Partnerships Account Manager
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
Location
Romford, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
About us
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
IntroductionResponsible for maintaining and growing our long term profitable partnership with a major affinity partner in the UK leisure sector.
Working at a senior level across our business to optimise profitability.
Managing and engaging with our partner on a day to day basis, seeking new business growth opportunities and contributing towards the development and strategic direction of our affinity partnership with them.
How you'll make an impact- Build and monitor a joint strategic plans, regularly evaluating performance and ensuring that we meet our agreed SLAs.
- Work with relevant colleagues in the business to ensure that all arrangements are correctly resourced.
- Hold regular performance calls to a mutually agreed schedule.
- Negotiate with suppliers to ensure optimisation of our product offerings and income.
- Provide detailed sales and operational data, working closely with Devitt/Gallagher colleagues.
- Ensure maximisation of conversion and retention rates.
- Ensure that the relationship is maintained and deepened at every opportunity and in line with our agreed objectives and contractual arrangements.
- Monitor and report internally on account performance within agreed timescales.
- Work closely with Gallagher and Partner colleagues to support lead generation and sales growth.
- Deliver agreed sales plans and support with quarterly business reviews and biannual Steering Groups.
- Maintain a strong knowledge and awareness of the personal lines insurance market, especially as it applies to the products and services we fulfil for our Partner.
- Support at industry events.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues in relation to the insurance solutions we provide.
About you- Cert CII, Dip CII and educated to degree standard or equivalent is desirable.
- Robust knowledge of general insurance with a focus on personal lines and with proven client relationship management experience.
- Able to demonstrate innovative ideas based on industry trends.
- Strong negotiation skills, proven ability to grow, nurture and develop effective relationships.
- Evidence of effectively prioritising risks to manage concurrent workflow and competing priorities.
- Thrive on working towards and exceeding deadlines, able to quickly grasp and interpret salient information to maximise growth opportunities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, forward planning attitude with a result driven mind-set.
- Ability to engage and motivate others, confident in presenting to audiences at all levels.
- Manage transition and ambiguity with a high level of insight.
- Maintain the highest degree of ethics and integrity with a clear client focus.
- Proficient in MS Office.
- Eligible to work in the UK.
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include:
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
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Additional informationGallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments with your application, please get in touch with [email protected]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
If this sounds like somewhere you’d like to join, we'd love to hear from you!
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