Professional Telemarketer

**About the job**

**Company**

Established in 1940, our Leeds based client is one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers and financial advisers.

Recognised for their enduring focus on clients and employees, in the last 3 years alone they have been named as UK Broker of the Year, Commercial Lines Broker of the Year, the UK’s #1 Financial Adviser in the Financial Times Top 100 and Best Employer at the Yorkshire Financial Awards.

Today, the business is proudly managed by the third generation of their family, acting for businesses, charities, and individuals across the UK - from regional manufacturing firms to large financial institutions. Their private clients include families they have worked with for generations.

**_ Salary - Circa 30k (depending on experience) + commission_**

**_ Hours - Full time and part time hours will be considered._**

**_ Remote working options available_**

To undertake and be responsible for the following telemarketing, pipeline management and associated activities:
**Telemarketing**
- To contact pre-identified prospective clients
- To identify and speak to the decision makers on insurance buying
- To promote business services and products, and obtaining permission to provide introductory marketing material
- To identify renewal dates, existing broker relationships, key insurers, annual premium and fee/commission costs and any other relevant information to assist in the prospecting of the target client
- To ensure an effective and prompt hand-over of individual prospective client information to the designated colleague

***Pipeline Management**
- To undertake prospect database cleansing activities
- To promptly and accurately update and maintain databases of prospective client data
- To assist in the further development of prospective client databases, through the addition of new potential clients
- To manage a diary system thereby supporting the ongoing contact strategy for the prospective client databases
- To accurately process and control marketing documentation and general correspondence
- To ensure that all prospecting responses are documented and delivered in a timely manner
- To participate fully in new business initiatives, contributing ideas to these wherever possible

You have a proven track record in outbound sales within a professional services company, consistently delivering your targets. You’re a self-motivated, confident, and reliable individual, a committed team player able to work under pressure.
- You are qualified, committed to self-development and technically minded
- You practice good work habits: setting priorities and goals and following through on commitments
- You are known for integrity, candour, authenticity, transparency, and being non-political
- You are self-disciplined and self-reliant
- You consistently demonstrate strong performance so colleagues can rely upon you
- You can work in a target driven, face paced, changing environment

**The Rewards**
- Competitive salary
- Enhanced pension contributions (5% employee, 7% employer)
- Private Healthcare
- Income protection
- Wellbeing allowance (for use towards health and lifestyle costs)
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (option to buy up to 5 additional days)
- Annual salary reviews
- Recently modernised office with on site gym, showers, wellbeing library and more
- Frequent social events
- Volunteering leave allowance