Senior Sales Representative – San Jose/San Francisco

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $83.7k - $161.8k / year

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Mercury Insurance

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1962

🚘 Automotive

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Automotive • Consulting • Logistics

Mercury Insurance is a leading provider of insurance products, focusing on protecting individuals and their assets with a commitment to privacy and customer service. The company operates through independent agents and offers a range of insurance services including auto, home, and other personal insurance products. Mercury Insurance prioritizes the security of personal information and compliance with privacy laws, ensuring that customer data is handled with care and only shared when necessary for account servicing or as legally required.

📋 Description

• Results-based planning for weekly in-person or virtual sales calls within assigned agency assignments. • Provides timely feedback and recommendations to management concerning market conditions, service levels, and effectiveness of Company programs. • Responds to telephone and written correspondence, comments, questions, and concerns from agents and/or customers. • Effectively identifies and vets potential agency prospects. • Selects agencies where mutually beneficial relationships will produce profitable business from the agency with the Company. • Assists management with special assignments outside of established responsibilities. • Successfully completes seminars/courses to enhance contributions to the team through application of expanded knowledge and skills. • Assists with interviews and/or trains new hired employees as needed. • Responsible for profitable development of agencies within assigned agency assignments. • Influences agents to quote and sell Mercury products to customers. • Executes the sales strategy of growing Mercury market share within assigned territory. • Adjusts sales tactics based on company goals and climate of the industry. • Coordinate with other team members and departments to optimize company sales goals. • Provide mentoring and training to less experienced sales representatives. • Maintain a well-developed pipeline of agent prospects. • Articulates a need-based sales process that is mutually beneficial and identifies solutions to agency needs. • Completes strategic plan for assigned agencies to identify opportunities and potential challenges. • Shows initiative and the ability to resolve a variety of complex issues with minimal supervision. • Has thorough knowledge of Mercury’s systems and point of sales platform and can assist agencies when needed. • Ensure that agency teams are fully trained. • Understands Mercury focus, business appetites and capitalizes on opportunities to sell Mercury products. • Articulates company position and seeks out business with appropriate agencies to meet objectives. • Drives results through regular contact with assigned agencies, utilizing effective communication backed with data and metrics to achieve a mutually agreed upon plan. • Holds agency owners accountable for mutually agreed upon goals. • Able to communicate and explain difficult situations and achieve buy-in. • Provides consistent follow-up and follow-through with agency partners and Mercury team members. • Utilizes data analytic tools to coach agents on overall performance in assigned territory.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience • Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record (as determined by Company policy) required. • Minimum: At least 5 years of experience in sales with at least 3 years of Property & Casualty insurance industry experience required. • Must have strong, professional written, phone, and virtual communication skills to effectively collaborate and build relationships with agency staff and team members. • Must be comfortable in participating in video conference calls as needed. • Must be able to interact professionally with agencies and other team members to accomplish territory goals. • Must be able to communicate effectively to support Company policies on complex issues, offer technical guidance, and facilitate training sessions as needed. • Analytical skills – understand and interpret data. • Business agility; can pivot and adjust quickly. • Creative and resourceful. • Must be able to work independently under minimal supervision to train agencies virtually and in-person during on-site visits. • Must be able to travel by airline 10% of the time for company meetings or events. • Must be able to travel by automobile 90% of the time for on-site visits to agencies. • Strong organization and time management skills. • Ability to motivate, monitor and develop assigned agencies to maintain a knowledgeable and well-trained agency force. • Negotiating and mediating skills to achieve resolutions and explain Company policies. • Ability to analyze complex reports and multi-task assigned projects. • Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products. • Working knowledge of CRM system(s)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions • Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours) • Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus) • Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance • 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match • Engaging work environment • Promotional opportunities • Education assistance • Professional and personal development opportunities • Company recognition program • Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more