Graduate Intern: Trainee Sales Consultant (Lynnwood) at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• Gauteng North Region is offering young graduates an opportunity to enter the Financial Services Industry to be trained as Trainee Sales Consultant. We are looking for fresh talent and therefore a Graduate Internship for a Trainee Sales Consultant is available for unemployed graduates seeking experience from established individuals in the Financial Services industry for a period of 12 months. The Graduate Internship program is just one of the ways that Sanlam contributes to the development of talent in South Africa.

Output/Core Tasks:

Your success will come from:

• Provide administration support to Enterprise Business Manager
• Run lead projects with the Sales Consultant (SC) by managing and sourcing leads from DCI and Book reports
• Provide Sales Consultants with support and assistance 
• Drive sales and business building activities with advisors
• Build sound partnering relationships
• Assist advisors with the relevant product information

What will make you successful in this role?

• The successful candidates will be part of a development program. The program is structured over a 12 month period and will guide the candidate through a process of training, mentorship, on- the- job coaching and focused business exposure within a dynamic and fast paced environment in order to groom and prepare the candidate for the position.

Qualification & experience:

• Grade 12 or equivalent 
• Completed Business-related National Diploma or Degree (Preferably Marketing/Finance)
• Candidates should be unemployed, with no or very limited previous work experience
• Communicate effectively in English

Knowledge and Skills:

• To be successful you will need to demonstrate good experience in:
• Successful candidate should be unemployed
• Knowledge of and experience in MS Office

Competencies:

• Cultivates innovation
• Client centricity
• Results driven
• Collaboration
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Communicates effectively
• Plans and aligns
• Action oriented
• Treating customers fairly