Job Description

• Identifying sales opportunities
• Answering inbound calls timeously and making required outbound calls
• Co-ordination of own administration
• Identifying sales opportunities
• Maintaining accurate details and statistics of all queries

Key purpose

• This position is based in the Discovery Connect Sales call centre, and reports to the sales team leader.
• The successful individual will be required to conduct Discovery Insure telesales.

Key Outputs

The successful individual will be required to perform on, but not limited to the following key outputs:

• Achieve Insure Sales target
• Communication to members telephonically via fax and email
• Attending to general administration
• Conduct Financial Needs Analysis
• Achieve quality target
• Overcome objections
• Adhering to service level agreements

Personal attributes and skills

The successful individual will be required to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Target Driven
• Team Player
• Goal orientated
• Self motivated
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Adapt to change
• Persuasiveness
• Resilience/Tenacity
• Sound Time Management
• Self managed

Attention to detail

• Ability to learn quickly and apply knowledge
• Speak fluently (accent neutral) English/Afrikaans

Qualification & Experience

• Matric
• At least 2 years sales experience, preferably in an outbound telesales environment
• Minimum 2 years short-term product knowledge, Discovery Insure Knowledge is an advantage
• PC literacy, email, word, excel
• Tertiary qualification an advantage
• NQF5 and RE5 qualification