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SME Team Manager
full-timeBrighton$50k - $55k

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Location

Brighton

Salary

$50k - $55k (GBP)

Type

full-time

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Job Description:

SME Team Manager  

Location: Victory House, Brighton 

Permanent Contract  

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 

Full time: 35 Hours per week   

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns. 

 

We make health happen 

 

At Bupa, we’re passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences and driving commercial success. You’ll have the opportunity to work on strategic initiatives that make a real impact on our customers and partners. 

 

As an SME Team Manager, you will lead and develop the PPA team to drive growth and retention across Bupa Global’s SME broker portfolio, acting as a role model for exceptional broker engagement, customer empathy, and Bupa’s proposition and values. 

 

 

How you’ll help us make health happen: 

 

  • Develop and lead the team in enhancing PPA broker relationships, creating opportunities to grow and retain the portfolio. 

  • To meet and exceed team and individual new business and retention targets, within compliance and relevant legislation. 

  • Lead larger or more complex sales negotiations with brokers and/or supporting the team with their negotiations. 

  • Apply a commercial lens to the PPA arrangements, ensuring the continuously drive profitable growth. 

  • Collaborate with colleagues in other business areas who also work with our PPA brokers to support and drive joint commercial goals. 

  • Handle escalated queries and problems effectively, ensuring strong outcomes for Bupa, broker and customer. 

  • Oversee and manage team’s sales performance via data and insights, including regular use and updating of Salesforce. 

  • Conduct regular 1:1’s for team members to support the team to continually build their knowledge, skills and support them to provide an outstanding sales experience to our customers/brokers. Provide regular and ad-hoc feedback and lead on resolving performance related issues where required. 

  • Managing the talent and succession plans to ensure resources are at a level and skill to deliver the customer requirements 

  • Be a subject matter expert on our product suite, leverage this to educate and guide the team and brokers on Bupa Global products.   

  • Ensure familiarity and compliance with all regulatory requirements that fall within the remit of this role. Consistently drive good and fair customer outcomes. 

 

 

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: 

 

  • A Sales manager with knowledge of the global health insurance market, or relevant transferable skills. 

  • Experience of intermediary distribution. Ability to conduct B2B negotiations at a more senior level. 

  • A track record of achieving team targets and KPI’s. 

  • Can demonstrate a high level of knowledge of Bupa Global’s products and Sales systems and procedures. 

  • Excellent Sales skills, interpersonal and communication skills are required with emphasis on the ability to develop people to achieve successful outcomes. 

  • Strong work ethic, ability to multitask and work under pressure but maintain high quality of work. 

  • Strong team player and ability to collaborate across a wider range of internal and external stakeholders, including stakeholders at different levels of seniority.   

  • Can demonstrate role-model skills and behaviours, providing excellent customer service, quality and performance against department KPI’s. 

 

 

Benefits 

 

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. 

 

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: 

 

  • 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell 

  • Bupa medical insurance as a benefit in kind 

  • An enhanced pension plan and life insurance 

  • Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available 

  • Various other benefits and online discounts 

 

At Bupa we adhere to a structured framework when awarding any changes to salary. We believe this creates a fair and consistent approach for all colleagues looking to grow or change role. For more guidance please click HERE. 

 

Before you apply for a vacancy, please ensure your job history on your workday profile is up to date with all your career history and achievements This will mean the Recruitment team have all the relevant information they need to review your application. 

 

Please be aware that if you’re successful in securing this role there may be changes to your notice period and other terms and conditions, your recruiter will be able to advise what this means for you during your application. 

 

Why Bupa? 

 

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

 

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.  

 

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Call Centre

Locations:

Victory House, Brighton

Other facts

Tech stack
Sales Management,Global Health Insurance Knowledge,Intermediary Distribution,B2B Negotiation,Team Target Achievement,Sales Skills,Interpersonal Skills,Communication Skills,Multitasking,Collaboration,Customer Service,Performance Management,Product Knowledge,Regulatory Compliance,Problem Solving,Data Analysis

About Bupa

Welcome to Bupa Global.

As a leading international private healthcare company for individuals and businesses, we offer an extensive and inclusive range of benefits across our premium health plans, to support you at every stage of life.

Our plans provide access to healthcare which focuses on a holistic approach to staying well, as well as being there when you need us most. Plus, our health plans travel with you, providing the same level of cover whether you’re at home or abroad.

Our customers are at the heart of what we do. With no shareholders, we reinvest profit back into our business so we can continuously improve the healthcare services and innovative digital health solutions we offer to our customers.

Visit bupaglobal.com to learn more.

Team size: 1,001-5,000 employees
LinkedIn: Visit
Industry: Insurance
Founding Year: 1971

What you'll do

  • As an SME Team Manager, you will lead and develop the PPA team to drive growth and retention across Bupa Global’s SME broker portfolio. You will handle escalated queries and oversee the team’s sales performance using data and insights.

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What does Bupa pay for a SME Team Manager?

Bupa offers a competitive compensation package for the SME Team Manager role. The salary range is GBP 50k - 55k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.

What does a SME Team Manager do at Bupa?

As a SME Team Manager at Bupa, you will: as an SME Team Manager, you will lead and develop the PPA team to drive growth and retention across Bupa Global’s SME broker portfolio. You will handle escalated queries and oversee the team’s sales performance using data and insights..

Why join Bupa as a SME Team Manager?

Bupa is a leading Insurance company. The SME Team Manager role offers competitive compensation.

Is the SME Team Manager position at Bupa remote?

The SME Team Manager position at Bupa is based in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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