Business Development Officer

Our Client, a leading International Insurance and financial provider in Kenya and the wider Eastern Africa region, is currently looking for a Business Development Officer to provide intensive contact with brokers, agents and direct client with a view to tapping and servicing commercial lines business

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

·         Tapping and servicing commercial lines business.

·         Promptly providing and sending competitive quotations to prospects.

·         Providing risk details for purpose of underwriting.

·         Consulting on the most effective cover for a particular need, while taking a number of factors into account.

·         Setting up meetings, preparing and delivering presentations to potential clients.

·         Developing and maintaining good working relationships with intermediaries and existing customers.

·         Ensuring credibility with clients by maintaining detailed knowledge of current market conditions and competitors' products.

·         Delivering good customer service by responding swiftly to queries and concerns from clients.

·         Providing management with market feedback and intelligence

·         Sending out renewal instructions two months in advance.

·         Maintaining a regular and accurate updated database of all prospective and closed business and submitting a monthly report to managers.

·         Ensuring strict adherence to practices, procedures and policy stipulated in the business development operational manual including the Code of Ethics.

·         Maintaining and updating all forms of business contacts.

·         Gathering customer service feedback and reporting on intellectual and operational issues raised by clients.

·         Preparing regular management reports.

 

Skills and Qualification Required

·         An undergraduate degree in a business or social science related field.

·         At least 2 years’ experience in marketing of general solutions to corp-orates and organized groups.

·         Good business sense.

·         Appreciable understanding of the Kenya insurance market, the prevailing business environment and products by the competition.

·         Good communications skills, both written and verbal.

·         Self-motivated but able to work as part of a team.

·         Good organizational and time-management skills.

·         Positive attitude, self-motivated, self-driven and able to work with minimal supervision.

·         Good negotiation skills and persuasiveness.

·         Confidence presenting to large groups of people.

• Trustworthiness and discretion when handling confidential information.
• A smart appearance and professional manner.

To apply, send your CV ONLY and cover letter to victor@flexi-personnel.combefore Monday 11^th February 2014. Clearly indicate the position applied for and the minimum salary expectation on the subject line