Branch Manager Centurion at Fidelity Services Group

Minimum Requirements

• Post matric qualification in General Management advantageous.
• Sales, Marketing or Management diploma advantageous.
• 3 years’ minimum experience, at Mid-Management level.
• Financial knowledge of Budgets, forecasting and Profit and Loss
• Grade B Security Certificate – (existing or to be obtained on appointment)
• Experience in the Security Industry preferred.

Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership

• To consistently provide strong leadership of the branch and its employees.
• To communicate with passion the vision and strategy of the branch and its performance.
• To make timely, considered decisions for the long-term success and development of the branch.

Finance, Planning & Controls

• Submit budget plans and stretch targets for each facet of the branch, and ensure these are continually met.
• Submit annual business plans, operating and sales budget for the branch in accordance with regional requirements.
• Manage and ensure accurate forecasting for branch in accordance with Finance.
• Manage Branch P&L to ensure profitability is sustained and growth is achieved.
• Manage effective collections for the branch.

Sales

• Achieve the Branch Sales targets.
• In conjunction with the Regional Sales Managers conduct sales projections per geographical area.
• Set sales and growth targets.
• Analyse sales figures and the provision of data information to enable management to take business decisions.
• Assist direct reporting Sales Consultants to achieve sales targets.
• Ensure debtors control in respect of new clients and installations are in place.
• Handle client complaints.

Dealer and IIP’s:

• Achieve the budgeted Dealer and IIP sales lines per month at the budgeted RPU.
• Recruit and onboard additional Dealers and IIP’s within the region/branch footprint.
• Include Dealers and IIP’s in the branch strategic plan, and support them to achieve their individual contributions to the branch budgets.

Operations

• Ensure that effective planning/ production controls are established in all areas and are a key management tool.
• Maintain business functions to increase productivity, quality and customer service whilst reducing costs by utilising modern process techniques.
• Champion the development of a customer focused quality improvement culture.
• Ensure that the appropriate customer service metrics are monitored regularly and that prompt actions are taken where necessary.
• Ensure that service levels throughout the branch is sustained.
• Drive a community driven pro-active service throughout the branch.
• Manage the branch fleet to ensure that no disruptions occur due to vehicles off the road.
• Manage operational Area Managers to ensure operational excellence throughout the branch.
• Ensure client visits for contact crimes are attended to (It is expected that the manager does not delegate this duty)

Health, Safety and Environment

• Maintain health & safety policies and working procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Company policies, SA laws, codes of practices and corporate guidelines.

 Marketing

• Drive all marketing activations within the branch.
• Drive customer perception within the branch and address issues highlighted in Customer Perception Survey’s
• Drive strong social media presence within the branch identifying influencers and forging good relationships with them.
• Drive a culture of “content-creation” to remain relevant in the social media space.
• Ensure that OTT strategies are implemented and relevant.
• Drive effective/pro-active communications.

Commercial

• Be proactive in regularly reviewing customer requirements and feedback.
• Communicate with customers on a regular basis.
• Ensure close liaison with branch sales team.
• Exploit new market and product opportunities via various external routes.
• Create an environment where solutions to technical customer demand issues can be resolved creatively with commercial viable products.

People Management

• Identify training and development needs among staff and coach accordingly.
• People management, including all HR related issues as well as staff development.
• Complete all necessary paperwork for the successful recruitment of terminated staff or new positions which may become available.

Business development

• Together with operational managers identify Residential Guarding and bulk sale opportunities.
• Generate proposals for bulk business/Residential Guarding sites.
• Drive community involvement through operational collaborations and the effective communication thereof.
• Manage the profitability of Residential Guarding schemes.

Attrition

• Manage all elements of attrition.
• Drive reconnections within the branch.
• Analyse branch attrition and plan mitigating actions to remedy it
• Manage sales channels to ensure exposure to bad debt and financial difficulty remains at a minimum.

Competencies (Technical & Behavioural)

• Computer Literate (MS Office, advanced Excel, PowerPoint)
• Extensive knowledge of Operations, Sales, Technical and Administration.
• Integrity and Trust
• People Focused
• Command Skills
• Managing through systems
• Time Management
• Business Acumen
• Drive for results
• Customer Focus
• Managing and measuring work
• Building effective teams