Contract Associate, Business Development (HQ)

Discover the GREAT in your career.

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Contract Associate, Business Development (HQ). In this role, you will process and execute the daily tasks assigned by Team Lead.

The Role:

• Monitor new business growth through sales activities and promotion campaigns carried out by agents/ brokers/ Direct.
• Conduct product training to agency force to recruit new agent.
• Joint field work with the agent/ broker or any other business partner for HR meeting or roadshow.
• Secure HR appointments for new Direct account / new scheme.
• Build strong customer relationship especially for Direct account.
• Sales presentation to corporate client.
• Coach and manage agent/ new agent on the implementation planning / strategy planning.
• Review session with the agent time to time to monitor the sales performance.
• Actively engage with agent / broker or any business partner for business planning.
• Organize marketing related activities to boost the sales eg; sales campaigns or contest / digital platform / seminar / sponsorship and etc.
• To assist in reviewing / improvising existing processes and procedures when necessary.
• Make calls to customer to promote the product.
• Working closely with other team member to achieve sales target.
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.
• Other responsibilities entailed.

The Person:

• Possess a tertiary qualification.
• Proactively and efficiently to perform tasks assign.
• Compliance with Great Eastern's policy and guidelines.
• Sales driven & result oriented.
• Accountability & team player.
• Comfortable working over the telephone.
• Proficiency in English / Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese.
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Location: HQ

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Contractual

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.