Assistant Business Development Director

Great Eastern Life; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern Life is seeking an Assistant Business Development Director to drive sales and manage client relationships within the Employee Benefits Scheme. The ideal candidate will have a strong sales background, excellent communication skills, and experience in the financial industry. This permanent role offers an opportunity to contribute to a leading insurer with a commitment to integrity and customer service.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 to 3 years of work experience in marketing or sales in the financial industry.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for business development through the Broking Channel.
• Track sales performance and prepare weekly sales reports.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with brokers.

Skills

Communication

Sales

Customer Service

Education

Degree / Diploma in Insurance, Business Studies & Marketing

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description - Assistant Business Development Director (2300020J)

Assistant Business Development Director (

Job Number:

2300020J )

Discover the GREAT in your career.

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Assistant Business Development Director. In this role, you will assist the Head of Broking to activate, grow and expand productivity of Employee Benefits Scheme and to retain existing renewal business via broking channel.

The Role:

· Working with Superior to plan and strategize to achieve personal sales target by developing renewal and new business

· Responsible for business development of GID-EB through Broking Channel to achieve business targets

· Track sales performance and key initiatives to prepare weekly sales report

· Management of the day to day distribution support and activities for existing corporate clients

· Building and maintaining professional relationships and actively engage with brokers to ensure deliver and uphold high level of service experience

· Assist in organizing events, employee briefing, CUR presentation for corporate clients

· Monitor seamless implementation, including policy enrolment, briefing, policy set up and billing issuance

· Involve in projects or initiatives that will further grow the overall EB business

· Champion culture and conduct behavioral expectations within the Department/Division

· Collaborate proactively and transparently with internal stakeholders (Operation, Finance, Claims, etc) to optimize customer experience

· Follow-up on outstanding premiums & claims recoveries

· Comply Credit Control Procedure (CCP)

· Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks

· Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company

· Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices

• Other responsibilities entailed

The Person:

· Degree / Diploma in Insurance, Business Studies & Marketing

· Minimum 2 to 3 years of work experience preferably in marketing or sales in financial industry

· Good communication skills - written and verbal

· Industry practices, knowledge on competitors & their products

· Proficient in MS Office - Microsoft Words, Excel, PowerPoint

· Flexible in terms of time in view of training/product or project, launches or functions or events during weekends, pubic holidays and after office hours

· Ability to communicate, present, persuade and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization

· Sales and Customer Service that involves working with clients depend on skills related to evaluating needs, providing services, and adhering to quality standards

· Result-driven – Signifies that when work on project and always look to provide the best result

· High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork

· Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.