Sales Support Associate

Aviva Employment Services; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services company based in London is seeking a Sales Support Associate to enhance the UK Institutional team. The successful candidate will support sales activities, manage client interactions, and maintain CRM records. A degree is essential along with strong communication and organizational skills. The role offers a generous pension scheme, performance bonuses, and various flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Performance bonus eligibility

Family friendly leave

Generous holiday entitlement

Employee discounts

Private medical benefit

Flexible benefits options

Share plans and savings schemes

Volunteering hours

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience required.
• IMC qualifications or working towards them is desirable.
• Proactive and creative problem-solving skills are essential.
• Excellent communication and listening skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the UK Institutional team.
• Coordinate sales activities and assist with events.
• Manage timelines and ensure accuracy in data and materials.

Skills

Sales Experience

Customer Service

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Basic Math

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

IMC desirable

Job description

Sales Support Associate

Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate other locations cannot be considered.

A bit about the job

In this role you’ll provide essential support to the UK Institutional team helping drive growth by coordinating sales activities preparing for client meetings and assisting with events. You’ll ensure the smooth delivery of presentations reporting and CRM updates enabling the team to operate efficiently and maintain strong client relationships. Working closely with colleagues across the business you’ll contribute to new business opportunities through RFPs marketing initiatives and research while playing a key role in presenting a consistent and compelling message to institutional clients. Your responsibilities will include managing timelines prioritising tasks and ensuring accuracy in materials and data as well as supporting the planning and execution of pitches events and internal briefings. You’ll also maintain Salesforce CRM track pipeline activity and provide insights through market research and MI analysis to inform strategic decisions. This is a varied and impactful role where your attention to detail and proactive approach will help shape how Aviva is perceived and influence client outcomes.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Degree or equivalent experience
• IMC desirable or an indication that you are working towards this.
• Self‑starter pro‑active and creative approach to problem solving and seeking out information
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Confident presentable and able to interact directly and autonomously with a wide variety of clients and stakeholders.

What you’ll get for this role

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14% depending on what you put in
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carers leave
• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy / sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefitto help you get expert support when you need it
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box Even if you dont we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working including part time and job shares.

We flex locations hours and working patterns to suit our customers business and you. Most of our people are smart working spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.

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Key Skills

• Sales Experience
• Customer Service
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Basic Math
• POS
• Retail Sales
• Merchandising
• Cash Handling
• Epic
• Planograms
• Stocking

Employment Type: Full Time

Vacancy: 1