Business Development Specialist

**Business Development Specialist**

**What can you expect?**

As a Business Development Specialist, you will play a crucial role in contributing to the growth objectives of Honan by managing and developing business within our Real Estate team. You will work closely with the Head of Growth and Strategy and other senior managers to ensure high-quality client service and satisfaction.

A business of Marsh, Honan is a leading provider of Real Estate Insurance & Risk Solutions, committed to delivering exceptional service and innovative insurance solutions to our clients. We are currently seeking a motivated and dynamic individual to join our team in this newly created position.

**What is in it for you?**

We recognise that our most important asset is our people. We also know the value of healthy, happy colleagues and promote an inclusive culture of care and wellbeing, offering benefits such as flexible working, a dress to suit policy, health reimbursements, and much more We offer:

- A professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organization.
- A great team environment with energetic and supportive colleagues.
- Genuine work life balance - flexible working.
- Great training and development opportunities to help drive your career path.

**We will count on you to**:

- Successfully schedules and conducts sales calls and presentations and works to ensure the maintenance of a large portfolio of potential accounts and a high frequency of sales work.
- Utilizes existing network, a small list of account leads and insight derived from targeted research and preparation to gain business or interest from small, straight-forward potential accounts in a delegated small region or industry.
- Assists senior level colleagues specializing in various markets and/or industries with various aspects of the deal process to gain broad exposure, new relationships and relevant experience.
- Maintains a thorough awareness of market occurrences including important developments, trends, competitors' positioning and the status of big and small business contracts to assist in identifying potential business opportunities.
- Under mínimal supervision drafts comprehensive due diligence reports and presentations containing fundamental qualitative and quantitative assessments in response to a request for proposal or to assist a senior colleague to gain business.
- Constructs targeted standard marketing plans for business offerings and/or concepts directed at small, straight-forward potential accounts and aspects of complex marketing plans for use by senior colleagues.
- Belongs to various professional organizations and attends conferences and events to expand and maintain a large professional network and represent the company.

**What you need to have**:

- Experience in insurance or real estate
- Demonstrate experience in sales
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels.
- Basic computer literacy and proficiency in CRM systems.
- Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in managing client expectations and delivering on service commitments.
- Valid drivers license and own vehicle

**About Marsh**:
**Marsh McLennan** is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

**Marsh McLennan** is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections, and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

At Marsh we recognise that our people have different priorities and commitments. We are passionate about providing an inclusive workplace that supports all of our employees in managing those priorities, and we celebrate the diversity of all the family groups that make up our extended Marsh family.