About the role
Building on our recognition of 2024 Insurance Award's Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, we're looking for an Apprentice Business Development Manager. Part of AXA Commercial's National Trading Centre team in Bolton, you'll manage a panel of brokers through email marketing campaigns and proactive telephone-based contact.
Joining AXA Commercial as an apprentice, you'll have the opportunity to learn on the job with the support of our partners at Davies Group to achieve a Level 3 Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute. This is a great step into an Account Management career for someone who is highly motivated and passionate about putting our customers first. You'll also gain great exposure to email marketing.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, either at one ofour office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you'll be doing:
- Take responsibility for a panel of brokers, pro-actively managing the relationship and developing business opportunities to actively grow profitability.
- Create and execute a marketing & communications plan for your brokers.
- Partner with our in-house design team to create engaging marketing content for your brokers.
- Monitor and report on marketing performance metrics, identifying trends and insights for future campaigns.
- Manage the Commercial Intermediary element of the Broker relationship, both externally and with the Internal AXA functions to deliver all financial key performance indicators (KPI).
- Support the delivery of the overall branch plan and act as liaison between Brokers and Underwriters to provide effective service to our Brokers.
- Understanding and helping to prepare, design, implement and review a Broker's strategic development plans.
- Proactively seeking broker feedback on AXA performance and delivery by liaising with commercial lines intermediary branches and at management level.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.
About you
What we're looking for:
- Negotiation and influencing skills, with strong networking and people skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Keen interest of digital marketing.
- Eager and self-motivated to work in an exciting, challenging environment.
- Highly organised and able to build lasting relationships with our brokers.
- Eligibility and commitment to complete a 15-month apprenticeship. In order to be eligible, you must not be accessing programmes funded by the government such as a degree or another apprenticeship. You must commit to spending 50% of your working hours in England, for the duration of the apprenticeship.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.
What We Offer
At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
- Competitive annual salary of up to £28,000 - £30,000 dependent on experience
- Annual company & performance-based bonus
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
- AXA employee discounts
- Gym benefits
We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long term health condition or disability and require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge.
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About AXA
AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We're currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We're a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.