Business Development Assistants / Officers Jobs in Nairobi, Nyeri & Mombasa, Kenya

Position: Business Development Assistant / Officer

Location: Nairobi, Nyeri & Mombasa

Industry: General Insurance

Reports to: Business Development Manager

Our Client, a leading International Insurance and financial provider in Kenya and the wider Eastern Africa region, is currently looking for a Business Development Assistant / 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 corporates 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 tojobs@flexi-personnel.com before Monday 3rd February 2014.

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