Business Development Associate

About the job

Business Development Associate

Kessler is the leading Swiss company for holistic risk, insurance, and pension consulting. We serve over 1,600 medium and large Swiss companies from the service, trade, and industrial sectors as well as the public sector. Thanks to our expertise in various economic sectors, our qualified employees, and our leading market position, we make a significant contribution to the sustainable success of our clients.

Founded in 1915, Kessler today employs 390 staff at its headquarters in Zurich and at locations in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Sion, and Vaduz. As a Swiss partner of Marsh, we have been part of a network since 1998 with specialists from all areas of risk management and extensive experience in managing global insurance programmes.

For our market area in Zurich, we are looking for a motivated individual who, with an entrepreneurial mindset, vigour, and enthusiasm, identifies new potentials and views challenges as opportunities.

What to expect

• You will drive the targeted further development of the corporate client business in the Zurich region.
• You will build sustainable relationships with our defined target clients and develop these into long-term client relationships with Kessler.
• You will arrange initial meetings and define the next steps for successful collaboration.
• You will be responsible for concluding cooperation agreements and ensuring a professional and smooth onboarding of new clients.

What you bring

• You are a communicative personality with a strong sales flair, high self-motivation, and enjoyment of active client contact.
• You have a commercial basic education with business management further training or a solid education in the insurance field.
• You have several years of work experience in the insurance sector, ideally in corporate/business with medium and large companies.
• You communicate fluently and confidently in German as well as negotiatively in English (spoken and written); additional knowledge of another national language is an advantage.

What we offer

• Family business with a long-term orientation
• A collegial atmosphere at eye level, characterised by respect, helpfulness, and team spirit
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
• Independent work with plenty of scope for design
• At least 5 weeks of holiday per year
• Support for further training both in terms of time and finances
• Home office options depending on workload up to 2 days/week
• Various company events from ski days to summer parties

Have we piqued your interest? We look forward to your application.

For further questions, please contact Ms Romina Imhof, HR Generalist, Tel. +41 44 387 88 73