Personal Insurance Sales Manager

Employer
BrokerLink
Location
Truro, Nova Scotia
Salary
To be determined
Posted
March 30, 2023
Closes
April 1, 2023
Ref
077bb6a2a882
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Being a part of BrokerLink, means you live our values: to act with integrity, be respectful of others, have a customer-driven mindset, strive for excellence and always treat others with generosity. These values drive our diversity and inclusion efforts to ensure a respectful and inclusive work environment is present.

We want like-minded individuals who want to provide the highest level of customer service, who carry themselves with utmost professionalism.

We want to invest in you! Your success is our success and our purpose of "we're here to help people" is what motivates us to keep the amazing talent we attract, for a long time. We want to bring out the best of all our team members! Offering countless opportunities to grow and an environment which values our most important assets, you, our team members. We have over 200 offices across Canada, ask us about our flexible work arrangements!

We are looking for a Personal Insurance Sales Manager to join BrokerLink in one of our offices in Nova Scotia on a Permanent FT Basis.

The ideal candidate has sales experience and a proven record of making things happen. We are looking for someone who can motivate the front lines and encourage the team to learn, evolve and grow. You are someone who loves working with others to get things done. Collaboration is your middle name! Most importantly you understand that insurance isn't about things. It's about people.

What the Role Entails:
  • Responsible for all day-to-day team management.
  • Manage the Personal Insurance Sales Team to achieve growth and profitability targets.
  • Implement and monitor Personal Insurance objectives with respect to commission revenue, policy count, accounts receivable and quality of the books of business and expenses.
  • Communicates, implements, and monitors strategies to ensure goals and objectives are attained.
  • Work with other Personal Insurance Manager's to ensure the quality of services and sales meets expected standards.
  • Collaboratively analyzes and resolves quality and customer service and sales problems in order to deliver on our Customer Value Proposition.
  • Accountable for overall staffing and leadership of the team - motivate staff to participate in company objectives as well as continuously keeping front-line staff informed of changes or new directions.
  • Develop succession planning for all key positions.
  • Responsible for the general administration of the team, including but not limited to IT, payroll and human resource changes and management.
  • Provides ongoing coaching, guidance and feedback regarding performance as well as facilitating continuous learning and development of direct reports.
  • Supporting the marketing and/or advertising initiatives and sales trade shows for the Team.

  • The Successful candidate will have:
    *If you feel you have the equivalent skills, please apply*
  • Post-secondary education
  • 5-8 years or more insurance industry experience, with extensive personal lines experience
  • Minimum 3 years management experience
  • CIP, CRM or CAIB designation preferred
  • Nova Scotia General License
  • Strong customer focus; understand the needs of the customer (internal and external); possess strong communication and people skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities successfully
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills

  • As part of our employee promise, here are some of the many perks of working with us:
  • Flexible health and dental insurance benefits package
  • Personal Spending amount to invest in your healthy lifestyle
  • RRSP - Registered Retirement Savings Plan with Company matching
  • ESPP - Employee Share Purchase Plan (TSX:IFC) program with matching aspect
  • ‘Dress for your day', dress according to your daily schedule
  • Competitive compensation package with bonus aspect
  • Employee discount program, including Apple, Bell, Rogers and more!
  • Paid Time Off in the form of: Personal days, Volunteer days, Exam/Study Time, Jury Duty and starting at 3 weeks of vacation per year!
  • Working for an employer who is regularly recognized as one of Canada's best employers such as Kincentric 2022