District Sales Manager

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $77.8k - $124.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

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Erie Insurance Group

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1925

🚘 Automotive

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Automotive • Consulting • Logistics

Erie Insurance Group is a provider of insurance services, focusing on various sectors including claims, customer service, underwriting, and risk management. The company offers a wide range of jobs and internships in fields such as actuarial and data analytics, finance, sales, and marketing, emphasizing its commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Erie Insurance aims to prepare its employees through robust training programs and encourages a culture of good service, aligning with its founding principles.

📋 Description

• Recruit, present, and sell the ERIE Agency Career to prospective Agents and producers • Select, hire, train, and develop new independent Agents into self-supporting company representatives • Influence independent Agents to sell ERIE products and services • Train Agents on products, underwriting, servicing, and Agency operations • Oversee Policyholder, Agent, and claimant complaints and inquiries • Address underperforming Agents with the branch manager and enforce contractual performance • Maintain expertise in ERIE commercial, personal, and life products, IT tools, and sales resources • Support adoption and management of underwriting and technology tools, policies, plans, and objectives • Provide local input for rate reviews • Serve as Agents’ direct link to the company and provide communications about initiatives and changes • Act as a field underwriter for extraordinary property and casualty risks within binding authority limits • Resolve Agent sales and customer service problems with branch and home office staff • Implement customer service, marketing, sales, and underwriting best practices at Agency level • Sponsor and manage sales contests, promotions, and incentives • Sell ERIE products and services as a licensed, non-commission company Agent • Help Agents identify and solve Agency-level sales and marketing problems • Develop and implement Agency and district business plans and budgets • Achieve annual P/C and EFL sales, profitability, and market-share objectives • Assess Agency performance trends and conduct reviews of underwriting, profitability, and compliance results • Partner with Agents on corrective action when necessary

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent of four years of sales, underwriting, claims, or marketing experience, required • Three years of sales, underwriting, claims, or marketing experience, or participation in the DSM Training Program, required • Must live in the assigned territory unless a company-approved change is granted • Understanding of and commitment to ERIE’s 'Above All in Service' philosophy • Extensive local travel, including overnight stays, required • Proficiency with spreadsheet, word processing, and email software • Related industry designations such as CIC, CPCU, or CLU preferred • Valid driver’s license and good driving record required • Ability to perform frequent driving and occasional lifting, moving, pushing, pulling, climbing, and computer use

🏖️ Benefits

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents, beginning the first day of work • Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums, with Erie paying up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs • Traditional pension plan, with full-time employees vested after five years of service • 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match • Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days, and parental leave • Tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations • Company-paid basic life insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Orthodontic coverage for children and adults • Adoption assistance • Fertility and infertility coverage • Well-being programs • Paid volunteer hours • Dollar-for-dollar matching of charitable gifts • Company car with paid gas card • Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment