Assistant/Deputy Agency Director, Southern Region (Jb Or Batu Pahat)

Job Description
Job ID: 002061

We are looking for a highly motivated and high achiever with strong interest in business and enjoy meeting people to join us in our Agency Southern Region Department.

You possess good interpersonal skills and enjoy working as part of a business development team. You appreciate the challenges working together with a dynamic agency force and have the passion to motivate them to achieve targets and beyond. For this role, you are required to provide support to Agency Director on business development activities in terms of production and recruitment. Also, you are responsible for business goal of the assigned branches in production, recruitment, training and manpower development, persistency and new market growth. You are required to work closely with Branch Admin Head to increase the profitability of business and organize branch monthly meeting with all Group Sales Managers and Unit Sales Managers for effective communication and changes.

You are a self-starter, possess confidence and excellent communication skills in order to interact with people of all levels across business lines, branches and support functions as well as agency force. Being able to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment will allow you to excel in this role.
Other responsibilities for the role include:
Organize recruitment seminar, Business Opportunity Programme (BOP), recruitment activities and sales seminar to increase productivity
Organise road-show for new product launching and awareness campaign
Monitor sales & recruitment performance
Plan and conduct training for the agency force, such as PEP, BAMC, RFP, PCE, CEILI, new products
Assist Agency Director in all communication to all parties
Report regularly on progress of Agency Financing Scheme as well as recruitment updates
Support Agency Director in other business development related matters as required
Support the agency administration in the area of activation/appointment of agents and to grant ad hoc authority for the payment to agents/agency, e.g., commission payment

Job Requirements
The Person:
Possess a recognized degree in Insurance, Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics or any business-related field
Between 2-3 years of working experience in a business development, marketing, distribution, or sales line in insurance, unit trust, banking or FMCG environment
Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills, with a demonstrable track record in sales/marketing/business development
Self-motivated, team-oriented, dynamic and hands-on, with high verbal and numerical literacy
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point and Words)
Good organizing skills and presentation skills
Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Preferably someone who can communicate in Mandarin
Willing to travel and must be able to base in JB Branch or Batu Pahat Branch