Job Title: Small Business Territory ManagerEmployee Status: RegularSchedule: Full-timeLocation: Hybrid - defined as three days in office located in Westfield Center, OH.About Us:You're ready to make your mark where people care about each other. Where your work is meaningful. And where your unique perspectives are welcome. Think about joining Westfield, a company focused on what's most important - the people behind our policies.Westfield was founded in 1848 by a small group of hard-working farmers who believed in the promise of the future and the power of the individual. Today, as one of the nation's leading property and casualty (P&C) companies, we remain true to their vision and are dedicated to making a positive difference in our customers' lives.Responsible for the execution of the Small Business territory strategy for their assigned territory.Responsible for the marketing, business development including achieving the annual growth plan targets for their assigned territory, and profitable production of SB insurance products in an assigned territory.Represents and promotes Westfield in their territory through agency visits, networking, and community involvement.Building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing agencies.Identifies unique opportunities within each agency and connect those opportunities to the right Westfield resources.Provides appropriate levels of support (e.g. underwriting, training, troubleshooting) to agencies in an effort to build and develop a high level of comfort, trust, and brand loyalty to Westfield.Conducts and/or coordinates onboarding for new agencies, new producers, key agency personnel, etc.Partners with Distribution in agency planning and custom compensation.Helps identify the need for new agencies in their territory and provides valuable input into agency selection process.Serves as the expert in their territory focused on utilizing and building upon their territory knowledge as a competitive advantage including the following:Territory planning and performance analysis.Understanding and building knowledge of the risks facing small business owners.Identifying trends in the insurance industry impacting business.Building small business product acumen.Accountable for utilizing their assigned underwriting authority for making consistent and disciplined field underwriting decisions based on need.Acquires competitive and market intelligence through agency engagements and networking. Shares insights gained with Small Business Territory Leader and other key stakeholders for purposes of better positioning Westfield in the marketplace.Remains current on industry topics, trends, competitors, best practices, etc. through research, industry events, networking, etc. Shares knowledge gained with others in SB.Collaborates with and leverages corporate shared services functions to bring the Small Business competitive strategy to life and achieve Small Business results; aligns with corporate governance while maintaining a singular focus on the small business customer. Builds and utilizes strong partnerships to drive alignment for the mutual benefit of both Small Business and the organization.Travels as often as needed including regular utilization of assigned fleet vehicle in order to cover assigned territory. This may involve traveling on short notice or other daily driving duties as assigned regardless of location.Minimum of 5 years of Commercial P&C experience.Minimum of 3 years of sales and business development and/or territory management experience.Minimum of 3 years of agency relationship management experience.Some underwriting experience preferred.Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to recommend policies and procedures that drive effectiveness and efficiency.Experience analyzing problems and developi