Now Hiring - Plageman Agency Inc - Professional Services Inside Sales in Park Ridge, IL

Job Summary
The Insides Sales role markets, prospects, and sells American Family Insurance products in all product lines. Maintains effective customer relationships, understands customers' needs, and matches them with appropriate product and service offerings. Promotes brand awareness through participation in agency and community events.

Responsibilities

• Develops knowledge of the local market dynamics for business development opportunities for all product lines
• Helps the Agency grow by using consultative selling techniques to sell insurance products to new customers
• Proactively cross-sells and or coordinates with agency team members to provide additional coverage to existing customers
• Prospects for new business through leads, telephone calls, networking events, trade shows, and personal contacts
• Secures new business through individual effort and established lead methods
• Prepares quotations and applications and delivers effective presentations in order to close sales

Qualifications

• Active Property & Casualty license.
• Ability to work independently to plan, set priorities and organize work
• Active involvement in the local community.
• Demonstrated sales and customer service experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience with PC software applications (Microsoft Office Suites, Internet Explorer, etc.)
• Spanish bilingual preferred but not required.

This position is an Agency Team Member working for the Agency Owner and is not an employee of American Family Insurance.