Senior Broker Relationship Manager, Asia
Singapore, SG, 068897
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Whether it’s aircraft, international business or offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.
We are looking for a Senior Broker Relationship Manager, Asia, based in Singapore.
Job Purpose/Role:
Owns broker relationships; drives new business, retention and broker discipline, including acting as Strategic Account Manager and Sales and Business development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Broker Relationship Manager: Accountable for broker channel strategy, managing the full segmented broker portfolio and the professional standards of broker-facing sales
- Manage the segmented broker accounts and the regional/ country level
- Maintain executive-level partnerships with Local and Country brokers
- Execute value-based scoring to prioritize account-level activities
- Collaborate with Marketing on the Marketing Plan and value proposition delivery
- Collaborate with Performance Management on key oversight metrics
- Collaborate with Client Engagement Manager to align on client and broker engagement strategy
- Strategic Account Manager: Drives long-term profitable growth through disciplined strategic planning and the alignment of brokers across all LOBs
- Manage the strategic relationship for a dedicated portfolio of core brokers at the country and/or zone level
- Manage the bottoms-up planning process to ensure local account-level forecasts meet top down financial goals.
- Collaborate with LOB Champions to align risk appetite with broker capabilities
- Maintain high-visibility in the market ‘in the market’
- Cultivate and maintain key relationships within each broker within portfolio.
- Sales & Business Development Manager: Maximizes new business production and LOB alignment through active broker engagement and sales capability.
- Drive new business prospecting and delivery of country sales targets
- Facilitate technical underwriting connections as the designated LOB Champion for specific lines of business
- Market the AZ Commercial value proposition actively to increase submission volume from non-segmented brokers
- Identify and scale growth opportunities within specialized market sectors.
Key Experience / Requirements / Skills:
Required Experience
- At least 5-7/7-10 years of experience in industrial or specialty insurance industry in front-line business development.
- Well recognized long-term relationship building with brokers at peer group level and well established within local market.
- Demonstrable successful track record in driving organizational change / business transformation.
- Significant experience of working internationally and of remotely managing and developing regional teams across numerous locations within a complex matrix organization.
Required Education
- Degree preferred, in e.g., Economics, Business Administration, Law.
- Completion of professional insurance qualification (e.g., CII).
Technical Skills
- Strategic Market Management: ability to define segmentation and client differentiation strategies; ability to define clear value proposition.
- Business insight: ability to implement tools and methodologies to develop market, competitor, and client insight.
- Insurance and Sales Distribution: knowledge of commercial insurance. Ability to utilise experience to implement best practice in channel management.
- Portfolio management: ability to articulate businesses on the AZ Commercial multi-line offering and benefits.
- Channel management: knowledge of various channels of sales (e.g. broker, tied agent, direct).
General Skills
- Communication & Presentation: ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally. Ability to "sell" an improvised or prepared audience winning story.
- Influencing skills: ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority.
- Analytical Skills: ability to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources, in detail; identify and resolve issues before they transpire.
- Negotiation and conflict management: ability to negotiate best position for AZ Commercial, and client, often in contentious situations, managing conflicting priorities of various parties.
- Analytical Skills: ability to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources, in detail; identify and resolve issues before they transpire.
- Experience in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve business processes and decision-making is highly beneficial.
Languages
- English
- Second language according to Country. Local language will be a plus.
103521 | Sales & Distribution | Professional | Allianz Commercial | Full-Time | Permanent
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Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.
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We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
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