RSMABCD Kolkata

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance; West Bengal; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to drive business in the assigned zone. You will lead a sales team of managers, mentor them, and ensure achievement of targets through Bancassurance and open market channels.

The role requires strong customer insight and hands-on network building through referrals and partnerships. The incumbent will manage day-to-day sales activities, conduct regular productivity reviews, and oversee training programs to maximize market reach

Qualifications

• Experience in Bancassurance sales or open market distribution.
• Proven team handling experience with multi-member units.
• Hands-on experience in generating business through partnerships, referrals or self-sourcing.
• Strong understanding of customer profiles and market dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Drive business and achieve targets for the assigned region/zone.
• Mentor, supervise and coach the sales team; ensure training and skill enhancement.
• Conduct regular reviews to monitor productivity and adherence to R&R activities.
• Facilitate in sales calls, issuance, and servicing; ensure persistency targets are met.

Skills

Bancassurance sales

Team leadership

Partnerships

Referrals & self-sourcing

Job description

• Desired Candidate Profile and Experience
• Experience in Bancassurance sales (Life Insurance)/open market experience
• Team Handling Experience is mandatory
• Hands on experience in generating business through Partnerships/Self Sourcing/Referrals
• Strong understanding of customer profile
• Generate insurance leads through referrals, branch walk?ins, customer data mining
• Job Purpose
  

Job Title
Regional Sales Manager

Function

Direct Marketing
Department
Direct Marketing (ABCD)
Reporting To
(Title)
Zonal Manager –Direct Marketing (ABCD)
Superior’s Superior
(Title)
Head – Direct Marketing
Unit
Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd
Location
Zone
Business
Life Insurance

• Desired Candidate Profile and Experience
• Experience in Bancassurance sales (Life Insurance)/open market experience
• Team Handling Experience is mandatory
• Hands on experience in generating business through Partnerships/Self Sourcing/Referrals
• Strong understanding of customer profile
• Generate insurance leads through referrals, branch walk?ins, customer data mining

• Job Purpose
  

Drive business and achieve targets through allocated region/area. Work towards increasing the overall sales productivity of the team by facilitating & handholding the team in various types of customer acquisition & servicing activities. 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.)
Direct: 5-6
Indirect: ~35-45
AP Targets
NOP Targets
Leads

• 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 –

The most critical part is grooming the sales force to be able to close the leads / prospects successfully. Help the Team to identity new customers (new to life insurance).

• Principal Accountabilities
  

Accountability

Supporting Actions

• Continuous interaction with the Sales managers.
• Regular reviews to monitor productivity levels.
• Ensuring awareness and participation in all the R&R activities run by the organisation.
• Converting the key prospects into customers.
  

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

• Communicating any process change or change in any rules and regulations by the help of different training module.
• Supporting in the actual sales and service aspects including sales calls, issuance and complaint handling
  

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

• 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
  

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

• Scrutinise the business on regular basis
• Interacting with the customers through welcome calls
  

Ensure Persistency targets as per the company norms so that renewals take place on time

• Communicate with customers and
• Resolve queries as and when required to ensure that renewal takes place on time
  

Supporting activities for Lead generation

• As a support mechanism to the leads which are generated centrally, there should be activities planned including newer ways of generating lead prospects
  

Team Management

• Mentor, supervise and coach the team.
• Provide for on the job as well as classroom training for skill enhancement
• Job Purpose of Direct Reports
  

Sales Manager: To derive Insurance Business from assigned area or zone, to convince the relationship so they can convince their customer to invest in Birla Sun life Insurance. Manage a team of 10 DSE’s in a way that they are optimally working for the channel at the desired productivity levels. 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.