AddressJob Description
Sales Executive Wakefield
Do you enjoy helping others and providing brilliant service to every customer you speak to? Are you looking for a job which provides full training, support to gain industry qualifications and potential career progression opportunities all over the world? If so, we'd love you to apply for one of our exciting Sales Executive opportunities in our Personal Lines Insurance team.
Things you need to know:
These are permanent role
We are based in Wakefield with easy access to car parking space and local bus networks
The starting salary is between £23,000 and £25,000 depending on experience plus a performance based monthly bonus for achieving sales targets
We have a structured training programme and a dedicated training team to ensure you have all the support you need to be successful
Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 8am-8pm, with a 9am-1pm Saturday shift every 3 weeks
A bit about the job:
In this role you will be helping a variety of small to medium size businesses find insurance policies that meet their needs. You will speak to new and existing customers who have made an appointment to discuss their insurance (there is no cold calling) and use your communication skills to build a rapport, gather the right information to understand their needs and help them find the right insurance policy, supporting them and providing excellent customer service along the way.
You might need to balance multiple tasks at the same time, utilise a range of systems and will work in a dynamic, friendly, agile team. Please click on the video link to find out how our colleagues describe life in Wakefield:
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Skills and experience we're looking for:
Previous call centre and sales experience is desirable but not necessary. We provide full training which covers everything from our product range to our phone system. It's all very simple with the right training and support
We are looking for candidates who are passionate about providing outstanding customer service with the confidence to secure sales, this means that you put the customer first and take pride in the quality of your work
We hire great people from lots of different backgrounds. Some of our Sales Executives had experience of working for other insurance companies or in call centres before joining us, but lots of our colleagues join us from jobs within retail, hospitality, care, education, or sales and share our passion for helping people
Qualifications are not essential, but you will be able to perform basic maths tasks, use IT systems and have a keen eye for detail
You will enjoy speaking to people and will use your outstanding communication skills to speak openly and expertly on the phone to customers. You will be able to build strong rapport and take a genuine interest in their needs
Great team working skills, we work together to help our customers, share ideas to help each other and have lots of fun working together!
You will be motivated by working to exceed targets and will combine that focus with the need to always do the right thing for our customers with a dedicated attitude combined with the highest degree of ethics and integrity in client focus
What you'll get for this role:
Benefits include 25 days holiday, pension, and life insurance
Opportunities to progress within your career with professional qualifications such as Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications (CII) after just 6 months.
Leadership training opportunities with continuous improvement at the centre of
Progression opportunities
About Us:
Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services. We help businesses grow, communities thrive, and people prosper. We live a culture motivated by The Gallagher Way, our set of shared values. A culture driven by our people, over 30,000 strong, serving our clients with customised solutions that will protect them and fuel their futures.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. Gallagher is committed to diversity of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age, and those with caring responsibilities.
We want Gallagher to be the organisation that all our people are proud to be a part of and where everyone can call themselves one of the team. Where our culture is embracing of difference, where you can be the best and, perhaps most importantly, be yourself.
We are all different in some way. If we were all the same, and all thought the same, we would be vulnerable as a group. By welcoming and encouraging diverse opinions and backgrounds within our organisation, we will have a healthier, more innovative and ultimately more profitable business.
If this sounds like somewhere you'd like to join, we'd love to hear from you. If you require flexibility for a role you are applying for, give us a call to chat through the options.
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