Africa Business Development Manager At Cigna Jobs In Kenya
Company: CignaLocation: Kenya
State: Nairobi
Job type: Full-Time
Job category: Insurance Jobs in Kenya - Sales/Marketing Jobs in Kenya
Job Description
Cigna is a global health service company, dedicated to helping the people we serve improve their health, well-being and sense of security. Cigna has almost 40,000 employees who service over 80 million customer relationships around the world. Within its international division, a dedicated unit – headquartered in Belgium – focuses on the needs of International Organisations. This unit is specialised in servicing customers in remote areas as well as central hubs with five service centres in each time zone (Miami, Antwerp, Madrid, Nairobi and Kuala Lumpur) and local representations on every continent. When you work at Cigna, you can count on a different kind of career. >> Why join us? Healthy careers Cigna gives you the opportunity to grow and develop professionally and personally. Because we know our success begins with yours. Healthy returns We offer you monetary and non-monetary rewards. Our compensation is differentiated among employees based on responsibilities and performance. Healthy culture We stand for a work environment that includes the beliefs, values, norms, and management style of our company. Communication is key to our culture. Healthy life We show commitment to our employees’ health, well-being and security, with a strong focus on wellness.
What would a typical day look like?
As a Business Development Manager, you own your region, develop your strategy and execute this. You can imagine, two days hardly ever look the same. A typical day might include the following:
Building relations within your markets to develop concrete business opportunities and create new sales leadsSet everything aside to close a deal.
Prepare presentations & proposals
Building a healthy pipeline and execute on it in order to close your deals
Attend and participate during broker events
Review and adapt your regional strategy to maximize results
Finish a quote before the deadline while following internal processes.
Requirements
What skills do you need?
Do you have 5 years of experience in sales and you have strong commercial, networking and negotiation skills? Great start! That’s essential for the role.Do you also have a health insurance background?
Finally if you are a driven by closing business and get excited by exceeding your sales, you might just be the perfect fit.
You will love this job if you…
Love sales and get motivated by working with targetsAre well-organised in following up on your sales leads
Nurture relations and enjoy developing them
Are triggered by the opportunity to map and adapt our sales strategy
Feel in your natural habitat at networking events and in presentation rooms
Have a strong sense of accountability and like to be empowered
Like to work independently, but also value the input of others
Can cope with the stress of deadlines and taking decisions in unexpected situations
Are agile and enjoy adapting to an ever changing environment
Cigna can offer you…
A challenging job in an international and diverse contextTrust to fill in this position in your personal way and to the best of your abilities
A dynamic team and sounding board, a director who will mentor and coach you
A challenging job in an international and growing enterprise
Market-related salary conditions
A dynamic, young and entrepreneurial company culture that values and stimulates initiative, thrive on success and truly understands the concept of the lifetime value of a client.
Closing Date : 31 May. 2024