Job Description

Overview

Do you have great Sales Account Management skills? Are you able to build strong relationships with our clients? Come and support our ATE sales team here at Markel.

The opportunity and work you’ll do at Markel is about making a meaningful difference. We’re a global community of optimists and problem-solvers who push each other to go further so we can help others realise their potential. Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity

It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows, and we have a great new role for a Sales Account Manager to join the team. The ATE sales team are based across the UK so this role can be located at either Croydon or Leeds. The Sales Account Manager will be responsible for handling both customer and underwriting relationships for our commercial ATE product. The position is key for driving growth and will require initiative, discipline and effective stakeholder management.

What you’ll be doing

• Identifying new leads and converting to new business – Cold and warm leads
• Manage marketing campaigns, following up via the telephone and booking appointments to help support commercial ATE and other income streams
• Achieve first call resolution and respond within agreed SLA’s
• Be the focal point of contact for all commercial ATE clients
• Cross sell all ATE products across Markel ATE solicitor network
• Establish and develop a good working relationship with solicitor firms and promote ATE division’s products & services. This will consist of maintaining existing clients and developing new ones
• Support BDM’s by organising, coordinating and managing diaries
• Be the main contact for our broker partners and underwriters on commercial ATE

Our must haves

• Experience in sales, telesales or recruitment
• Experience in insurance or ATE sales is an advantage but is not essential
• Experience in proactively identifying new leads/cross-selling and farming existing clients
• Excellent telephone etiquette and communication skills
• Excellent organisational and logistical skills

Who we are

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you

• A great starting salary plus generous sales bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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