Position Overview

State Farm Insurance Agent located in Cleveland, TN is seeking an outgoing, career-oriented professional to join their team. As a State Farm team member for Lamar McKenzie - State Farm Agent, you will build and develop customer relationships within the community to promote State Farm products including auto, home and life insurance.

Responsibilities

• Establish customer relationships and follow up with customers, as needed.
• Use a customer-focused, needs-based review process to educate customers about insurance options.
• Work with the agent to establish and meet marketing goals.
• Develop leads, schedule appointments, identify customer needs, and market appropriate products and services.
• Maintain a strong work ethic with a total commitment to success each and every day.

As an Agent Team Member, you will receive...

• Salary plus commission/bonus
• Paid time off (vacation and personal/sick days)
• Growth potential/Opportunity for advancement within my agency

Requirements

• Sales experience (outside sales or inside sales representative, retail sales associate, or telemarketing) preferred
• Successful track record of meeting sales goals/quotas preferred
• Interest in marketing products and services based on customer needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and listening
• Enthusiastic about the role insurance and financial products play in helping people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams
• People-oriented
• Organizational skills
• Self-motivated
• Able to learn computer functions
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to make presentations to potential customers
• Achieve mutually agreed upon marketing goals
• Provide timely and thorough activity reports to agent
• Ability to assess customer needs and conduct effective interviews
• Ability to execute a detailed business plan
• Experience in marketing financial products
• Property and Casualty license (must be able to obtain)
• Life and Health license (must be able to obtain)

If you are motivated to succeed and can see yourself in this role, please complete our application. We will follow up with you on the next steps in the interview process.

This position is with a State Farm independent contractor agent, not with State Farm Insurance Companies. Employees of State Farm agents must be able to successfully complete any applicable licensing requirements and training programs. State Farm agents are independent contractors who hire their own employees. State Farm agents’ employees are not employees of State Farm.