Account Representative - State Farm Agent Team Member

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development

About our Agency:
I opened my agency in 1990, but my State Farm career began long before thatI started as a team member in my dads office before earning the opportunity to run my own. State Farm truly runs in the family. My husband, son-in-law, daughter, brother, dad, and even two cousins are all State Farm agents as well.

We are a small office but we leverage the other offices in our family of agencies to motivate and learn from each other. With a small agency, the opportunity to learn and grow in your career will come so much faster.

I offer paid holidays, a Simple IRA, health benefits, work-life balance, and reimbursement for licensing costs. My office is small, but our team works extremely well together and supports one another every day.

Im looking for someone who wants a real careernot just a job. Someone independent, motivated, and excited about the chance to grow their skillset and their income. If you're driven to make your own paycheck and ready to learn, the sky truly is the limit here.

Position Overview:
I am a local State Farm Insurance Agent looking to hire an outgoing and customer-focused individual who enjoys working with the public. Do you aspire to some day run your own business, be an advisor looked to in your community, and lead a team? As part of my successful team, I will assist in developing your business leadership skills, industry and State Farm business acumen, as well as sales and marketing experience. This development and mentoring can lead you in the right direction to better prepare you for a potential career as a State Farm agent. As part of this opportunity, you will learn from an experienced agent, see what it's like to run a business and help grow an agency.

Responsibilities:

• Develop leads, schedule appointments, identify customer needs, and market appropriate products and services.
• Establish customer relationships and follow up with customers, as needed.
• Provide prompt, accurate, and friendly customer service. Service can include responding to inquiries regarding insurance availability, eligibility, coverages, policy changes, transfers, claim submissions, and billing clarification.
• Work with the agent to establish and meet marketing goals.
• Use a customer-focused, needs-based review process to educate customers about insurance options.
• Maintain a strong work ethic with a total commitment to success each and every day.
• Adaption of skills necessary to operate a business.

Requirements:

• Sales experience (outside sales or inside sales representative, retail sales associate, or telemarketing) preferred
• Successful track record of meeting sales goals/quotas preferred
• Interest in marketing products and services based on customer needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and listening
• People-oriented
• Organizational skills
• Self-motivated
• Detail oriented
• Proactive in problem solving
• Dedicated to customer service
• Pride in getting work done accurately and timely
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to make presentations to potential customers
• Achieve mutually agreed upon marketing goals
• Provide timely and thorough activity reports to agent
• Ability to assess customer needs and conduct effective interviews
• Ability to effectively relate to a customer
• Ability to execute a detailed business plan
• Property & Casualty license (must be able to obtain)
• Life & Health license (must be able to obtain)
• Selected candidate is expected to remain current in product changes, licensing, technical developments, and continuing education
• Position may require irregular working hours

My Training Program Includes:

• Learning to market property/casualty, life, health and bank products
• Setting sales and growth goals
• Working closely with the agent to gain an understanding of the agents role and office logistics

If you are motivated to succeed and can see yourself in this role, please complete our application. We will follow up with you on the next steps in the interview process.