Sales Officer job at Hollard Life Assurance Zambia
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Vacancy title:
Sales Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Insurance , Category: Sales & Retail ]

Jobs at:

Hollard Life Assurance Zambia

Deadline of this Job:
25 February 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Zambia , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Hollard Life Assurance Zambia is a leading insurance organization whose operations in Zambia started in 2011 and has since experienced steady, consistent and stable growth within the insurance business to gain itself a reputable name among the leading life Insurers in Zambia. Hollard Life Assurance Zambia was recently certified 2020 Top employer of Choice by Top employer Institute on their latest list. This recognition goes to Africa’s leading employers of choice, each demonstrating exceptional human resources practices.
Hollard is known for providing careers that create #Better Futures.
Hollard Life Assurance Zambia is currently looking for an Innovative, Imaginative, team players and excellent individuals who is able to deliver with care and dignity for our customers, shareholders and for team Hollard to fill the following vacant position;
Sales Officer – Southern Regional

The ideal candidates should possess the following qualities:
Personal Characteristics
• Strong Sales Skills
• High level of Integrity
• Attention to details and a keen listener
• Passion for Excellency
• Innovative & Imaginative
• Team Player
• Super-efficient.
• Sense of urgency and accuracy
• High level planning skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Good written and communication skills
• Knowledge about Life Insurance Business

Key Responsibilities
• Establishes sales objectives by creating a sales plan to support the growth of the Southern Region.
• Meets sales financial objectives by:
• Forecasting requirements;
• Initiating corrective actions.
• Achieves sales operational objectives by:
• Contributing sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews;
• Preparing and completing action plans;
• Implementing productivity, quality, and standards;
• Resolving problems;
• Identifying trends;
• Meeting regional sales targets.
• Implementing change
• Maintains and expands customer base by:
• Counselling Team Leaders and sales representatives;
• Building and maintaining rapport with key customers; identifying new customer opportunities.
• Understanding consumer needs and trends;
• Tracking competitors.
• Marketing:
• Planning and coordination of marketing activity related to the sales of products throughout Southern region (Lusaka, Eastern, Southern, Western and Central Provinces)
• Developing an effective working relationship with key stakeholders within the respective areas.
• Developing marketing programs and sales strategies designed to increase the sale of products.
Training:
• Conducts product training with new and existing sales team members.
People Management:
• Ensure that the sales team clearly understand their targets and meet or exceed sales targets
• Foster a high-performance culture within the sales team
• Identify problem areas in the performance outputs of the sales team and manage where necessary
• Develop and build a productive working relationship with the sales team, as well as owners of venues from which Field Sales Agents will generate sales & leads
• Ensure that the teams have the operational infrastructure (e.g. tablets, stationery, application forms, uniform, name badges, etc.) required to operate efficiently
• Train and guide sales team to consistently deliver quality customer experiences to existing and prospective Hollard Life clients, in an ever-changing field environment
• Assist team members and hold them accountable for scheduling work rosters and shift allocations for Field Sales Agents (where necessary), to ensure enough capacity to achieve daily sales targets
• Ensure that the sales team comply with Hollard Life corporate identity (appropriate and clean uniform, name badges, professional presentation of self, etc.)
• Monitor and analyse team member performance data (sales, customer queries, sales applications, sales quality, productivity, compliance,) daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Collect, check, sign-off and deliver sales applications to the data capturing team at the designated areas (where applicable) and coordinate these activities with team.
• Maintain daily, weekly and monthly meetings with team members to discuss performance, document these sessions.
• Work in conjunction with the management team to source profitable venues for Field Sales Agents to work in.
• Submit monthly reports on sales & lead generation performance for Field Sales Teams vs. Target
• Conduct performance reviews for sales staff, coach and institute performance counselling if required
• Uphold the Hollard brand always and ensure that the entire sales team do the same.

Required qualifications
• Grade 12 certificate
• Diploma in insurance or Marketing
• Must be residents of Lusaka
• 3 to 5 years’ appropriate business experience in the designated area within which the role will be performed
• Experience in sales leadership roles (financial services, banking or insurance will be advantageous)

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Associate Degree

Job application procedure
If you think you have what it takes to join our dynamic and energetic team, please send your CV to jobs@hollardzam.com clearly stating the position you are applying for in the emails subject. All applications should be sent by not later than 25th February 2022.

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Job Info
Job Category: Sales jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 25 February 2022
Duty Station: Zambia
Posted: 22-02-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 23-02-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 23-02-2027
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