Retail Sales Consultant

Job Description

Job Summary:
The Florida Blue Retail Centers are and will continue to become more visible and vital to achieving our market segment objectives to deliver a best-in-class customer experience, create value for the membership, drive market share and profitable growth, and deliver a differentiated experience to drive long-term retention of the membership. Retail Sales Consultants are critical to delivering on the sales, renewal, retention, and community penetration objectives of the Retail Centers. This will entail demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and competencies of a high performing sales professional through effectively consulting with prospects and existing customers to meet sales targets, performing timely and efficient lead management to drive close rates and retention, maintaining expert level product knowledge, utilizing multiple systems and technologies to maximize effectiveness, and conducting networking and business development tactics within the community to build awareness and future opportunities. It is also critical this role demonstrates a comfort level with change to meet the dynamic, changing business environment through quickly adapting to and adopting changes in the business model to meet critical and evolving business objectives.

Essential Functions:
The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.

SALES OPERATIONS:
Provide consultative sales and service experience for customers seeking information and education on available products to support health, wellness, and income protection.
Use web-based tools and sales systems to analyze prospective customer needs and match to appropriate company products and services.
Conduct plan comparison and analysis for new or existing members seeking new solutions.
Present and explain recommended products, benefits, features, and alternatives.
Ensure new customers receive orientations/information regarding self-service and shopping tools, incentives and value-added features and information.
Promote the additional services available to members through the center clinicians and service consultants.
Cross-sell multiple product sets to deliver additional value to members and the enterprise.
Utilize face-to-face, telephonic, and electronic methods to respond to customer requests for information, quotes, and/or to process sales.
Consistently meet/exceed production targets, effectiveness measurements, and customer satisfaction scores.
Generate and act upon leads for new sales and member retention.
Using lead management tools, perform daily outbound calls and lead management tactics to previous or prospective customers to drive sales.
Perform outbound call campaigns to company generated sales leads.
Perform outbound call campaigns for the Under 65 and Over 65 segment
Generate referrals from existing client base through proactive outreach, relationship building, and delivering a best-in-class experience.
Identify and contact at-risk customers; develop and execute retention strategies with solutions that meet customer needs.
Set appointments for sales and member retention visits through various campaigns.
Maintain an ongoing relationship with previous customers to drive retention and loyalty.
Follow standard operating procedures to effectively disposition, track, and record outcomes of work efforts.
Help facilitate enrollment or education meetings with prospective or existing customers within the retail center and within community settings.
Gain personal understanding of targeted groups' products, services and features.
Conduct formal and informal sessions, individually or within small groups, providing information and answering questions to ensure customers understand products, benefits and tools, and how to use them.
Track and report enrollment support activities and outcomes.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT + BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
Develop and execute a personal business development plan inclusive of internal and external community engagement tactics to support individual and team goal attainment throughout the year.
Perform local grassroots marketing, networking, event activation, and relationship building outside of the center to drive growth and advance the company mission.
Build and foster relationships with key constituents, organizations, networking groups, etc. to build community awareness of the center services.
Travel to employer groups to provide onsite enrollment assistance to individuals requiring individual coverage.
Meet/exceed monthly targets for community engagement work and effectively record, track, and measure the impact to build or adjust future plans.
Support Field Marketing, Local Market Presence, and Foundation initiatives to drive greater brand awareness and market share for the enterprise.

CENTER OPERATIONS:
Provide support for special events and projects (e.g., seminars, appearances, promotional events, clinical programs) for the general public in the Retail Center.
Help ensure all customers (walk-in, telephonic or electronic) are warmly greeted, their needs are assessed quickly and they are referred to the appropriate setting, person, information or tools to address their needs.
Host Customer Video Appointments
Consistently follow standard procedures to track key visitor information to support ongoing operational analysis, continuous improvement, and operational enhancements.
Provide informational tours to individuals or small groups explaining the value of the retail center to the community.
Support and build a team atmosphere where company values are demonstrated daily while working to fulfill the enterprise mission.

Required Work Experience:
2+ years related work experience. Experience Details: Experience in a retail sales environment

Required Education:
High school diploma or GED

Required Licenses and Certifications:
State of Florida 2-40 license 60 Days,

Additional Required Qualifications:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and web-based tools.
Work flexible hours to include evenings, weekends and holidays.
Demonstrated ability to meet/exceed sales targets.

Preferred Education:
Bachelor's degree Marketing or related field

Additional Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with health insurance products to include individual and group plans. Experience in outside sales and/or business development. Experience in networking, public speaking, and relationship management. Bilingual - Spanish and Creole

General Physical Demands:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

Physical/Environmental Activities:
Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Occasionally May be exposed to outdoor weather conditions of cold, heat, wet, and humidity. Occasionally May be exposed to outdoor or warehouse conditions of loud noises, vibration, fumes, dust, odors, and mists. Occasionally

What We Offer:
As a Florida Blue employee, you will thrive in our Be Well, Work Well, GuideWell culture where being well as an individual, and working well as a team, are both important in serving our members and communities.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, Short- and long-term disability programs;
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances;
• Retirement Savings Plan includes employer contribution and employer match;
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, and 11 holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits available; and
• A comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Hourly Pay Range: $20 - $33

Typical Hourly Pay Range: $20 - $25

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for our employees and communities.

About Us

At GuideWell, we are committed to making diversity, equity and inclusion part of everything we do. We believe in hiring people who represent the communities we serve while creating a workplace that encourages a sense of belonging for everyone, no matter who you are or where you come from.

From students to former military to seasoned professionals, our family of mission-based companies are stronger because of the unique talents and skills of our employees. We believe everyone's contribution has the power to help people and communities achieve better health. Find your new team today.

About the Team

Florida Blue, A GuideWell Company, has been providing health insurance to residents of Florida for 75 years. Driven by its mission of helping people and communicating to achieve better health, the company serves more than five million health care members across the state. We are looking for exceptional people who will bring our mission to life and succeed by putting the members first.

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