Trainee Sales Advisor

Trainee Sales Advisor

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Enterprise team at Marsh Commercial. This role will be based in our Witham office. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least four days per week in the office.

The role: Trainee Sales Advisor

We recruit for potential and not industry experience, we are seeking individuals who aspire to be leading contributors to our business and who can embrace the opportunity to complete our fully funded training programme and attain chartered insurance qualifications.

As part of our new Sales team, you'll be responsible for generating sales leads via the telephone to generating information and support our ongoing sales campaigns.

This is a superb opportunity to launch a career within a sustainable and exciting industry that provides aspirational individuals the platform for a long-term insurance career. This role offers scope and the opportunity of progression to move into our Client Advisory team.

We will rely on you to:

• Provide excellent client service on all aspects of account management to our clients, ensuring client needs are identified and met in line with agreed service standards
• Ensure timely completion of all set tasks always ensuring client satisfaction
• Demonstrate your adaptability skills when required in order to support colleagues in completing business critical tasks
• Manage quotation requests from prospective clients
• Share product and services information with clients when requested
• Review sales data to identify sales effectiveness
• Respond to queries via email & telephone
• Through training, coaching and mentoring have a thorough understanding of all major classes of insurance that we offer our clients and keep abreast of new technical and product developments

What you need to have:

• Excellent verbal communication skills and confidence on the phone
• A willingness to learn
• A willingness to make a high-volume number of outbound sales calls
• To be punctual – having good time management is key to being successful in this role
• Strong literacy, numeracy, administration and communication skills that can be demonstrated via qualifications/grades gained during education
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and be able to work flexibly when required
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple enquiries simultaneously
• Have experience utilizing the Microsoft Office suite and similar products

What makes you stand out:

• A desire for a long-term career within the insurance industry
• Previous experience within a client/customer facing role, this can be gained from within a similar role or working in environments such as (but not limited to) retail, hospitality, food & beverage etc,
• A thirst for learning and the opportunity to study for further insurance related qualifications
• Prior insurance experience, although this is not essential

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.