Account Executive

Description and Requirements
Sales Account Executive (Individual Protection)
Job Location: Brighton (3 days in the office, 2 at home)
You will need to be within a commutable distance to our Brighton Office.

• £27,000-31,500 (depending on experience) base
• £54,000 OTE (base + commission)

We Prioritize Your Career Development
We navigate your career growth together, providing you with tools, resources, and the support needed to expand and elevate your skillset. Whether it's through regular check-ins with your manager for career development or our learning experience platform, which offers learning content and projects aligned to your skills and career goals, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous learning. We provide a variety of workforce and leadership development workshops along with access to industry leading content providers, and much more. Because at MetLife, our goal is to help you unlock the career opportunities you aspire to achieve.
Benefits
We are proud to reward our colleagues with benefits that make a difference to them and their community. Along with a competitive base salary and annual discretionary bonus (plus commission, if you are a sales professional) you will also get the following:

• Pension plan - The MetLife Group UK Personal Pension Plan is a defined contribution (DC) pension plan and includes a core contribution provided to all employees of 9%, together with the option to receive further company-matched contributions up to an additional 4%. So, if you contribute 4%, MetLife will contribute 13%.
• Life assurance - employee (4x salary)
• Annual leave - 25 days and you can buy* or sell holiday (trade up or sell up to five days' holiday)
• Income protection - 60% of salary
• Private medical insurance

Role Value Proposition:
Securing this role will provide you with career progression, from Sales Account Executive to any and all of the following: Business Development Consultant, Strategic Account Manager, Sales Manager, Sales Team Leader.
As a Sales Account Executive you will promote and sell MetLife's Individual Protection product range predominately over the phone but also face-to-face to intermediaries to deliver against targets, whilst simultaneously delivering exceptional customer service and demonstrating MetLife's values in all aspects of the role.
Imperative to the Sales Account Executive role is building key relationships with a panel of advisers and engaging them with MetLife's protection product. You will be there to support, motivate and drive a panel of advisers and will be the front-line support for MetLife Protection.
Sales Account Executive Essential Experience :
(MetLife will consider all applicants, including those that are not a 100% match to the required, please apply)

• Relevant sales development / generation experience

Sales Account Executive Essential Skills :
(MetLife will consider all applicants, including those that are not a 100% match to the required, please apply)

• Excellent call handling skills; to listen, build rapport, acknowledge and deal effectively and efficiently with all adviser enquiries with the ability to proactively develop strong relationships over the telephone.
• Driven
• Personable, friendly, able to build relationships easily
• Self-organised and motivated, able to work on own initiative and manage a variety of tasks
• Articulate with strong communication skills
• Self-aware and empathetic
• Supportive and helpful team player
• Resilience to deal with setbacks positively

MetLife will assist in the funding of Professional Fees for employees where it is relevant and aligned to your position within the organisation. MetLife reserve the right to make a judgement on whether the subscription is relevant or not to your role as well as cease the payment at any time. This type of subscription will not incur "benefit in kind" tax.
At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.
Benefits We Offer
Our benefits are designed to care for your holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer health care coverage for you and your family, insurance discounts for home, car, and pet protection, as well as parental leave. We also provide premium gym membership for you and your direct relatives, volunteer time off, discounts with specific universities, flexible Fridays, connectivity reimbursement, and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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