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Job Description:

Job Summary: The Regional Sales Manager will lead the field management team of his/her assigned branches to expand Sun Life’s manpower and business. He/she will oversee the execution of agreed strategic and tactical action plans to ensure delivery of the objectives for the short to medium term.

Preferred skills:

•    In-depth knowledge of agency fundamentals:  sales & management process, rewards & recognition, performance management, compensation

•    In-depth knowledge and skills in management:  visioning and goal-setting, business review and planning, execution and monitoring, managing resources, managing change, managing conflict

•    Basic knowledge in financial products & personal financial planning

•    Basic knowledge: actuarial & product development, underwriting & policy administration, investment, agency compliance, government regulations relating to insurance sales

Qualifications: College graduate of any business related course. Total of 8 years’ experience in sales organizations from insurance, pre-need, banking, real estate, direct marketing; of which 3 years was spent in life insurance.

Responsibilities:

1. Branch planning and monitoring:  Ensure that every NBO goes through a business review, goal-setting and action planning and progress monitoring that is aligned to company objectives & practices.  

2. Manpower expansion:  Drive initiatives that will enable the NBOs to achieve their manpower target.  Initiatives shall include, but not limited to:  BOFs, recruitment & selection clinics, activity monitoring, MC & UM appointment, ISO expansion. 

3. Productivity improvement:  Drive initiatives that will improve productivity of advisors (i.e. activity ratio, case count & case size, PLAN B qualification).  Initiatives shall include, but not limited to:  segmented interventions, moving up programs, customer engagement activities (e.g. FP and client forum), and activity management.  

4. Execution discipline:  Strengthen the execution discipline of the branch management teams.  Enable NBOs to implement established business practices and guidelines consistently (e.g. JFW, unit meetings, market conduct standards, etc.).Resource management:  Utilize available resources to achieve cluster objectives.   

5. Manage team performance through resource & execution planning, business & performance review, mentoring and coaching, and staff engagement activities.

Job Category:

Sales - Distribution Support

Posting End Date:

29/06/2025