Strong communication skills in both French and English
Alternate qualifications may be considered
Expertise in sales and service strategies
Responsibilities
Advise on business and partnership opportunities
Assist clients in executing strategic initiatives
Enhance client and stakeholder retention
Monitor industry trends and make recommendations
Lead client relationships with significant impact
Benefits
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan for stable retirement income
Comprehensive group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
Support for telework equipment
Full Job Description
As a senior sales and business development support advisor, you help serve and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. You lead and influence clients and practitioners on sales and service development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization. You take a strategic mindset to boost the organization’s development and profitability while retaining clients and stakeholders and ensuring their satisfaction. You draw on your networking skills and interpersonal savvy to develop and maintain business partnerships with prestige and key clients who have complex, diverse needs. Your highly complex, strategic initiatives require extensive knowledge of sales and service. You analyze highly complex problems and develop and implement personalized solutions tailored to client needs. You serve as expert for your unit, members and clients and represent your unit before senior management committees and decision-making bodies. You represent Desjardins and enter the organization into important agreements with clients. You have considerable leeway and many opportunities to establish and negotiate product and service terms. More specifically, you will be required to :
Advise practitioners and help evaluate business and partnership opportunities to boost the organization’s development and profitability
Help members, clients and stakeholders position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives
See to member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction. Develop retention tactics and strategies
Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations.
What we offer*
Competitive salary and annual bonus
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
Group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
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What you bring to the table
Bachelor's degree in a related field
A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
Strong communication skills in both French and English, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with english-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative financial group with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1900 and has since grown to become the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with over 7 million members and clients. The group offers a range of financial services including banking, insurance, wealth management, and investment services. Desjardins Group operates primarily in Quebec and Ontario, but also has a presence in other Canadian provinces as well as in the United States and Europe. The group is committed to social responsibility and sustainability, and has implemented various initiatives to promote these values.
