Senior Business Development Manager

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Acquire new clients - Make cold calls on potential clients or follow up leads; Ascertain their requirements; Collect proposals and other underwriting information; Arrange for quotations from insurance companies; Submit and Present quotations to clients; Obtain acceptance from clients and arrange immediate confirmation from insurance companies; Follow up to obtain policy documents from insurance companies; Arrange delivery of completed documents and collect payment if not already collected; Accept full responsibility for collections and ensure no default occurs.

• If quotation is unsuccessful, ascertain reasons and diarize for another attempt later or at next renewal;
• Policy Renewals – Ensure timely and successful renewal of existing policies;
• Client Retention and servicing of existing FIS clients allocated to him/her;
• Assist clients with their claims, if required;
• Contact client's weekly/monthly to fulfill their other insurance needs;
• Obtain and transmit feedback from clients and market information to General Manager;
• Improve insurance knowledge by reading and discussion so as to provide better service to clients;
• Participate fully in all team and company activities;
• Any other task or function required or assigned by the management/directors.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in any branch followed by 3-10 years of experience with relevant 2-5 years of industry experience
• Profess Proven presentation and proposal skills
• Strong Technical Skills in insurance products.
• A proactive approach to market research and client engagement.
• Excellent negotiation skills to close deals successfully.
• interpersonal and customer-facing skills
• Ability to build strong business relations
• Familiarity with business software such as Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint. CRM knowledge is a plus
• Self-motivated with the Initiative to self-learn and develop in a growing company
• Problem-solving abilities
• Professional qualifications in Sales or Marketing or Insurance qualification is plus