Sales Support Specialist

VSP; United States; Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

VSP Vision is seeking an Account Administration specialist to support servicing and administrative sales activities for clients, partners, and brokers. You will coordinate with internal teams to gather requirements, prepare materials, and drive enrollments while maintaining accurate records.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and MS Office skills, and offers hybrid work options within the United States. Experience in client service and a proactive mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Two years of customer service or client service experience.
• Ability to learn products, services, and internal systems quickly.
• Manage multiple account implementations and requests from several sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively support servicing and account administration for clients, partners, brokers, and consultants.
• Support administrative sales activities, qualify and quote to prospects, and handle enrollments.
• Maintain strong internal relationships with account managers and sales to meet client needs.
• Prepare collateral and conduct open enrollment presentations for the sales team and clients.
• Ensure accurate information in systems and coordinate with partners to meet implementation timeframes.

Skills

Customer service

Relationship building

MS Office

Communication

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Adaptability

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Proactively support servicing and account administration for clients, partners, brokers, and consultants as part of supporting customer satisfaction, growth, and retention strategies. Support and create administrative sales activities associated with qualifying and quoting to prospects, the installation of new clients, changes to existing clients, processing renewals, and open enrollment.Support relationships with clients by establishing and maintaining strong internal relationships with account managers, sales personnel, and other key business partners, to understand customer requirements as they relate to products and service offeringsProvide administrative support for client development plans and assigned projects that support strategic objectives, communication, growth, and retentionCommunicate and coordinate client requirements and needs with business partners to ensure accurate information is available to support the client’s plan design and ensure client expectations are metSupport the implementation and intake requests of new clients to ensure specified implementation time frames are met or exceededVerify client administrative requirements are met, documented, and business partners involved understand and agree to the requirements within approved processes/proceduresMaintain working knowledge of existing and new products/services and other general information to ensure accurate information is provided to the sales/account management team and clients or brokersEffectively utilize the sales automation system to maintain current client and prospect records and dataIdentify problematic issues and offer alternative approved solutions. Escalate to the appropriate business partner to drive custom/alternative solutions as neededCoordinate with other departments and the account team to resolve client issues and maintain client satisfactionPrepare collateral and conduct open enrollment presentations for the sales team, clients, and client members to support benefit fairs as neededEnsure complete and accurate information is set up in the systems to maintain current client, broker, and prospect records, interfacing with multiple internal & external business partners to coordinate as neededJob SpecificationsTypically has the following skills and abilities:Two years of customer service or client service experience, demonstrating the ability to build effective relationships and resolve a variety of issuesAbility to quickly learn the company’s products and service offerings and internal systemsAbility to manage multiple concurrent account implementations and business issuesUnderstanding of business objectives and the business environmentWork within an agile environment, demonstrating a proven ability to adapt to change quicklyExcellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skillsExcellent organizational skills for setting work priorities and managing a high volume of information and requests from multiple sourcesProficient with MS Office, word processing, and spreadsheet applications, including building files, writing formulas, combining columns, copying, and merging data/filesFor roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFH)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFH), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment#LI-VISIONCARECompensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here .Salary Ranges: $17.85 - $28.88VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status . We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.Notice to Candidates: Fraud Alert - Fake Job Opportunity Solicitations Used to Collect Fees/Personal Information.We have been made aware that fake job opportunities are being offered by individuals posing as VSP Vision and affiliate recruiters. Click here to learn about our application process and what to watch for regarding false job opportunities.As a regular part of doing business, VSP Vision (“VSP”) collects many different types of personal information, including protected health information, about our audiences, including members, doctors, clients, brokers, business partners, and employees. 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