DC- Health -Telesales Consultant - Discovery Sandton (JHB)

Job Description

Identifying sales opportunities.

Answering inbound calls timeously and making required outbound calls.

Co-ordination of own administration.

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 Health telesales.

Key Outputs

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

• Achieve Health 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 1 year sales experience, preferably in an outbound telesales environment.
• Minimum 1 year health product knowledge; Discovery Health Knowledge is an advantage.
• PC literacy, email, Word, Excel.
• Tertiary qualification is an advantage.
• NQF5 and RE5 qualification.