Director - Outsourced Logistics

Director - Outsourced Logistics, Freight Services, 3PL, Supply Chain and Marine Liabilities 

Are you eager to engage in a client-facing Director position while enhancing your technical insurance skills?

Ideally, you'll possess experience in Freight Services Liability or within the Logistics Industry, or at the very least, have a background in direct market broking and the ambition to specialise in a new business class. If this resonates with you, the London GBC Logistics team is seeking a Director to become part of their team, offering a hybrid role based in London at the Global Broking Centre.

Aon is in the business of better decisions 

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

In this wide and varied role your responsibilities will include but aren't limited to some of the following:

• Provide the highest level of service and technical expertise to clients.
• Attending and promoting Aon's Global Logistics Practice and the wider Aon group and conferences and events
• Developing client relationships through in person meetings and travel
• Negotiation and placement of renewal and new business in a contract certain process with a focus on face-to-face trading
• Review and drafting of insurance contracts, and issuing them to clients and insurers
• Sign insurance contracts with insurers via electronic placing platforms
• Prepare market presentations and broker submissions to broke client's enquiries to insurers
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with insurance Market and Underwriters
• Represent Aon, demonstrating an understanding of corporate objectives

How this opportunity is different

This is a technically demanding class of business that also requires extensive interaction with insurers. The Logistics team operates as an industry practice group for outsourced logistics and arranges insurance for a wide array clients, each with unique risk profiles, coverage needs, and policy wording requirements.

The team serves all clients within the outsourced/3PL world and is the excellence centre for our colleagues in the rest of the world.

The client base is diverse, encompassing multinational corporations as well as some slightly smaller operators. This presents an excellent opportunity to forge a broking career in a client-facing role, while working in a segment of insurance that will enhance your technical expertise.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Excellent technical insurance knowledge including policy wordings
• Experience in broking
• Ability to utilise insurance industry IT systems to efficiently deliver client service
• Experience of managing effective client relationships
• Strong intuition for business
• Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• High level of numeracy
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work well as part of a cross functional team
• Demonstrate integrity and professionalism

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.  We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.  

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. 

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email