Business Consultant-Klerksdorp at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose of the role

• Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge
• Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
• Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge.
• Developing and maintaining broker relationships.
• Review new business pipeline, follow-up and tracking.
• Issuing of quotations.
• Technical training of and ongoing product support to financial advisor.
• Dealing with queries and providing information on a range of sales and service issues.
• Liasing with internal departments on processing issues.
• Building relationships with internal departments to ensure superior service is offering to clients.
• Keeping up-to-date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments..
• Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining broker relationships
• Review new business pipeline, follow-up and tracking
• Issuing of quotations
• Technical training of and ongoing product support to financial advisors
• Dealing with queries and providing information on a range of sales and service issues
• Liasing with internal departments to ensure superior service is offered to clients
• Keeping up-to-date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments
• Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Personal Attributes and skills

• Own insured transport, cellphone and drivers license
• Willingness to undertake business travel across South Africa
• Assertiveness
• Self-confidence
• Honest and ethical
• Resilience
• Perseverance
• Able to manage stressful situations
• Results driven
• Ability to work independently without supervision
• Self-Disciplined
• Able to influence and negotiate
• Persuasive
• Able to manage stress and stressful situations
• Results driven
• Ability to work independently without supervision
• Self-Discipline
• Able to influence and negotiate
• Persuasive
• Build strong relationships
• Use own initiative
• Decisiveness

Qualifications and Experience

• NQF5 in Wealth Management of Financial Planning
• RE5
• Beneficial:
• Business degree
• Sound medical aid knowledge
• Knowledge of underwriting process
• Broker consulting experience in the financial services industry
• An understanding of financial planning
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite