About the Role
Nationwide's Property and Casualty team is seeking passionate individuals to innovate and simplify processes, providing exceptional customer value. Join a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales and a commitment to putting customers and partners first.
Responsibilities
- Understands the strategic and operational goals of assigned territory and individual distribution partners to identify mutually beneficial solutions, leveraging data, analytics, local marketplace information, and competitor knowledge.
- Proactively identifies and implements actions to achieve territory goals.
- Leads new business and transfer processes, including identification of new transfer and new business appointments, setting expectations for results, managing commitments, and ensuring delivery of new or transferred business production.
- Leverages tools and resources available to increase operational efficiency (e.g., Salesforce, Seismic, dashboards and reporting).
- Gathers distribution partner feedback and shares continuous improvement opportunities with business partners across the company.
- Collaborates with personal lines and farm geography partners and other Nationwide counterparts, such as claims and servicing, on problem solving, educating, promoting, reviewing sales practices, and providing input.
- Completes annual planning process for appropriate distribution partners, documents agreements in Salesforce, and holds partners accountable to agreements.
- Partners with Product, Marketing, and other business partners, as appropriate, to identify and act on opportunities within the territory.
- Leads portfolio management meetings with appropriate distribution partners to ensure alignment with territory goals; monitors portfolio data and analysis to drive profitability and revenue through assigned relationships, focused on both top and bottom line growth.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Must live within the assigned territory (Upstate New York).
- Requires frequent travel throughout the territory.
- Requires regular, in-person engagement with agency partners within the assigned territory.
- Strong background in the independent agency distribution channel.
- Carrier-side sales management experience; a combination of carrier and agency-side experience is especially ideal.
- Proven ability to lead through influence.
- Track record of success in building results (Top-Line Performance).
- Does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.
- Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.
- A valid driver's license and safe driving record are required.
Skills
- Manages Complexity: ability to uncover root causes of issues and evaluates risks/benefits of different solution options.
- Customer Focus: ability to establish and maintain effective customer/distribution partner relationships.
- Ensures accountability: very strong ability to establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
- Situational Adaptability: proven ability of readily adapting personal/interpersonal behavior and adjust in the moment.
- Communicates Effectively: strong level communication and presentation skills.
- Plan and Align: expert knowledge of how to break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions.
- Proven ability to drive results, persuade, collaborate and act with courage.
Location
- Upstate New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Frequent travel required with potential for overnight stays.
Experience Level
- Typically eight to ten years of sales or sales management experience.
- Prior property casualty or financial services experience desirable.
Education Level
- Undergraduate studies in general business, insurance, sales, marketing or related fields; degree preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $108,000.00-$201,000.00 (National Range)
- $108,000.00 - $162,000.00 (Expected Starting Range)
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision
- Life insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off (minimum of 18 days per year)
- Nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
About the Company
- Nationwide is a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales.
- Founded in 1926, Nationwide finds purpose in protecting people, businesses, and futures with extraordinary care.
- Nationwide is recognized as one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.
- The company is motivated by being the carrier of choice for personal insurance lines, dedicated to great products and excellent customer service.
Equal Opportunity
- Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer.
- Celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive culture.
- Prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
- For NY residents: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov)
