Graduate Trainee Insurance Sales Executive
Job Description
Job title: Graduate Trainee Insurance Sales Executive
Company: Marsh McLennan
Job description: Company: Marsh
Description:
The Marsh Commercial Sales Team is a group of diverse, high performing, professional and client orientated Development Executives responsible for building and growing a portfolio of leading tier one clients. We have created a culture that thrives on support for each other as well as personal ambition.
We recruit for potential and not industry experience. We are looking for tenacious, driven individuals who aspire to build a fruitful career within the insurance industry. You will be given full sales training from experienced Sales Directors in Marsh, and have the opportunity to work with some of the most incredible UK based companies. You will also have the opportunity to build professional knowledge and skills through insurance qualifications.
We currently have opportunities to join our high performing Sales Practice and are inviting applications (with optional cover letter) to participate in our Assessment Day taking place in Spring 2024.
Graduate Sales/Development Executive – Central Birmingham
Marsh is a global leader in insurance broking and risk management. Marsh helps clients succeed by defining, designing, and delivering innovative industry-specific solutions that help them effectively manage risk. Marsh’s approximately 26,000 colleagues work together to serve clients in more than 130 countries.
We offer fantastic, long term and rewarding careers in Insurance Broking and Risk Management for ambitious and driven individuals.
Our market leading Corporate and Specialty broking teams operate in industry sectors such as Cyber & Technology, Retail, Food, Beverage and Leisure, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Professional Services and many others.
Joining us as a Development Executive in one of our successful industry practices provides you with a platform for a lasting career that provides endless training, professional qualifications funded by the business and a substantial benefits package accompanied by a very competitive base salary with excellent bonus earning potential.
What can you expect?
A platform to use your relationship building and stakeholder management skills in order to grow a portfolio of prospective Corporate clients
An opportunity to help shape and develop Marsh’s industry specialist proposition by showing expertise and leadership in your dedicated sector
To demonstrate your self-motivated and hardworking nature to meet and exceed set income targets
To drive quality, consistency and accuracy in all aspects of the sales process
What you will be rewarded with?
Competitive salary and performance based bonus
Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more
Generous Family Leave including: 6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options. To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary
Opportunity to achieve Chartered Insurance status via the Chartered Insurance Institute, fully funded by Marsh
We will count on you to:
Deliver sales and growth with a focus on your dedicated industry sector
Demonstrate strong team working ability in order to forge strong working relationships within the business to meet defined goals and targets
Provide insight and thought leadership within your dedicated sector and build profile through regular interaction with key stakeholders
What you need to have:
At least one year’s experience in the workplace
Excellent interpersonal skills to present to prospective clients and insurers
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Stakeholder management skills up to and including senior executive level
Be able to generate leads and follow these up to build a strong pipeline of potential insurance clients
What makes you stand out:
Resilient with previous work experience
Looking to develop an insurance career with a growth mind-set approach
Ambitious nature and a keen contributor within a team environment
Articulate with strong client facing and stakeholder management abilities
is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser. With over 35,000 colleagues operating in more than 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of (NYSE: MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue approaching US $17 billion and 76,000 colleagues worldwide, MMC helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: , , , and . Follow Marsh on Twitter ; ; ; and , or subscribe to .
Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at to discuss any specific needs.
