Sales Specialist

Caldwell Insurance Inc. - American Family Insurance; Grand Junction (CO); Remote; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Benefits/Perks

100% commission and/or bonuses

Paid training

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Caldwell Insurance Inc. - American Family Insurance seeks a Sales Specialist to market, prospect, and sell American Family Insurance products across all lines. You will maintain relationships, assess client needs, and align offerings while enhancing brand presence through agency and community events.

The role emphasizes independent planning, local market development, and proactive cross-selling, with flexible work-from-home options available to support performance-driven compensation.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently to plan, set priorities and organize work.
• Active involvement in the local community.
• Demonstrated sales and customer service experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Experience with PC software applications (Microsoft Office Suites, Internet Explorer, etc.).
• Experience using a wide range of digital devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers.
• Experience with social media platforms, including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
• Flexible work from home options available.

Responsibilities

• Develops knowledge of the local market dynamics for business development opportunities for all product lines.
• Helps the Agency grow by using consultative selling techniques to sell insurance products to new customers.
• Proactively cross-sells and or coordinates with agency team members to provide additional coverage to existing customers.
• Prospects for new business through leads, telephone calls, networking events, trade shows, and personal contacts (Includes leads through COI, social media, B2B and B2C networks, and sales lead groups).
• Secures new business through individual effort and established lead methods.
• Prepares quotations and applications and delivers effective presentations in order to close sales.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service

Communication

Analytical skills

Independent work

Social media savvy

Community involvement

Tools

Microsoft Office

Internet Explorer

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Benefits/Perks
• 100% commission and/or bonuses
• Paid training
• Paid Time Off

Company Overview

We believe people are an organization’s most valuable asset, and their ideas and experiences matter. From our CEO to our agency force, we’re committed to growing a diverse and inclusive culture that empowers innovation that will inspire, protect, and restore our customers’ dreams in ways never imagined.

Job Summary

The Sales Specialist role markets, prospects, and sells American Family Insurance products in all product lines. Maintains effective customer relationships, understands customers' needs, and matches them with appropriate product and service offerings. Promotes brand awareness through participation in agency and community events.

Responsibilities

• Develops knowledge of the local market dynamics for business development opportunities for all product lines
• Helps the Agency grow by using consultative selling techniques to sell insurance products to new customers
• Proactively cross-sells and or coordinates with agency team members to provide additional coverage to existing customers
• Prospects for new business through leads, telephone calls, networking events, trade shows, and personal contacts (Includes leads through COI, social media, B2B and B2C networks, and sales lead groups)
• Secures new business through individual effort and established lead methods
• Prepares quotations and applications and delivers effective presentations in order to close sales

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently to plan, set priorities and organize work
• Active involvement in the local community
• Demonstrated sales and customer service experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Experience with PC software applications (Microsoft Office Suites, Internet Explorer, etc.)
• Experience using a wide range of digital devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers
• Experience with social media platforms, including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
• Flexible work from home options available.

This position is an Agency Team Member working for the Agency Owner and is not an employee of American Family Insurance.