Business Consultant - East London at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge.                                                                                       

Responsibilities

• All work must be done accurately, comprehensively and in-line with set quality standards and timelines.
• Increase Discovery Health product sales through building relationships, superior client service and technical expertise
• Create strategic business partnerships with multiple intermediary stakeholders.
• Relationship building with internal and external stakeholders.
• Project management of new business process, from end to end.
• Intermediary reporting and trend analysis.
• Consistently deliver Discovery Health value proposition.
• Escalated query resolution and troubleshooting
• Review new business pipeline, follow-up, and tracking.
• Quotation preparation and issuance
• Technical training and ongoing product support to financial advisors.
• Keeping up to date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments
• Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Logical, analytical problem-solving ability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to take accountability, responsibility, and ownership.
• Able to take initiative and exercise sound judgment and decision making.
• Ability to work in a highly pressurized, target oriented environment.
• Ability to deal positively with change and uncertainty.
• Strong business acumen.
• Strong sales and persuasive skills.
• Strong quality orientation.
• Good organizational skills.
• Proactive, self-motivated.
• Able to identify, nurture and develop talent.
• Customer oriented.
• Ability to meet deadlines timeously

Education and Experience

Qualifications

• Business degree (advantageous)
• RE5 (preferable)
• NQF5 in Wealth Management of Financial Planning / 120 FAIS credits (preferable)
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Sales experience (advantageous)

Experience

• 3-5 years medical scheme industry experience (required)
• Relevant financial services industry experience is advantageous
• Adviser consulting experience in the financial services industry (advantageous)

Requirements

• Valid driver’s licence and an insured and reliable car
• Smart phone
• Willingness to travel