Regional Manager - Crop Insurance

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**Description/Job Summary**

• The Regional Manager, Crop Insurance provides leadership and direction
  
  

to the regional crop insurance teams (crop insurance sales and support

staff), focusing on member service and crop insurance administration to

achieve the business plan, including quality sales and service of

membership. The Regional Manager, Crop Insurance provides strategy and

leadership for the overall member experience and crop insurance sales

delivery while building a foundation for the team through performance

coaching and effective goal setting.\

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**Responsibilities/Duties**

**Leadership**

• Contributes to the creation and implementation of strategies to
  
  

execute the business development and marketing plans

• - Works with staff to develop and implement individual sales plans
• Uses internal and external data sources to identify growth
  
  

opportunities in the regional marketplace and develop a team

strategy to capitalize on those opportunities

• Approves and denies expense reports and leave requests
• Provides guidance in enhancing and managing complex crop insurance
  
  

relationships, and provides additional expertise and resources as

needed by the team

• Supports staff in managing crop insurance deadlines
• Promotes and guides staff on cross-selling of products and services
  
  

to members

• Provides training to co-workers through information sharing, small
  
  

group discussions, idea exchanges, job shadowing, and mentoring

• Applies acquired expertise to analyze and solve problems without
  
  

clear precedent

• Models Association values, inspiring a shared vision through our
  
  

shared purpose and holding their teams accountable for culture

preservation and growth

**Staff Supervision & Management**

• Recruits, selects, develops, motivates, empowers, and evaluates
  
  

regional crop insurance team

• Assesses talent and determines the division of responsibilities,
  
  

providing work guidance and direction

• Establishes performance standards and measures performance against
  
  

standards

• Provides performance feedback, coaching and counseling employees as
  
  

needed to improve performance, and recognizes employees in a timely

manner

• Communicates business expectations and goals to and is responsible
  
  

for teams results

• Assists team members in creating ongoing career development plans in
  
  

order to fulfill opportunities throughout the association and plan

for succession

• Establishes a positive work environment that promotes continuous
  
  

learning, development, and recruitment/retention of highly effective

staff

**Collaboration**

• Coordinates and collaborates with teammates, cross-functional
  
  

leaders, and Association committees/teams to contribute to

Association strategy or projects

• Establishes and maintains internal and external relationships while
  
  

participating in the Association and industry organizations to gain

knowledge, share information, and enhance the Associations image

• Collaborates with other RMs and other field leadership to drive
  
  

consistency, work share, and the overall success of the Association

• - Works collaboratively with loan Regional Managers to identify
  
  

and champion cross-selling opportunities

• Participates in various committees to provide insight and develop
  
  

processes and procedures

• Supports and delivers Association initiatives to the marketplace
• Actively participates in high-level Association meetings to share
  
  

insight in practices, processes, culture, etc. in an effort to make

things work better

**Regional Team Performance**

• Monitors and manages toward financial metrics set for the R gional
  
  

Team

• Monitors crop insurance administration
• Monitors regional team performance by ensuring processes and
  
  

procedures are followed

• Reviews reports and tracks progress of various performance measures
  
  

providing change in direction, coaching, and training when necessary

• Supports improvement of processes and promotes division best
  
  

practices to continually improve workflow

• Contributes to the development of processes and programs that
  
  

promote and positively contribute to the member journey

• Creates and monitors the annual regional team budget
• Approves and denies budget requests, capital purchases, invoices,
  
  

regional team public relations, and marketing activities

• Encourages the sharing of ideas or suggestions on how to better meet
  
  

the members needs

• Speaks on the members behalf and ensures that their needs are being
  
  

met when working with others

• Monitors and analyzes feedback to uncover opportunities to improve
  
  

products, services, or processes

• Other Responsibilities\
  
  

Personal/Professional Development**

Possesses and maintains technical expertise, business,, industry, and

legislative knowledge, and process de