Now Hiring - Wm Schwartz & Co - PERSONAL INSURNCE LINES ACCOUNT MANAGER in Libertyville, IL

Full description of the position

Overview

Assist clients via warm leads to educate, provide quotes and sell Personal Insurance (auto, home/renters/condo and umbrella insurance) This is done by demonstrating advantages of our company's products, services and benefits while also overcoming objections to purchase.

Job Duties

The Wm. Schwartz & Company Auto & Home Inbound Sales team is responsible for interacting with current and prospective clients via the telephone. Through these interactions, Inbound Sales Representatives build deep and meaningful relationships that will result in the retention of existing and newly acquired clients. As the relationship is established, our sales team recommends and sells products and services to help our clients maximize their insurance resources to meet their goals.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Quote and sell automobile, homeowners and umbrella insurance products. Follow-up on missing information to close insurance sales via phone or email to prospective clients.
• Attend required training and continuing education requirements to maintain active Property Casualty licenses.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
• Candidates will be required to have their Property & Casualty license day of hire.
• Training and continuing education credits will be provided.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post-Secondary education.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills.
• Prior experience within a contact center or customer service.
• Ability and attitude to thrive in a high-paced, metric driven environment.
• Previous 3 plus years of sales experience in this type of position a plus!

License(s) Required

• Property & Casualty

Core Competencies

Self Management: The ability to prioritize and complete tasks in order to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames.

• Independently pursues business objectives in an organized and efficient manner
• Prioritizes activities as necessary to meet job responsibilities
• Maintains required level of activity toward achieving goals without direct supervision
• Minimizes work flow disruptions and time wasters to complete high quality work within a specified time frame

Goal Achievement: The overall ability to set, pursue and attain achievable goals, regardless of obstacles or circumstances.

• Establishes goals that are relevant, realistic and attainable
• Identifies and implements required plans and milestones to achieve specific business goals
• Initiates activity toward goals without unnecessary delay
• Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances

Results Orientation: The ability to identify actions necessary to complete tasks and obtain results.

• Maintains focus on goals
• Identifies and acts on removing potential obstacles to successful goal attainment
• Implements thorough and effective plans and applies appropriate resources to produce desired results
• Follows through on all commitments to achieve results.

Personal Accountability: A measure of the capacity to be answerable for personal actions.

• Accepts personal responsibility for the consequences of personal actions
• Avoids placing unnecessary blame on others
• Maintains personal commitment to objectives regardless of the success or failure of personal decisions
• Applies personal lessons learned from past failures to moving forward to achieving future successes

Resiliency: The ability to quickly recover from adversity.

• Continues toward goals in the face of difficulty and adversity
• Handles criticism and rejection from others with objectivity
• Recovers quickly from personal setbacks
• Moves past unforeseen obstacles without unnecessary delay

Planning And Organization: The ability to establish a process for activities that lead to the implementation of systems, procedures or outcomes.

• Defines plans and organizes activities necessary to reach targeted goals
• Organizes and utilizes resources in ways that maximize their effectiveness
• Implements appropriate plans and adjusts them as necessary
• Consistently demonstrates organization and detail orientation

Interpersonal Skills: The ability to interact with others in a positive manner.

• Initiates and develops business relationships in positive ways
• Successfully works with a wide range of people at varying levels of organizations
• Communicates with others in ways that are clear, considerate and understandable
• Demonstrates ease in relating with a diverse range of people of varying backgrounds, ages, experience and education levels

Customer Service: Anticipate, meet and/or exceed customer needs, wants and expectations.

Continuous Learning: Take initiative in learning and implementing new concepts, technologies and/or methods.

Persuasion: Able to convince others to change the way they think, believe or behave.

Written Communication: Able to convey complex ideas clearly, succinctly, and understandably

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Pay rate:

• Commission only

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Commission pay

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Office

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Libertyville, IL 60048: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Insurance Producer License (Required)
• Life Insurance License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person