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Job Description:
Job Summary:
The position is responsible for managing, distribution, and quality execution (design & delivery) of basic and advance training programs to the distribution channels.
The position will handle pre-coding, post-coding, basic to advance, and productivity programs to incoming advisors, rookie to tenured advisors. He/She will also coordinate directly and work with the different Head Office support groups such as:
Agency Management, Distribution, Underwriting, Claims, New Market Development, Marketing, Distribution and Business Development, Finance, and etc.
Major Accountabilities:
Delivery of Training Courses:
Productivity Programs: Beat Your Best (for 1st time Macaulay Club membership) MDRT Academy (for 1st time Million Dollar Round Table membership) Certified Advisor for Life (for those who have met the required productivity the previous year) Open Classes and Product Rollouts Quarterly Medallion Summit /Macaulay/MDRT
Supervisory Role & Performance Management:
1)Lead and manage a team of Advisor Development supervisors and trainers nationwide through resource & execution planning, performance review, mentoring and coaching, talent development, and staff engagement activities.
2)Ensure professional growth and career development of trainers
3)Mentor trainers to deliver the training courses/modules assigned to them.
Training Needs Analysis
- Coordinate with Instructional Design & Devt, Agency Management and Distribution & Business Development on advance training roadmap & continuing education courses required by agency & other channels.
- Evaluate and roll-out external training programs for advisors (i.e. stand alone courses, designation programs).
Training logistics and records management
Manage logistics such as training calendar & pre-registration; venue, equipment and training materials; training budget; attendance database; post-course evaluation; and others that STD might require to align with basic policies and procedures.
Coordinate/align schedules with Cluster Management’s initiatives: teambuilding/meeting/learning sessions; project/product-related training (Rookie Clinics, H&A, project/new products, PRAXIS/FP sessions; skill-building (drills/role-playing)
Participation in agency activities
Participate in initiatives that support DLD and Sales Department objectives, such as but not limited to:
1) Training events for advisors (e.g. Medallion Summit, Macaulay and MDRT Programs)
2) Alignment of training roadmap, process and tools to agency fundamentals
Preferred Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, presentation/platform skills.
- Creative and capable of working under minimal supervision.
- Has active listening skills and embodies passion to learn and train at the same time
- Ability to assess training needs
- Forward-thinking ability and adaptable to changes in terms on training needs/structure
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications.
- Ability to design and edit infographics, art cards and videos
- Driving skills.
- Willing to travel.
Qualifications:
- College graduate of any Business/Behavioral Science related course.
- With 3-5 years' experience gained as a trainer in a financial, pre-need/life insurance or mutual fund company.
- Has a managerial experience related in the financial services industry
Job Category:
Channel Management
Posting End Date:
Top Skills
What We Do
Nashville, Tennessee-based Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. Bridgestone develops, manufactures and markets a diverse portfolio of original equipment and replacement tires, tire-centric solutions, mobility solutions and other rubber-associated and diversified products that deliver social and customer value. These best-in-class offerings are sold to consumers and fleet customers around the world under the trusted Bridgestone and Firestone brand names.
With more than 50 production facilities and 55,000 employees, the Bridgestone Americas enterprise spans from Canada to Argentina. Business units of Bridgestone Americas include Bridgestone Retail Operations, the world’s largest network of company-owned retail tire and automotive service centers; Bandag, a leader in commercial tire retreading worldwide; Firestone Building Products, an industry leader in commercial roofing and building solutions; and Firestone Industrial Products, a leading provider of technologically advanced air springs for commercial and passenger vehicle applications.
Across all its businesses, Bridgestone is dedicated to shaping a sustainable future. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, the company strives to improve the way people around the world move, live, work and play in every aspect of its business.
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