Entry Level Sales Professional

Altitude Development Group • Muskogee, OK

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Altitude is hiring a competitive, driven salesperson for an outside sales role in an assigned territory. The Entry Level Territory Sales Associate calls on small and medium-sized businesses across a variety of industries, meets face-to-face with business owners and decision-makers, and presents supplemental insurance products and services to businesses and their employees. The role involves working independently while collaborating with a sales team, developing relationships, adapting sales approaches to clients’ needs, and building a personal book of business. Training is provided, and advancement is based on individual performance.

Requirements

• Already hold, or be willing and able to obtain, a Health & Life general lines producer license.
• A bachelor’s degree or at least 4 years of professional post-high-school work experience.
• Candidates within 6 months or less of completing a degree will be considered.
• Candidates with less than 4 years of professional work experience may be considered if they have relevant or specialized outside sales experience.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant or specialized outside sales experience.

Responsibilities

• Respond to general emails and phone calls from clients.
• Set follow-up appointments with prospective and current clients to review their needs.
• Attend scheduled calls or meetings with the sales team or manager.
• Call on new businesses, referrals, and existing clients who need to be re-serviced.
• Build and maintain a personal book of business.
• Meet with the sales team manager as needed to discuss and set upcoming monthly and quarterly sales goals and quotas.
• Develop relationships with local business owners in the assigned territory.
• Set a personal schedule of working hours and submit it to the sales manager each week.
• Follow up on provided sales leads and cold-call businesses in person, balancing lead generation with warm leads and appointments with existing clients.
• Submit sales metrics and activity daily.
• Meet with business owners, benefits managers, and employees, and give product presentations to employee groups.

Benefits

• Licensing reimbursement.
• Virtual classroom training and hands-on sales training in the assigned territory.
• Weekly draw pay, with bonuses and commission eligibility upon starting.
• Quarterly and annual incentive trips, cash bonuses, and stock share bonuses.
• Advancement and promotions based on personal performance.
• Ongoing professional development, advanced sales training, and leadership training.
• Increased schedule flexibility once an established book of business is built.
• A workplace culture described as family-like, with driven and caring colleagues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level