Business Development Officer at Madison Group Limited

Key responsibilities

The key responsibilities for the position are:

• To acquire new business through branches and ensure that the offices are also giving focus on Group Business and are marketing all our products.
• To enhance relationships with branches by giving them support at all times (Training, market identification and backup in presentations, proposals, quotations, tenders, closing etc)
• Work closely with GIB in-house marketing team based at the branches and cross-sell Group Business products through them.
• Ensure branches are working on their targets and closely monitor their performance and undertake remedial measures on a timely basis.
• Establish relationships with Independent Agents & brokers at the branches, a minimum of 5 per branch and assist/train them on Group Business products.
• Establish relationships with direct clients like Saccos, County Governments, companies and other organisations at the branches.

Qualifications and experience

• A degree in business related field
• Progress in professional qualifications (Insurance or Marketing)
• At least 2 years’ sales experience in the insurance industry preferably in group life
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Excellent persuasion and negotiation skills
• A clear focus on performance and achievement of budget.
  Computer literate (Excel, PowerPoint & MS Word)