Sales Executive, Personal Insurance - Charlotte NC

What Is the Opportunity?

The Sales Executive Team is dedicated to navigating and managing a high performing sales culture in person and/or virtually which contributes to the overall success of the Personal Insurance (PI) business. The team executes on industry-leading sales strategies aligned with business objectives, builds effective relationships with customers, distribution partners and fellow employees, and creates tactical sales plans for profitable growth through extensive product knowledge and state of the art sales and influencing tactics. The team also uses digitally advanced strategies to move the business forward, leads the relationships with our aggregator/networking groups, and partners with the agent to imbed into higher producing revenue streams.

As a Sales Executive, PI, you will manage and develop a moderately complex group of Travelers agency assignments/territories, optimize growth within defined new business, retention and profitability goals and deliver success within Travelers' framework of Corporate values. You will act as a brand ambassador to sell the Travelers value proposition to distribution partners.

What Will You Do?

• Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to expand and manage a portfolio of business, with the objective of driving profitable growth.
• Own assigned territory, including business development, leveraging performance metrics to create annual plans and manage territorial performance.
• Conduct in-depth agency diagnostics to assess performance and identify growth opportunities.
• Facilitate agency appointments and build long-term relationships through office visits (both in person and virtual).
• Possess strong influencing and negotiation skills to encourage agency partners to adopt Travelers products and services.
• Collaborate with internal teams, such as Product and Underwriting to ensure alignment of sales strategies with business objectives.
• Understand Travelers Enterprise focus and seize opportunities to cross-sell Travelers products by discussing with business partners in other lines.
• May identify book transfer opportunities.
• Develop knowledge of competitor products and capabilities and local market trends.
• Leverage advanced data and analytics for sales decisions and performance measurement, leveraging extensive knowledge of Travelers' systems and platforms to support the sales process.
• Utilize AI technologies to optimize industry processes, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation, while continuously learning and adapting to emerging AI trends and tools.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor's degree in sales, marketing, business or related field. Four or more years of insurance sales or related experience managing a book of business, driving significant sales growth, achieving sales targets, conducting agency diagnostics and utilizing digital sales tools. Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) (or willingness to pursue).

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

• Strong knowledge of Travelers products and general Property & Casualty marketplace.
• Proven ability to collaboratively build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to define goals and priorities and meet these goals in a timely manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills to manage complex tasks and priorities to meet sales goals and deadlines effectively.

Must Have

• Three years of professional experience in sales, sales support or relevant insurance field.
• Must live in the territory that they manage and have the ability to travel up to 75% of the time.