The Role
Customer Sales Advisor
Full Time
Permanent position
Location: Canterbury
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm
Introduction to NFU Mutual:
NFU Mutual offers a wide range of products and services, including general insurance, life, pensions and investments and has been providing quality insurance for its customers for over 110 years. We carefully balance delivering excellent service to our customers whilst ensuring the business is run effectively. As a mutual, supporting our customers and paying their claims comes first. We are a top ten UK insurance company and the UK’s largest rural insurer, with an agency network of over 250 local offices.
About the Agency:
As a local agency of NFU Mutual, we deliver a first-class service and sell their product range across our region to customers old and new, who are at the core of everything we do. We are a business where honesty, integrity, and trust are at the heart of our values. We champion the personal approach to customer service that NFU Mutual is famous for.
An exciting opportunity has now arisen within the Canterbury and Sittingbourne Agency.
About the role:
As a Customer Sales Advisor within our team, you’ll be working at the very heart of an expanding local business. Once trained, you will specialise in insurance and financial services and be able to provide exceptional customer service when handling new enquiries, alterations and renewals. Responsible for generating new business, you will plan, prospect and manage your own leads. Proactively maximising sales by both cross-selling products to existing clients and generating new business, you’ll apply your excellent telephone manner to make the most of every prospect and promote the organisation at every turn. This includes introducing our Financial Services offerings which are delivered by our dedicated Financial Adviser.
About you
You will be liaising with clients, Agents and underwriters, therefore excellent communication skills and a professional telephone manner are a must. You will demonstrate competent use of Microsoft software, Customer Relationship Management systems and must display excellent literacy skills. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and highly organised individual with a positive and can-do attitude. Previous experience of working within a similar role is desirable, but not essential.
As a confident individual, you’ll consistently translate potential into revenue and will relish the challenge to drive growth of a truly customer-focused local business. We need an ambitious, friendly person with solid sales experience to make the most of all that potential. You’ll deliver the award-winning service NFU Mutual has become renowned for, introduce their respected brand and sell its products to a whole host of new and existing businesses in the area. Attention to detail, the ability to multi-task and a willingness to learn are also key.
Our commitment to you:
We offer a professional, hardworking yet supportive and friendly environment with strong team ethos and ethical practices. To allow you to perform to your best, we will invest in your personal development and provide a comprehensive training plan and the ability to develop your role within our business. You will be nurtured and recognised as a pivotal part of our supportive and successful team. If you believe you could contribute to our business and would enjoy sharing our lovely office environment, then we want you as part of our team.
Salary is dependent on skills and experience.
Please apply in writing with CV and covering letter to: charlotte-blue_rook@nfumutual.co.uk
Closing date for all applications: 2nd December 2024.
Please note you will be employed by an Agent of NFU Mutual and not NFU Mutual directly.
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