Agency Manager at Fosad Consulting

Job Objective

• Upskill and motivate Advisors towards effectively implementing sales strategies for retail insurance sales. Passionately represent the company and ethically coach Advisors and play an active role in growing the Sales Force Advisors. He/She would be the main communication link between the organization and the Sales Force Advisors.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and interpret financial statements and sales data.
• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing the sales team whilst meeting other key performance indicators set out per year.
• Identify and source new Advisors/Team Managers by having the initial contact with prospects and maintaining the pipeline.
• Supervise (includes coaching and mentoring), train, motivate and develop Alpha Sales Force Advisors/Team Managers.
• Formulate sales strategies for life and health insurance products and achieve set sales targets.
• Recruitment and management of Alpha Sales Force Advisors.
• Review Assistant Agency Managers sales reports to establish trends and identify areas of improvement.
• Identify viable sales strategies to be implemented by Advisors.
• Manage and maintain weekly, monthly and all required sales reports.
• Identify trends in Retail business and proactively advise Group Head on potential actions to take.
• Identify and escalate actual and/or potential operational and administrative issues to the Group Head.
• Assist in identifying required resources and personnel to achieve the revenue budget of the Group.
• Presentation of the SBU performance at the Monthly Divisional MPR, QBR & Budget meetings.
• Seek approval for accepting/processing transactions when required.
• Negotiate rates with underwriters when required.
• Conduct performance appraisals for Assistant Agency Managers.
• Any other assignments given by the Area Sales Manager or the Head, Entrepreneurial Sales Group.

Qualification / Experience

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Financial Services of which 2 years’ should be in Insurance Sales