Junior Key Account Manager at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose of the role

• To drive the Discovery value proposition with our SOE stakeholders, through building and maintaining those relationships, superior client servicing, with the ability to increase sales of the Mass Market product offerings through identifying new business opportunities and amplifying existing opportunities

Key Responsibilities

Your tasks will typically involve:

• Increase DHMS and Flexicare product sales.
• Provide expert technical training at, employer and member level.
• Relationship building with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct On site inductions.
• Implement activations, wellness support initiatives and employer led projects as required.
• Identify opportunities for sales and marketing initiatives and onsite activations.
• Consistently deliver Discovery Health value proposition.
• Escalated query resolution and troubleshooting
• Keep up to date with competitor products and service offering and industry developments and trends

Personal Attributes and skills:

• Logical, analytical problem-solving ability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to take accountability, responsibility and ownership.
• Able to take initiative and exercise sound judgment and decision making.
• Ability to work in a highly pressurised, target oriented environment.
• Ability to deal positively with change and uncertainty.
• Strong business acumen.
• Strong sales and persuasive skills.
• Strong quality orientation.
• Good organizational skills.
• Proactive, self-motivated.
• Able to identify, nurture and develop talent.
• Customer oriented.
• Ability to meet deadlines timeously.

Qualifications and Experience:

Qualifications

• Matric
• NQF Level 5 – Wealth Management or Financial Planning or similar
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite

Experience

• Sound Health industry experience ( Medical Aid and Medical Insurance)
• 2 – 3 years’’ client facing working experience
• Relationship Management or Sales Experience (advantageous)

Requirements

• Valid driver’s licence and an insured and reliable car
• Smart-phone
• Willingness to travel