Business Development – Retail Business (Opportunities in Thika, Nakuru, Karen, Tulip House -Mombasa Road)

Full Job Description

MainResponsibilities:

·       Tapping and servicing retail business.

·       Promptly providing and sending competitive quotations toprospects.

·       Providing risk details for purpose of underwriting.

·       Consulting on the most effective cover for a particular need,while taking a number of factors into account.

·       Setting up meetings, preparing and delivering presentations topotential clients.

·     Developing and maintaining good working relationships with intermediariesand existing customers.

·       Ensuring credibility with clients by maintaining detailedknowledge of current market conditions and competitors' products.

·  Delivering good customer service by responding swiftly toqueries and concerns from clients.

·       Providing management with market feedback and intelligence.

·       Sending out renewal instructions two months in advance.

·       Maintaining a regular and accurate updated database of allprospective and closed business and submitting a monthly report to managers.

·     Ensuring strict adherence to practices, procedures and policystipulated in the business development operational manual including the Code ofEthics.

·       Maintaining and updating all forms of business contacts.

·       Gathering customer service feedback and reporting on intellectualand operational issues raised by clients.

· Preparing regular management reports.

Requirements:

Prospective candidates will possess or demonstrate the followingqualities:

·   An undergraduate degree in abusiness or social science related field.

·       At least 4 years’ experience inmarketing of general solutions to organized groups or individuals.

· Good business sense.

·       Appreciable understanding of theKenya insurance market, the prevailing business environment and products by thecompetition.

·       Good communications skills, bothwritten and verbal.

·   Self-motivated but able to work aspart of a team.

·     Good organizational andtime-management skills.

·       Positive attitude, self-motivated,self-driven and able to work with minimal supervision.

·       Good negotiation skills andpersuasiveness.

·       Confidence presenting to largegroups of people.

·       Trustworthiness and discretion whenhandling confidential information.

·     A smart appearance and professionalmanner.

Ifyou match the qualifications and experience of the job, submityour application  by 8^th March 2023.