About the role

  • Bilingual Retention Agent providing customer service and retention for Manulife. Responsible for inbound/outbound calls and sales applications in English and French.

Responsibilities

  • Handling both inbound/outbound conservation calls
  • Providing advice, needs analysis, and completing sales applications and/or cancellations
  • Accurately recording customer feedback in an online system
  • Meeting Retention and quality measures on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
  • Regularly communicating with customers both orally and in writing
  • Supporting various marketing/sponsor campaigns and customer win-back programs
  • Escalating issues, concerns, and trends to the Retention Supervisor

Requirements

  • Experience in a customer service/ sales and/or retention role with contact centre experience is preferred
  • Financial Service experience
  • Post-secondary degree is an asset; however, equivalent business experience is strongly considered
  • Knowledge of Financial Services or Insurance is an asset
  • Fully bilingual (French/English): The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.
  • Ability to work in an open office environment or remotely while managing multiple day-to-day tasks
  • Demonstrated ability to persuade and negotiate through consultation over the phone and possess active listening skills
  • An aptitude to navigate multiple programs at the same time while speaking with customers. This includes an ability to learn internal systems along with a proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome
  • Attention to detail in gathering and accurately recording all customer information
  • Proven problem resolution and conflict management skills to ensure an effective solution is reached for our customers

Benefits

  • health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage
  • adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
  • employee/family assistance plans
  • various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
  • financial education and counseling resources
  • generous paid time off program in Canada including holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$42,525 - CA$70,875 per year

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

HybridHalifaxCanada

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