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Responsible for achieving sales and recruiting goals within assigned territories by actively recruiting General Agents (GAs), maintaining contractual relationships with existing GA's, and promoting company products.
Job Responsibility:
Operate assigned region within sales forecast in order to exceed objectives in both quantity and quality of sales, while providing a full range of management and sales services for assigned geographic territory
Recruit qualified General Agents who meet the company’s profile and hiring guidelines
minimum recruiting goals shall be established annually
Build relationships with key distributors and producers
attend major producer events sponsored by key partners
exude comfort and confidence in making presentations to groups of producers, becoming a trusted advisor to agents and agencies, and in general adding value to our key distributors
Maintain an appropriate business mix and persistency in the region by becoming knowledgeable about the products, market conduct, and sales practices
Actively pursue opportunities to collaborate with other Home Office employees, and where necessary work across all business units for the best results for Sammons Financial Group Companies as a whole
Understand and communicate all of the Company’s life products, their uses, applications and sales scenarios for each
promote their use in a variety of situations and recommend to the Company additional products or changes that will positively affect our results
Provide documentation and recommendations on agency development issues as needed
Assert corrective action to remedy sales practices that are detrimental to the client or the Company
these actions may include the following: additional training of the distributor or producer with regard to profitability measures, paid case ratio, persistency and debit balances
directives to the producer to stop detrimental sales practices, termination of producers
Prepare and present detailed and time-sensitive reports which reflect the progress made toward the accomplishment of objectives by measuring the region’s activity, recruiting, and sales
Support expense management by completing accurate travel expense reports on a timely basis
Attend Home Office and industry training meetings
Frequent in-region travel for agent meetings
approximately 50% overnight or road travel expected
Maintain a full time work schedule as established by the Company
Writing insurance or receiving override compensation on new business with other insurance companies is not acceptable in this position
Report activity into Company ‘CRM’ on a weekly basis
Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity)
As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands
Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree with emphasis in Marketing, Business Administration, Economics, or equivalent business experience
Minimum 5 years' experience in financial services industry with demonstrated successful track record
Sales management experience
Demonstrated strong ability to articulate the Company’s strategy and tell a compelling story about strengths, culture, values and our drive to succeed
Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills
Demonstrated positive, professional image and conduct, which adheres to the Company’s core values
Demonstrated exceptional working knowledge of life insurance products
Criminal background check required
If the position is in the SIG business unit, Annuity New Business Securities team, or if we are holding securities licenses, FINRA regulations require fingerprinting for this position
if we are holding securities licenses, a credit check will also be required
Nice to have:
ChFC
CLU
What we offer:
Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan
Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays
Incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance
Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture