Direct Sales Director

Farmers Insurance Group

Spokane, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Auditory, Coaching, Communication Skills, Community Support, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Acquisition, Customer Escalations, Customer Experience, Customer Satisfaction, Data Analysis, Depth Perception, Direct Sales, Insurance, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Licensing, Office Equipment, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Reviews, Process Improvement, Property and Casualty Insurance, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Resolve Customer Issues, Root Cause Analysis, Sales, Sales Communications, Sales Management, Sales Prospecting, Sales Strategy, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Technology Sales, Telesales, Time Management, Trend Analysis, Typing, Workforce Planning
LOCATION
Spokane, WA
POSTED
1 day ago
Direct Sales Director

We are Farmers – where ambition meets opportunity. At Farmers, we're a team with a passion for purpose and making a real difference in people's lives. We deliver peace of mind when it matters most. Our results-driven, high-performance culture thrives on creativity, accountability, and bold solutions. Here, growth isn't just a goal – it's a way of life for both the organization and every individual on our team. We tackle challenges head-on, learn from every experience, and measure our impact on the customers who trust us. Join an award-winning, equal opportunity employer, where you'll find more than a job – you'll find a supportive community. Enjoy competitive benefits, take part in meaningful volunteer projects, and help shape the future alongside talented colleagues across all backgrounds. At Farmers, helping others is at the heart of what we do.

Job Summary: This position manages multiple direct sales teams to sell multi-line insurance products to prospective customers, primarily through inbound calls. This role bridges tactical execution and strategic direction, ensuring alignment between frontline operations and broader organizational goals. This role collaborates with directors and other business partners to implement initiatives, monitor performance trends, and resolve operational challenges.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Focuses on sales production and sales representative efficiency.
  • Ensures consistent communication and execution of sales strategies, compliance standards, product or process updates, and customer experience goals to assigned teams.
  • Ensures production targets are met for both sales representatives and supervisors.
  • Drives a culture of ownership, accountability, recognition, and continuous improvement through regular performance reviews, coaching sessions, and development planning.
  • Coaches and develops supervisors to enhance clear communication, team leadership, and employee engagement.
  • Participates in workforce planning, hiring, and succession planning efforts.
  • Manages performance management and sets the appropriate thresholds.
  • Analyzes performance data across teams to identify trends, opportunities, and risks through root cause analysis.
  • Recommends and implements targeted action plans.
  • Works with licensing to ensure proper coverage.
  • Interprets and communicates procedural and regulatory changes to assigned staff.
  • Ensures appropriate system access.
  • Partners with directors to translate strategic objectives into actionable team-level plans and initiatives.
  • Leads cross-functional projects and pilots aimed at improving sales processes, technology adoption, and customer satisfaction.
  • Investigate and resolve escalated customer issues in a timely manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Actions: Job is performed in-person at a Farmers office or virtually at an approved alternative work location. The physical work environment is indoors and climate-controlled with adequate lighting and ventilation. Normal and customary distractions include background noise produced by office equipment and chatter among people, as well as interruptions. Frequently sits for prolonged periods of time, up to a full shift. Occasionally moves about the workplace including, navigating stairs, ramps, and level or uneven surfaces. Occasionally moves, pushes, pulls, lifts, carries, and/or places objects or materials weighing up to 25 pounds without assistance. Frequently uses shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers to manipulate equipment, tools, and objects necessary to perform job duties. Frequently performs fine motor tasks such as typing, mousing, or writing, up to a full shift. Rarely performs movements such as bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, twisting, and reaching overhead or below the knees. Possesses clear vision, with or without correction, to visually read and verify information. Relies on depth perception and peripheral vision to navigate the work environment visually by identifying barriers, changes in terrain and locating objects. Possesses adequate hearing, with or without correction, to communicate with co-workers, respond promptly to auditory signals or alarms, and discern sounds essential for maintaining safety and productivity in the workplace. Jobs in this category require rare, if any, travel.

Education Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent required. Bachelors degree preferred. Property & Casualty insurance license required upon hire.

Experience Requirements: Minimum seven years of sales and call center experience required, preferably in direct sales. Minimum two years of people leadership experience required.

Additional Qualification: Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills. Effective interpersonal skills. Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents. Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty. Builds and manages effective teams. Instills commitment to organizational goals. Demonstrated problem solving skills. Possesses strong technical aptitude.

Benefits: Farmers offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location. Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance) 401(k) Medical Dental Vision Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Parental Leave Tuition Assistance

Job Location(s): US - KS - Kansas City

About the Company

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Farmers Insurance Group

In 1928, two men shared a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price. In the decades that followed we’ve grown and adapted to meet the changing needs of Americans. But one constant has remained: We have an unwavering commitment to uphold our founding ideals to provide industry-leading products and first-rate services to the customers we’re privileged to serve.

Different Eras, Same Exceptional Service

Farmers not only prides itself on helping you plan wisely for the unexpected, but also on helping restore order when it occurs, so you can keep moving along the road of your life’s plans.

In 1959 a Farmers customer wrote us a letter of surprised gratitude when his car battery was replaced just an hour after it was stolen. A letter from a couple in 2002 wrote that their Farmers agent and Claims Adjuster “were exceptional in their handling of our grief, what we needed to do, and helpful in many other ways.” That same year, when Hurricane Rita struck Beaumont, Texas, Farmers sent 300 agents to assess damages while policy holders were evacuated. Farmers also donated $100,000 for the city’s emergency operations center and two megawatt generators that restored power to Beaumont. Whatever year or decade a disaster occurs, you can count on us to be there for you.

Today, the companies comprising the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies make up one of the country's largest insurers of vehicles, homes and small businesses and provide a wide range of other insurance and financial services products.

Farmers is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.

The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange) owned by their policyholders, and together with their subsidiaries and affiliates comprise the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, in their capacity as attorneys-in-fact, provide administrative and management services to the Farmers Exchanges.

COMPANY SIZE
5,000 to 9,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Insurance
WEBSITE
http://www.farmers.com/