Insurance Sales Advisor (Short-Term) – Inbound/Outbound

Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH); Durban; On-site; ZAR 167,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in Durban seeks a Sales Consultant for Short Term Insurance to develop customer relationships and drive sales. Candidates should have at least 2-3 years of telephonic sales experience and a Matric qualification. The role focuses on inbound and outbound sales, requiring strong communication and customer relationship management skills. This is a full-time position with opportunities for growth in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 years of telephonic sales experience required.
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Make calls to develop new customer relationships.
• Interview customers to clarify requirements and collect information.
• Identify products that meet customer needs and encourage purchase.
• Input CRM data after customer contact for effective tracking.

Skills

Telephonic sales experience

Customer relationship management

Needs analysis

Education

Matric / Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited

Job description

Join TIH, home to some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose.

Job Purpose

Inbound or outbound policy sales, based on leads and campaigns. Initiate the customer relationship and meet various KPIs. Connect with the customer, conduct needs analysis and propose customer solutions. Needs a solid knowledge of products, their characteristics, and market as well as focus on growth of the brand.

Responsibilities

Customer Relationships Development

Make calls by telephone to allocated customers to develop new relationships or as a first point of contact.

Customer Needs Clarification

Interview the customer, following a complex multi-level sales script, to clarify the customer's requirements. Or assist in conducting interviews with potential customers to collect client requirements making detailed notes.

Set clear objectives for each sales call; use standard materials to make a presentation to the customer; and ask relevant questions to evaluate the customer's level of interest and to identify and respond to areas requiring further information or explanation.

Sell Customer Propositions

Identify the products or services that best meet the customer's stated needs, explain the selection to the customer, and invite the customer to make a purchase at the standard price/terms and conditions of sale. Use personal expertise to propose quantities within standard operating systems, policies and procedures. Explain the selection to the customer, influence the customer to make a purchase with the best benefits and solutions to meet customer needs.

Operational Compliance

Develop working knowledge of the organisation's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data

Schedule call back and enter relevant information into the customer relationship management system after each contact with a customer to create a call plan and to ensure that the organisation has quality data to enable effective customer retention and business development activities.

Performance Management

Prioritise own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of productivity, quality, and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance to meet SLA.

Personal Capability Building

Keep abreast with current changes in internal policies and procedures, external regulations which is facilitated by the online training system and tracked by a formal assessment.

Sales Opportunities Creation

Identify potential customers by obtaining information, referrals, and recommendations from existing customers.

Education

Matric / Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited (Essential)

Experience

2-3 year telephonic sales experience (Essential); Experience in Financial Services Industry (Advantageous).

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