Area Vice President

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow.

If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

The Role of the Producer producers work to understand client organizations’ needs and challenges. To serve their clients, Producers leverage the Proactive People Strategy value proposition along with the broader capabilities offered by Gallagher cross-divisionally. Success in this position requires building, retaining and expanding a book of business while developing one’s own personal brand consistent with Gallagher’s high-achieving, collaborative and innovative culture.

• Producers for Gallagher Benefit Services are constantly enriching their knowledge of the complex and ever-changing world of employee benefits and organizational wellbeing. Expect to be challenged.
• Our analytics platform allows you to strategically approach the market, develop, and execute a plan to succeed. Expect to have resources available to execute upon your sales goal.
• Outreach to prospects and clients is aided by marketing campaigns which are innovative and responsive to immediate market needs. Expect to be present and prominent in the marketplace.
• Through the Proactive People Strategy, you’ll be afforded the opportunity to partner with our respected experts in Pharmacy, Voluntary Benefits, Retirement Services, Human Resources Consulting and other specialty areas to grow your knowledge and win business. Expect to serve your clients well.
• As you build your book of business, Gallagher will continue to present you with opportunities to advance your own career.
• Expect to network with the finest professionals in the industry, plan for your future, and reap financial reward for your successful sales career.
• Expect to be the Consultant on your own book of business. You will be provided account management support in accordance with need to ensure you are able to maintain a 10 to 20% rate of book growth annually.

• Act as an entrepreneur developing a book of business from a network of your own contacts typically in a particular vertical niche or employer size.
• Establish and maintain a new business pipeline of qualified leads exceeding four times goal. Weekly, ensure all tracked pipeline information is current and reflects actual activity and stage in the sales process.
• Haably consult clients on an independent basis and recognize opportunities to bring in other SMEs.
• As clve the ability to conduct client discovery with confidence in the presence of CEO’s, CFO’s, CHRO’s and other key stakeholders.
• Capients are brought in to the firm, schedule check‑ins and briefings monthly with the Client Service team to keep abreast of account status, providing leadership as to strategy, communications and problem‑solving.
• Take responsibility for scheduling internal client account review meetings, ensuring timely and thorough completion of prescribed process to ensure client retention, always thinking creatively about next steps needed to expand the account.
• Include executive sponsors as appropriate.
• Semi‑annually or as often as necessary, brief the Regional Sales Leader and the Area President/Area EVP as to the status of all key accounts.
• Enthusiastically embrace and partner with the Gallagher Benefit Services organization:
  • Within 30 days, identify an internal network of supportive figures (Producer peers, Consultants, Leaders, etc.) to be relied upon for guidance and advice. Set informal…