Sales Consultant Funeral needed at 1 Life Insurance

JOB PURPOSE

• Inbound or outbound funeral policy sales, based on SMS leads and campaigns.
• Initiate the customer relationship and meet various KPIs. Connect with the customer, conduct needs analysis and propose customer solutions. Consultant requires a solid knowledge of products and the market, their characteristics include a 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

• Set clear objectives for each sales call or meeting; 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 needs, 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 callback 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 custome retention and business development activities.

Performance Management

• Prioritise own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of 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 are 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

Job Requirements
General Education

• Must be within DOFA date
• Matric / Grade 12 or SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential)
• Regulatory Exam 5 (Advantageous)
• 120 FAIS Credits (Advantageous)

General Experience

• 2 or more years telephonic sales experience (Essential)
• Experience in cold calling (Advantageous)