Account Director - Moving and Storage Insurance

The Opportunity:

The Account Director will develop and grow a client book of business. This includes management and retention of current clients and proactively identifying new business opportunities within the assigned the Moving & Storage industry.

In This Role, You WillExecute On:

• Establish sales development plans to originate business with new clients in the moving and storage industry.
• Build and maintain a book of business and incrementally grow the book each year.
• Actively generate sales leads through regular prospecting, cold calls, networking, account rounding, cross selling with other departments, and pursuing miscellaneous sales leads
• Develop, maintain, and expand relationships with new and existing customers.
• Understand requirements for new and existing customers; identify and anticipate needs and provide Hylant solutions to meet these needs.
• Schedule and conduct sales presentations with potential customers for new business.
• Manage the client renewal process; identify opportunities to cross sell and upsell based on client needs.
• Manage a book of business focusing on client strategy, growth and retention and/or co-lead a book of business in collaboration with a Managing Partner.
• Strengthen the firm's relationships with existing clients and drive continuous improvements with an ultimate focus on business growth and retention.
• Represent Hylant at trade and industry events.
• Manage negotiations on all commission and fee arrangements in accordance with standard pricing guidelines (exceptions require management pre-approval).
• Perform other duties and special projects as requested.

In This Role You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• A minimum of 2 years of proven insurance brokerage sales experience, or prior proven sales experience and knowledge in the moving and storage industry with a willingness to learn insurance.
• Possess a solid foundation of Hylant sales and client service methodology.
• Hold and maintain active Property & Casualty license. If not currently in the insurance industry, a willingness to obtain.
• Detailed working knowledge of industry resources, benchmarking information, agency management, and risk management principles.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Exception oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel by car or airplane for meetings, conferences, or other business-related functions.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Why Hylant?

A multi-year recipient of Best Places to Work in Insurance, Hylant is a full-service insurance brokerage with over 20 offices in eight states. And since the founding of our family-owned business over 90 years ago, we made a promise to strengthen and protect the businesses, employees and communities of our client family by embracing them as our own. We're more than an insurance brokerage firm and you're more than a client, employee or neighbor. You're family. And that's just the way we treat you.

Hylant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, Veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Hylant participates in E-Verify.