Supervisor, Sales Services

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 87,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Sales Operations leader to supervise planning, data integrity, and cross‑functional team activities related to health insurance products and services. You will coach teams, coordinate projects, and present to diverse audiences while aligning with KP mission and values.

Primary location is Honolulu, HI, with remote work options. The role schedules 40 hours weekly, day shift, with travel up to 15% as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree plus four years in B2B/B2C, communications, leadership, sales or marketing, or seven years in related fields.

Responsibilities

• Supervises development and implementation of plans for project logistics and quality checks.
• Coaches teams to deliver goals, milestones, and deliverables for moderately complex projects.
• Supervises external and internal engagements and makes formal presentations.
• Coaches teams on health insurance benefits and product offerings for follow-up questions.
• Manages data entry, reconciliation, and processes to ensure data integrity across teams.
• Guides strategy to meet KP mission, vision, and service offerings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Building

Sales Operations

Project Management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

7+ years experience

Job description

• Sales Operations

Note: Work location is remote (e.g. home address), per Kaiser Permanente-s Authorized States Policy, Employees may be required to travel to a Kaiser Permanente or customer site. Residency required in the primary location: 711 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Job Summary

Supervises the development and/or implementation of plans for project logistics and quality checks for initiatives. Supervises teams meeting deadlines, resolving moderately complex lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner questions, and escalating critical issues when needed. Coaches the team to identify and implement goals, deliverables, and key milestones for moderately complex projects. Supervises team participating in external and/or internal engagements and making formal presentations to various audiences. Supervises teams developing moderately complex content and communications to align messages or to advance the sale. Coaches team members to serve as a resource for health insurance benefits and product offerings in case follow-up questions arise for personnel internal and/or external to the organization. Supervises the execution and coordination of all moderately complex business processes related to lead/prospect/customer requests. Coaches the team to conduct medium-scale data entry, reconciliation, and processes departmental systems as appropriate to ensure integrity and reliability in data across teams. Coaches the team to apply moderately complex strategies and directs the assessment of lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner needs, and provides solutions that link to KPs mission, vision and values, service quality, and current product and service offering.

Essential Responsibilities

• Recommends developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides team members with feedback; and mentors and coaches to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Implements, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices and processes. Fosters open dialogue, supports, mentors, engages, and motivates team members on collaboration. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope.
• Supervises and coordinates daily activities of designated work team or unit by monitoring the execution and completion of tactical action items and work assignments; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts and standards, and measures progress in achieving results; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; resolves escalated issues as appropriate. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and recommends improvement opportunities; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Ensures the administration of benefits and products by: supervising internal business processes related to the benefits and product offering that Sales and Account Management teams are presenting to customers; coaching team members to serve as a resource for health insurance benefits and product offerings in case follow-up questions arise for personnel external to the organization; and utilizing advanced knowledge of benefits policies to ensure that all alternate benefit requests meet benefit requirements and state and federal regulatory requirements and guiding team to do the same.
• Manages effective communication practices by: supervising team participating in external and/or internal engagements and making formal presentations to various audiences; guiding the creation and dissemination of communications across teams to ensure that other team members are informed and up to date on important information and influencing events; and supervising teams developing moderately complex content and communications to align messages or to advance the sale.
• Oversees practices to ensure sales data are used advantageously by: guiding the team to conduct medium-scale data entry, reconciliation, and processing in various applicable departmental systems as appropriate to ensure integrity and reliability in data across teams; and coaching the team to utilize moderately complex processes to conduct analyses for reporting on lead/prospect/customer accounts, sales, channels, activities, and or events to make strategic recommendations (e.g., membership and account trends) and action plans.
• Ensures a positive lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner experience by: supervising the team to develop moderately complex strategies to build upon and leverage existing relationships with internal stakeholders, lead/prospect/customers, channel partners, and third-party administrator (TPA) to demonstrate value and build commitment; coaching the team to apply moderately complex strategies and directing the assessment of lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner needs, and providing solutions that link to KPs mission, vision and values, service quality, and current product and service offerings; coaching the team to respond to, encourage, and educate leads/prospects/customers, brokers, and consultants about added services and product enhancements in moderately complex situations; and guiding the team to identify opportunities to better meet the needs of leads/prospects/customers and/or channel partners.
• Ensures contribution to project management efforts by: supervising the development and/or implementation of plans for project logistics (e.g., process enhancement initiatives), including time and resource management, and quality checks for initiatives; guiding teams meeting deadlines, resolving moderately complex lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner questions, and escalating critical issues when needed; coaching the team to identify and implement goals, deliverables, and key milestones for moderately complex projects; supervising the completion of tasks within customer-focused business units/lines of business (LOBs) in and/or across the organization to advance the strategic direction of projects and executing action plans; and applying moderately complex strategies for continuous improvement of tools, technology, and processes to optimize effectiveness and encouraging others to do the same.
• Manages the sales process execution efforts by: supervising teams reviewal and processing of incoming lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner information for Sales Account and Management colleagues; guiding the execution and coordination of all moderately complex business processes related to lead/prospect/customer requests; providing the communication of information on progress, process, and requirements for lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner information in a timely manner, across teams; coaching team members to apply strategies and concepts to align lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner requests and engagement strategies to address moderately complex challenges; and supervising the development and provision of comprehensive and compelling responses to lead/prospect/customer and/or channel partner requests which effectively position, differentiate, brand, and promote KPs diverse range of products and services.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Constructive Feedback
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Leadership
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Business Development
• Business Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Relationship Management
• Data Entry
• Financial Market Research
• Goal Setting
• Negotiation
• Persuasion
• Project Management
• Relationship Building
• Sales Operations
• Sales Opportunity Orchestration
• Sales/Partnership Strategy and Techniques
• Service Focus
• Stakeholder Management
• Time Management

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university AND minimum four (4) years of experience in business-to-business or business-to-consumer, communication, leadership, sales or marketing or a directly related field, which can include relevant internship experience OR minimum seven (7) years of experience in business-to-business or business-to-consumer, communication, leadership, sales or marketing, or a directly related field which can include relevant internship experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of externally facing sales experience in any industry.
• Two (2) years of market facing sales experience.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

Primary Location: Hawaii,Honolulu,Regional Admin Low Rise

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM

Working Hours End: 05:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Remote

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-HI-01|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Team Leader/Supervisor

Department: Regional Administrative Office - Grp Reltn-Sales - 7016

Pay Range: $86700 - $112090 / year

Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time

Work Setting: Remote

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.