Regional Manager - Gauteng South at Santam Insurance

What will make you successful in this role?

People

• Translates and communicates implications of corporate vision for own area
• Creates a purpose or vision for their part of the organization that supports larger organizational goals and provides unique insight on this part of the organization
• Identifies people and organizational requirements to enable achievement of short to medium term business plan results  
• Ensures the right resources are in place with appropriate support to achieve medium term business results
• Monitors results and reallocates or reorganizes resources to improve performance
• Ensures the right people are in place with the appropriate support to accomplish annual business plan
• Creates a positive organizational climate to energize direct reports in order to minimize turnover, absenteeism, labour disputes, and other work disruption and maximize productivity of employees

Business

• Develops annual business plan and secures resources necessary to achieve identified objectives consistent with appropriate consideration of medium term requirements
• Scans the external environment in order to identify and take advantage of immediate business opportunities to improve results within defined area of responsibility
• Determines systems and procedures to ensure optimal use of resources
• Determines priorities for resource allocation and deployment to optimize the productivity of internal resources in delivering results
• Establishes performance expectations and resource allocations consistent with desired results
• Directs, controls, and optimizes resources to meet established objectives and deliver agreed results
• Identifies and drives changes which will improve effectiveness and efficiency – doing a range of things better

REPORTING

• Provides periodic reports on performance against plan and progress on key results.   Adjusts plan and resource allocation in line with changed priorities
• Represents/reports customer viewpoint upward to the larger organization

SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Plan attainment
• Productivity and motivation/morale of workforce
• Development of critical skills and capabilities
• Responsiveness to changed plans/demands, both short and medium term

Qualifications and Experience

• B. Comm/similar or relevant insurance-related diploma
• AIISA or FIISA or similar qualification
• Broad financial services/ insurance background
• People management experience
• Experience in managing underwriting performance, growth and sustainability.
• Experience in operating at a Management level in the short-term insurance industry
• Experience in conducting high-level (client) negotiations