Partnership Distribution Consultant
Covering South East
Band 4
To purpose of this role is to provide business-banking partners with hands on coaching, development and sales support that will enable them to effectively promote CIGNA’s health care product to the bank’s business customers in a professional and competent manner.
The Role:
- To provide banking partners with ‘hands on’ campaign implementation support that is cognisant of the opportunities and challenges associated with generating health care sales in a business banking environment
- Ensure all relevant regulatory requirements are adhered to (banking or insurance related) while offering training and coaching on promoting the product
- Provide feedback within CIGNA on areas of marketing success to ensure the continued improvement of the CIGNA proposition and to assist in the planning and development of new marketing / sales initiatives within the business banking sector
- Provide ‘local’ training and sales support on the CIGNA product to ensure our banking partners are comfortable with the technical aspects of the product and the best way to ‘sell’ the product to business banking clients
- Troubleshoot problem areas / commercial centres and provide support to get them actively promoting the CIGNA product
- Promote campaigns at commercial centre and ensure banking staff are aware of what they are required to do to promote the CIGNA product
- Monitor performance within the commercial and sales teams to ensure that business targets are achieved and provide additional support (training / coaching / motivation) where areas are not successfully promoting the health care product
Qualifications and Skills Required:
- Good Level of Education / Preferably a Relevant Degree – But Experience More Critical.
- Financial Planning Certificate (Preferable)
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Influencer (able to engage others)
- Good Communicator / Report Writer
- Good Planning / Organisational Skills
- Training & Development Skills
- Implementation / Management (Campaign)
- Lateral Thinker
- Target Focused
- Tenacious
- Enthusiastic / Energetic
- Analytical
To apply, please send a comprehensive CV and covering letter to sarah.mcildowie@CIGNA.com or by post to Sarah Mcildowie, Human Resources, CIGNA International, 1 Knowe Road, Greenock PA15 4RJ.
Please note the closing date for applications is Friday 13th June 2008.