. Operating in 135 countries, our team of specialists design benefits solutions that meet the needs of businesses and their people, drawing from global intelligence and adapting that wealth of experience to local markets.

In this role you will have:

• Strong bonus earning potential once fully trained and competent
• The opportunity to work with an extremely supportive, welcoming and high performing team, who will be there to guide and mentor you, to ensure that you make a success of the role.
• Support in gaining industry qualifications. Typically, these include IF7 (Healthcare), GR1 (Protection) & IF1 (General Insurance)

Note: This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week working in our Bristol office.

We will count on you to:

• Once fully trained, compliant and competent, you will manage multiple new business projects, across multiple lines of business
• Using your excellent communication skills, you will be able to lead client meetings asking open & closed questions to understand customer requirements and deliver solutions to cater for their needs.

What you need to have:

• Previous customer relationship/sales based experience
• Strong relationship building skills and excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• An ambitious nature and a keen contributor within a team environment
• Strong IT skills, preferably in Microsoft programs including Excel, Office and Word.
• Good levels of education including Grade C/4 or 5 pts GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Willingness to develop and progress

What makes you stand out:

• Experience sales experience in a corporate environment

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer.