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 services, trade and industry as well as the public sector. Thanks to our expertise in individual economic sectors, our qualified employees and our leading market position, we make a significant contribution to the sustainable success of our customers.

Founded in 1915, Kessler today employs 390 people 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 of specialists from all areas of risk management with extensive experience in managing global insurance programmes since 1998.

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 sees 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 customers and develop these into long-term customer 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 customers.

What you bring

• You are a communicative personality with a pronounced sales flair, high self-motivation and enjoyment of active customer contact.
• You have a commercial basic education with business management further training or a solid education in the insurance environment.
• 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 negotiably 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 aroused your interest? We look forward to your application.

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