Deputy Branch Manager - Navsari

Job Description: As a Deputy Branch Manager at Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company located in Navsari, you will play a crucial role in enabling the achievement of key business outcomes. Your primary responsibilities will include building a quality Agency by focusing on the quality of hire and skilling, ensuring adherence to all statutory and compliance requirements, and driving the people agenda sharply to enable the achievement of people outcomes. You will be responsible for owning the business plan for the branch, both top line and bottom line targets for the team. It will be essential for you to internalize the management philosophy and business strategy of the company and drive it in the branch. You will engage, motivate, and ensure the productivity of the existing team of Agents while constantly inducting, activating, and ensuring the productivity of new Agent Advisors for the team. Driving incentive schemes to exceed benchmark incomes for Agency managers and Agent Advisors will also be a key focus area. Recruiting quality resources, setting goals for all Agency Managers/Sr. Agency Managers in the region, and providing regular review, monitoring, and mentoring will be crucial for effective team building. Identifying potential business pockets in the branch jurisdiction, appointing agents in those locations, and liaising with the Home Office will be essential for business expansion. You will be expected to own the resource and expense budget for the branch while driving various schemes and marketing activities. Maintaining compliance with regulatory norms, managing the expense ratio within the defined budget, and fostering win-win relationships with other channels will be key to success in this role. In this position, major performance assessing criteria will include metrics such as New GWP, Renewal GWP, Renewal number of cases, active agents, desired product mix, number of new agents, audit findings, employee engagement, and attrition. Key internal relationships will involve working closely with the Agency Team and Cross-Functional Teams, while external relationships will include interactions with Agents and Policy Holders. The preferred skill set for this role will encompass analytical skills, sales strategy design abilities, domain knowledge of health insurance policies and practices in India, leadership attributes, and result orientation. The ideal candidate for this role will hold a graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized educational institute. Join Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company, a rapidly growing entity aiming for significant milestones, and be part of an exciting growth journey towards achieving over 10000 Cr GWP by 2027.,