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Sales Manager

Colonial Life

Sales Manager

Forest Lake, MN +37 locations
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    If you are interested in pursuing a career change, we would like to meet you.

    The reason we’ve earned 41 first-place awards from industry publication, Benefits Selling, including “BEST Enrollment Company Brokers Could Not Live Without” and “Easiest to Work With” is because our reputation for high performance results in acquiring and retaining new business is top tier in our industry.

    We believe the heart and soul of our success is our company culture. Colonial Life thrives on high energy, competition and having fun, all while helping people protect themselves and their families!

    Colonial Life is a leader in the benefits communications industry and our local office is expanding.

    Our openings are exclusive to candidates with the following attributes:

    Competitive

    Outgoing

    Honest

    Comfortable working independently, but in a team-oriented environment

    Excellent, professional communication skills

    Goal-oriented

    Responsibilities include:

    Acquisition of new business accounts

    Retention of existing business accounts

    Team management

    Client management

    Training and development of new sales reps

    Business communication and negotiation

    Marketing strategy

    Leadership development

    Time management

    Finance management (Personal and Business)

    Public speaking and decision maker presentations

    All Sales Managers are required to:

    Train, mentor, and motivate a team of sales agents with the help from corporate partners (in the form of recruiting and training support) business-to-business employee benefits sales

    Source, attract, interview and select quality individuals to join the company

    Conduct field training/joint field work with agency team

    Initiate and run sales meetings and orientations for new and veteran sales agents

    Prerequisites:

    1 year of B2B sales experience

    Experience in building and leading a team of sales agents

    Recruiting experience

    1 year in insurance sales

    Preferred:

    Life & Accident/Health Insurance License (Not required to apply, but must be willing to obtain)

    Strong work ethic

    Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

    Bilingual is a plus

  • Industry
    Financial Services
  • Locations
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