Sales Support Consultant

We’re recruiting for a Sales Support Consultant to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary and hybrid working, with a basic salary of £27,500-£30,000 dependant on experience.

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real impact in a FTSE 100 company? Join our friendly and collaborative team as a Sales Support Consultant and play a key part in supporting the growth and retention of our Group Protection business. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop new skills in a dynamic environment while working with a wide range of stakeholders.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing sales-focused, professional and accurate support to help deliver distribution targets
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key contacts in intermediary firms
• Discussing, negotiating and analysing intermediary requirements to ensure the best outcomes
• Recording and managing activity in Salesforce CRM to identify opportunities
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of products, market trends and developments
• Preparing materials for and attending roadshows to promote understanding of our products
• Taking ownership of your personal development and learning
• Ensuring compliance with all legislative, regulatory and company standards

Who we're looking for:

• Experience in an office-based customer service, administration or support role
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with confidence in phone-based support
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage priorities
• Proactive approach and ability to use initiative
• Competence in Microsoft Office tools including Teams, Outlook, Word and Excel
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build relationships internally and externally
• Willingness to work towards CII GR1 qualification within 18 months

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.