SME Sales Consultant

AXA UK plc; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance provider in the UK is seeking an SME Sales Consultant for its broker new business sales team. The successful candidate will work closely with brokers to achieve sales targets and deliver strong customer service. Qualifications include excellent communication skills, a proactive sales approach, and knowledge of compliance issues. This role offers a competitive salary, annual bonuses, a contribution pension scheme, and various employee benefits including private medical cover and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual company and performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical cover

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Well-being services

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Proactive sales approach to maximize opportunities.
• Strong communication skills with customers.
• Ability to work under pressure with time management.
• Understanding of compliance and regulatory issues in the industry.
• Experience in business processes and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Work with broker panel to achieve new business targets.
• Deliver exceptional service to brokers and meet sales goals.
• Demonstrate knowledge of AXA Health products.
• Build relationships with intermediary personnel.

Skills

Proactive sales approach

Excellent communication skills

Time-management skills

Knowledge of compliance and regulatory issues

Goal-oriented

Experience with business processes

PMI knowledge

PC competence in Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Job description

It’s an exciting time at AXA Health, with significant investment planned to transform, deliver new digital services to our customers and streamline and automate our business processes. As part of this, we’re looking for a talented individual to join our highly successful SME broker new business sales team on a permanent basis. The SME Sales Consultant will grow the relationship between AXA Health and our Key Intermediaries, sell our core product range through brokers to the SME PMI market, and promote other AXA Health products while ensuring profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with your broker panel and the Intermediary Relationship Manager to achieve new business targets.
• Deliver exceptional service to brokers, meeting all monthly call targets and prioritizing new business chasing calls to meet sales goals.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of AXA Health products, bespoke team products, core PMI products, non‑PMI products and pricing mechanisms.
• Build and develop relationships with intermediary personnel, using every opportunity to promote additional AXA Health products.

Key Qualifications

• Proactive sales approach and ability to maximise every sales opportunity.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels with internal and external customers.
• Well‑organised with strong time‑management skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of compliance and regulatory issues in a regulated industry.
• Goal‑focused and able to work to targets.
• Experience with business process and protocols.
• PMI knowledge is highly beneficial.
• PC competent in Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Eligibility and authorization to work in the United Kingdom.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience.
• Annual company and performance‑based bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions).
• Life assurance (up to 10× annual salary).
• Private medical cover.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Opportunity to buy or sell additional leave days.
• Well‑being services and resources.
• AXA employee discounts.

Equal Opportunities

We believe in hiring people who possess the appropriate skills and values that align with our vision. Our selection process is fair and equitable, ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to join us. We are dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion, and we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we take pride in treating our employees and potential hires with respect and without discrimination based on any Protected Characteristics.

Disability Confident

AXA UK is recognized as a Disability Confident Leader. We actively encourage applications from people who face barriers in the workplace due to a disability or long‑term health condition. We participate in the Disability Confident 'Offer of Interview' scheme, which means that a fair and proportionate number of candidates with long‑term health conditions or disabilities who meet the essential criteria of a job will be offered an interview. You do not need to disclose details of a long‑term health condition or disability for your application to be considered under this scheme.