Area manager- Axis Bank- Bangalore

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance; Karnataka; On-site; INR 50,000,000 - 100,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance seeks a high-performing sales leader to drive business within the assigned region in Karnataka. The role focuses on nurturing channel partner relationships, guiding a team of Sales Managers, and ensuring smooth execution of sales processes to meet revenue targets.

The position emphasizes achieving annual premium targets and maintaining strong collaboration with bancassurance partners, including banks like HDFC, to maximize top-line growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in channel partner management with bancassurance channels.
• Ability to drive business and achieve targets in assigned region.
• Strong relationship skills with bank partners like HDFC Bank.

Responsibilities

• Achieve targets (Premium & Revenue) to grow the company.
• Engage and manage channel partners for continued business development.
• Lead a team of Sales Managers to ensure process compliance and performance.

Skills

Channel partners

Team management

Sales targets

Relationship building

Job description

Drive business and achieve targets through allocated region/area. Nurture and maintain the relationship with the channel partner for the incremental development of the business contributing by the relation and help/supervise them for the smooth function of the business process flow. Manage a team of Sales Managers to maintain the proper process of doing valued business for the organisation.

• Dimensions

What are the areas (in quantitative terms) the job has an impact on?

Dimension

Remarks

Manpower (Nos.) 4-5 depending on the relationship Indirect – could range from 20 to 25

Business Impact Xxx

Target - (Individual ) Annualized Premium (AVG)– 5 to 10 Cr

Complete accountability of the Sales Target of the Vertical which has a direct impact on the Relationship’s top-line target.

Customer Complaints 0 Customer Complaints At HDFC Customer Complaints are critical and hence every vertical head will look personally

Persistency 80% Premium Persistency 80% Policy Persistency 13 month Rolling Premium Persistency

Job Context & Major Challenges (What are the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge to the jobholder in the context of the Unit/Zone?)

Key Challenges for the role –

• High dependency on HDFC Bank relationships who may have their own priorities so alignment is the key.
• Balancing between the process requirement and expectations of the Channel partners

Principal Accountabilities

Supporting Actions

Ensure achievement of Targets (Premium & Revenue) in order to contribute in overall growth of the company

• Continuous interaction ( as per RH / ZH's defined grid ) with the channel partners
• Mapping all the key decision makers & build review mechanism per mapping basis decided Intervals
• Aggressively downloading all the RnR activities to be run by BSLI

Ensure smooth function of the sales and other processes in order to maximise business potential.

• Communicating any product changes, process change or change in any rules and regulations (internal / IRDA) with the help of different training module.
• Supporting in the actual sales and service aspects including sales calls, issuance and complaint handling

Maintain the expense gap in order to reduce the cost

• Understanding the need of the expense
• Taking commitment from the channel before any spending or allocation of the budget
• Maintain a SM wise expense tracker

Ensure relevant people in the right place right time in order to maximise the productivity

• People Retention @ 90% levels to be maintained
• Understanding the strength of the resource and depending on that allocating job responsibility
• Evaluating the opportunity of each business unit and allocating targets as per that
• Recruit, develop and train team members to maximize productivity
• Position gaps / Vacancy to be filled within a TAT of T+15 Days

Ensure the right method of business acquisition in order get the profitable mix for the organisation

• Scrutinise the business on regular basis
• Maintain quality checks. Monitor Customer Complaints and adhere to defined resolution TATs - T + 72 Hrs
• Take necessary documented actions against defaulting employees on quality / conduct parameters

Ensure Persistency targets ( from 2nd year ) as per the company norms so that renewals take place on time

• Regular MIS flow and Communication with Channel Partners on T-30 Basis ( T Being the renewal date )
• Resolve queries as and when required to ensure that renewal takes place on time
• Fortnightly renewal status review mechanism to be followed internally

Building new business opportunities within the allocated area/relationships in order to maximise the productivity / Top Line

• Identify innovative methods working with the relationship to enhance penetration of the database
• SM Review Mechanism to have 40% Activation with 2 Case / Active @ 50K ATS to be focused
• Ensure Product Mix - Trad 50% : ULIP 40% : Term 10%
• 15% Business More than TATA Provide inputs for new products & Sales Pitch, basis an in-depth understanding of Channel needs
• Identify training needs for the in-house and channel partner teams
• Regular Product Updates and Comparative Analysis should be shared with Bank Leadership / Hierarchy
• Job Purpose of Direct Reports

Sales Manager / Senior Sales Manager: To derive Insurance Business from assigned Relationship/Channel partner in an area or zone, to convince the relationship so they can convince their customer to invest in Birla Sunlife Insurance. To ensure all the pre and post sales support and services to the relationship as well as to the clients along with the team dedicated to the relationship. Ensure not only achieving the target but also to make sure there is a consistent growth in the business every quarter.

Relationships (If Applicable)

Internal Frequency Nature TPD Support Team Training Manager HR Dept Customer Service Team Client Service Team Daily Weekly twice Weekly Daily Daily Process, login and issuance related Training related Recruitment and other issue Follow up regarding service issue Follow up regarding issuance

External Frequency Nature Bancassurance partner Client – prospect Daily Daily All issue Business and service

Organizational Relationships (Separate Annexure to be Attached) Head HR & Admin Chief Mgr - HR

Perf, Comp & Ben.

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