Job title: Business Development Representative

Company: April

Job description: Nominated as MGA of the Year in 2020 and 2021, APRIL Canada develops and offers a wide range of insurance products for personal and commercial lines. We work with over 1,500 brokerages with flexible, competitive products adapted to the needs of insureds, with a growing share of online distribution.

Part of the APRIL Group with 2,500 employees worldwide, APRIL Canada currently employs 120 people in 3 offices (Toronto, Calgary and Brossard).

We are currently looking for a BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTIVE for our Ontario brokers, based in Ontario, to reinforce our Business development team, reporting to the Manager of Business Development.

What we expect from you for this position:

Your main role is to explain and promote APRIL products and appetites, as well as push our brokers to use our online service on our APRIL ON portal. Your action will be targeted to our existing broker network, as well as establishing new business relationships.

Your role will include:

• Meeting brokers daily to understand their strategy and highlight touchpoints with APRIL’s priorities
• Taking all necessary actions to get brokers to use our online portal APRIL ON: demo, training, giving credentials
• Being active in training brokers through our accredited APRIL Academy courses
• Create new accredited training to continue the growth of April Academy
• Reporting weekly activity in APRIL CRM
• Analyzing broker performance numbers and proactively offering ways to develop the brokerage’s business
• Staying open to growth opportunities through book roll over or special programs
• Attending industry meetings and events, including activity on social media, increasing APRIL offer awareness
• Be creative on new ways to generate new business
• Connecting to the rest of the APRIL team (underwriters, directors, digital, marketing, other business developers) to feed them with some feedback from the field in order to stay relevant

You’ll fit in our team if you:

• Have 3-5 years of experience in sales or marketing role, ideally in the insurance field
• Have robust communication and customer service skills
• Have planning and organization skills, enjoying autonomy with a remote manager
• Have strong work ethics and flexibility
• Have a good team spirit and a willingness to collaborate, even remotely
• Are curious and like to learn, enjoying a stimulating and dynamic work environment
• Wish to evolve towards other functions in the field of insurance
• Valid driver’s license and a vehicle is required

You should live in the Toronto area, and be willing to come to our Toronto office (200 Consumers Rd – M2J 4R4) at least once a week in order to connect with colleagues. The rest would be remote work from your home.

At APRIL, we live our values every day.

Here are the ones that will make you feel at home with us:

• People are at the heart of everything we do. We trust our employees.
• Team spirit is very important. We help and respect each other. The strengths of one person make up for the weaknesses of the other. When one of us wins, we all win.
• Intrapreneurship is strongly encouraged.
• We challenge the way we do things to go further.
• We have an open door policy: managers are always listening and cooperation between teams is encouraged.

Working at APRIL

Recognized as one of the best employers in the insurance industry by Top insurance workplace 2021, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours (35 hours per week) as well as remote work opportunities
• Work/family balance at the heart of the company model.
• 3 weeks of vacation starting the 1st year as well as 5 personal days per year, volunteer day offered, andyour birthday off!
• New, colorful, open-space office
• Business casual dress code
• Competitive benefits program, including group insurance, employee assistance program and telemedicine for employees and their families
• Savings incentive bonus (Group RRSP, 2.5% employer contribution)
• Profit sharing program for all employees from the first year
• Continuous training offer, possibility of employer-paid training
• Home office equipment
• Free parking at the office

If you are interested in the APRIL adventure, do not hesitate to apply to Human Resources!

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:01:22 GMT