Role Overview
Sales Manager jobs in Coimbatore for a life insurance company involve building and managing a team of life insurance advisors or agents and driving sales of life insurance policies in the assigned area.
You will be responsible for recruiting agents, training them on products and sales process, supporting them in field, and ensuring monthly and yearly business targets are achieved through individual and team efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Recruit, appoint and activate life insurance agents / advisors from your network and local market.
- Train agents on life insurance products, sales pitch, need‑based selling and basic documentation.
- Plan daily and weekly field activities with agents such as client meetings, prospecting and follow‑ups.
- Support agents in closing sales, conducting financial need analysis and suggesting suitable life insurance plans to customers.
- Monitor agent performance, policy issuance, persistency and renewal collections and guide them to improve results.
- Ensure all proposals, KYC documents and forms are completed correctly and as per company and IRDAI guidelines.
- Drive campaigns for new product launches, protection plans, child plans, retirement and term insurance in your region.
- Prepare and share regular sales reports, activity reports and forecasts with branch or cluster manager.
Candidate Profile
- Any graduate with around 2–7 years experience in life insurance sales, agency channel or financial product sales.
- Experience as Agency Manager, Unit Manager, Business Development Manager or similar role in life insurance will be an added advantage.
- Good communication and presentation skills with ability to meet customers and convince them on life insurance need and benefits.
- Strong network in local market and interest in building and managing a team of agents.
- Willingness to work on field, travel within allocated area in Coimbatore and work towards target‑based incentives.
Incentives and Growth
- Attractive incentives, bonuses and rewards based on premium collected, policy count and team performance.
- Career growth to Senior Sales Manager, Branch Manager, Cluster Manager or Area Manager roles in the life insurance company.