Since our establishment in 1918, Sanlam has been a prominent part of the South African business landscape. We have always held a long-term view of how business adapts to the demands of the environment in which it operates. Today, in a dynamic world, we see an evolving set of social, economic, political and environmental imperatives that require our skilfu...
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Job Purpose
- The Business Development Manager will be responsible for prospecting, sourcing, developing, and maintaining a specialised Investment Intermediary portfolio, and developing and/or increasing Sanlam Group’s market share of retail investment business from this portfolio, whilst delivering on the Glacier Partner Absa (GPA) Investment Channel strategy.
- This role will be responsible for servicing Johannesburg and surrounding areas.
Key Outcomes
The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Business Development Manager:
Targets and inflows
- Service an existing GPA supporting Intermediary client base
- Source and introduce new Intermediaries to Glacier
- Support and collaborate with all the relevant Broker Corporate Businesses and Independent Intermediary businesses
- Attract new business and increase retention of existing investment business for the GPA Local, Glacier International, Structured and Guaranteed Products
- Ensure that profitable annual sales volumes and monthly targets are met by directly and actively growing and managing an Intermediary Portfolio
- Ensure intermediaries adherence to all regulatory requirements (e.g. FAIS, FICA. POPIA)
Growing the business
- Develop and implement a business plan for the GPA (sales volumes, investment education and training, marketing, and client services – administration, digital usage of GPA system, and growing the support base)
- Implementing an Intermediary support model to facilitate effective and efficient support between GPA, the Broker, and the various product and service provider
Knowledge and education
- Train, educate, and develop the Intermediary’s and Intermediary’s support staff on all GPA (Local | International | Structured Products | Guaranteed Products)
- Train and facilitate the use of GPA’s digital strategy/tools and EI.
- Supply accurate investment, product, fund, services and investor information
- Facilitate or identify Intermediary needs – technical information, technology, reporting and developing a profitable practice
Marketing and Sales initiatives
- Support investment projects and campaigns (marketing support)
- Participate in investment product implementation (presentations, product development & client service support)
People Practices
- Co-ordinate and maintain effective SLA’s with all relevant stakeholders (internal and external)
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant financial / investment qualification (Financial tertiary qualification on Honours level is recommended)
- CFP
- Fais exam is advantageous
- At least 5 years’ experience in a financial distribution environment (Linked Service Provider and/or Investment Management Company is recommended) in a similar role
- Supporting and developing of intermediary (IFA) practices
- Proven Sales related success and track record
- Technical knowledge about retail investments, retail investment industry
- Valid drivers’ license and own reliable vehicle
Competencies
- Client focus (client-centricity)
- Strong relationship building ability
- Collaborates
- Cultivates Innovation
- Being resilient
- Drive Results
Leadership / Management Skills
- Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Lateral thinking and problem-solving capabilities
- Educating people capabilities
Attributes
- Positive, can-do attitude with high self confidence levels
- Passion and high-performance orientation
- Honesty, integrity and respect
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Persuasive
What will make you successful in this role?
Qualification and Experience
- Degree or Diploma with 5 years related sales experience.
Knowledge and Skills
- Strategic sales and client retention and acquisition planning
- Drive sales and profitability
- Expense, risk and compliance management
- Partnership, network and new markets development
- Management of Employees
Personal Attributes
- Persuades - Contributing through others
- Manages complexity - Contributing through others
- Business insight - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others
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What will you do?
- To grow the customer base and revenue of Sanlam Retail Mass through developing and overseeing the execution of the retail branch strategy.
- Guiding, integrating and standardising the activities, goals and objectives of various Sales Consultants in the branch, in line with the strategy.
- Leading a service delivery culture and eco-system within and outside of the branch to enable an optimal client experience.
- Assuming responsibility for the successful day to day maintenance and management of the Retail branch.
- Being a key representative for the retail branch in the industry.
What will make you successful in this role?
Strategy Development and Business Planning:
- Work with Area Manager and translate the Provincial strategy into a retail branch strategy, specifying targets, objectives and metrics.
- Contribute insights to monthly, quarterly and annual business planning for retail branches in the Region / Province.
- Responsible for managing operational costs in line with the allocated budget.
- Develop incentive tactics for the Branch Consultants and drive performance
- Retail Branch Sales Delivery
Activations:
- Develop and execute strategies (campaigns / promotions / events / etc.) to entice and draw clients from outside of the branch.
- Plan and represent the branch at various forums / events / community platforms to establish awareness and gain business.
Sales and Operational Effectiveness:
- Communicate the Retail Branch strategy, sales targets and metrics to Branch Consultants. Identify Key Result Areas and work with Branch Consultants to develop and agree collective targets.
- Monitor activities and the achievement of sales targets in the branch. Identify areas of improvement and work with Branch Consultants to address / rectify.
- Work with Business Owners of supporting functions (HR, Technology, etc.), and put the right mechanisms in place (systems, processes, technology) to ensure the branch is able to deliver a service and achieve targets.
- Identify and escalate areas of improvement regarding support systems, processes, and technologies. Where possible, solve problems or propose solutions to prevent issues from reoccurring.
Establish and drive a Service Culture:
- Align processes and procedures in the Bank to allow for a smooth, efficient and optimal client experience.
- Develop, drive and monitor client experience, and client service delivery standards in the branch.
- Manage the daily achievements of and adherence to service delivery SLAs. Identify areas of continuous improvement and take corrective action to address it.
- Ensure all client complaints and queries are handled effectively, within SLA timeframes. Where relevant, respond to escalations and continuously provide feedback to clients regarding outcomes / progress of resolutions.
Compliance, Quality and Risk Management:
- Ensure compliance and quality standards are effectively communicated and adopted across the branch.
- Ensure alignment to the Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) framework in all business practices and ensure the branch operates within the FSCA regulations.
People Management:
- Work with Human Resources and Talent Acquisition to put the necessary capacity / capability in place to achieve sales targets in the branch.
- Work with HR to establish and maintain good people practices in the branch.
- Responsible for all operational people practices relating to direct reports, in collaboration with the Human Resource Function (talent management, performance management, individual development and growth, resolving grievances, leave allocation, capacity management, etc.).
- Manage and support the accreditation and continuous professional growth of staff functioning in the branch.
Monthly Planning and Reporting
- Responsible for monthly reporting of sales and service activities in the Branch. Analyse data to identify areas of improvement and plan for the next month.
- Conduct monthly and annual planning based on reports
Qualification:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- RE1 and RE5
- 120 Wealth Management credits OR tertiary qualification recognised by the FSCA
- Class of Business accreditation (annual)
- Compliant with continuous professional development (CPD) current and past cycles.
Knowledge and Skills
- Customer service and management
- Reporting and administration
- Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
- Business processes
- Services Knowledge
Personal Attributes
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others
- Directs work - Contributing through others
- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
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What will you do?
- To grow the customer base and revenue of Sanlam Retail Mass through developing and overseeing the execution of the retail branch strategy.
- Guiding, integrating and standardising the activities, goals and objectives of various Sales Consultants in the branch, in line with the strategy.
- Leading a service delivery culture and eco-system within and outside of the branch to enable an optimal client experience.
- Assuming responsibility for the successful day to day maintenance and management of the Retail branch.
- Being a key representative for the retail branch in the industry.
What will make you successful in this role?
Strategy Development and Business Planning:
- Work with Area Manager and translate the Provincial strategy into a retail branch strategy, specifying targets, objectives and metrics.
- Contribute insights to monthly, quarterly and annual business planning for retail branches in the Region / Province.
- Responsible for managing operational costs in line with the allocated budget.
- Develop incentive tactics for the Branch Consultants and drive performance
- Retail Branch Sales Delivery
Activations:
- Develop and execute strategies (campaigns / promotions / events / etc.) to entice and draw clients from outside of the branch.
- Plan and represent the branch at various forums / events / community platforms to establish awareness and gain business.
Sales and Operational Effectiveness:
- Communicate the Retail Branch strategy, sales targets and metrics to Branch Consultants. Identify Key Result Areas and work with Branch Consultants to develop and agree collective targets.
- Monitor activities and the achievement of sales targets in the branch. Identify areas of improvement and work with Branch Consultants to address / rectify.
- Work with Business Owners of supporting functions (HR, Technology, etc.), and put the right mechanisms in place (systems, processes, technology) to ensure the branch is able to deliver a service and achieve targets.
- Identify and escalate areas of improvement regarding support systems, processes, and technologies. Where possible, solve problems or propose solutions to prevent issues from reoccurring.
Establish and drive a Service Culture:
- Align processes and procedures in the Bank to allow for a smooth, efficient and optimal client experience.
- Develop, drive and monitor client experience, and client service delivery standards in the branch.
- Manage the daily achievements of and adherence to service delivery SLAs. Identify areas of continuous improvement and take corrective action to address it.
- Ensure all client complaints and queries are handled effectively, within SLA timeframes. Where relevant, respond to escalations and continuously provide feedback to clients regarding outcomes / progress of resolutions.
Compliance, Quality and Risk Management:
- Ensure compliance and quality standards are effectively communicated and adopted across the branch.
- Ensure alignment to the Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) framework in all business practices and ensure the branch operates within the FSCA regulations.
People Management:
- Work with Human Resources and Talent Acquisition to put the necessary capacity / capability in place to achieve sales targets in the branch.
- Work with HR to establish and maintain good people practices in the branch.
- Responsible for all operational people practices relating to direct reports, in collaboration with the Human Resource Function (talent management, performance management, individual development and growth, resolving grievances, leave allocation, capacity management, etc.).
- Manage and support the accreditation and continuous professional growth of staff functioning in the branch.
Monthly Planning and Reporting
- Responsible for monthly reporting of sales and service activities in the Branch. Analyse data to identify areas of improvement and plan for the next month.
- Conduct monthly and annual planning based on reports
Qualification:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- RE1 and RE5
- 120 Wealth Management credits OR tertiary qualification recognised by the FSCA
- Class of Business accreditation (annual)
- Compliant with continuous professional development (CPD) current and past cycles.
Knowledge and Skills
- Customer service and management
- Reporting and administration
- Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
- Business processes
- Services Knowledge
Personal Attributes
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others
- Directs work - Contributing through others
- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
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What will you do?
- To grow the customer base and revenue of Sanlam Retail Mass through developing and overseeing the execution of the retail branch strategy.
- Guiding, integrating and standardising the activities, goals and objectives of various Sales Consultants in the branch, in line with the strategy.
- Leading a service delivery culture and eco-system within and outside of the branch to enable an optimal client experience.
- Assuming responsibility for the successful day to day maintenance and management of the Retail branch.
- Being a key representative for the retail branch in the industry.
What will make you successful in this role?
Strategy Development and Business Planning:
- Work with Area Manager and translate the Provincial strategy into a retail branch strategy, specifying targets, objectives and metrics.
- Contribute insights to monthly, quarterly and annual business planning for retail branches in the Region / Province.
- Responsible for managing operational costs in line with the allocated budget.
- Develop incentive tactics for the Branch Consultants and drive performance
- Retail Branch Sales Delivery
Activations:
- Develop and execute strategies (campaigns / promotions / events / etc.) to entice and draw clients from outside of the branch.
- Plan and represent the branch at various forums / events / community platforms to establish awareness and gain business.
Sales and Operational Effectiveness:
- Communicate the Retail Branch strategy, sales targets and metrics to Branch Consultants. Identify Key Result Areas and work with Branch Consultants to develop and agree collective targets.
- Monitor activities and the achievement of sales targets in the branch. Identify areas of improvement and work with Branch Consultants to address / rectify.
- Work with Business Owners of supporting functions (HR, Technology, etc.), and put the right mechanisms in place (systems, processes, technology) to ensure the branch is able to deliver a service and achieve targets.
- Identify and escalate areas of improvement regarding support systems, processes, and technologies. Where possible, solve problems or propose solutions to prevent issues from reoccurring.
Establish and drive a Service Culture:
- Align processes and procedures in the Bank to allow for a smooth, efficient and optimal client experience.
- Develop, drive and monitor client experience, and client service delivery standards in the branch.
- Manage the daily achievements of and adherence to service delivery SLAs. Identify areas of continuous improvement and take corrective action to address it.
- Ensure all client complaints and queries are handled effectively, within SLA timeframes. Where relevant, respond to escalations and continuously provide feedback to clients regarding outcomes / progress of resolutions.
Compliance, Quality and Risk Management:
- Ensure compliance and quality standards are effectively communicated and adopted across the branch.
- Ensure alignment to the Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) framework in all business practices and ensure the branch operates within the FSCA regulations.
People Management:
- Work with Human Resources and Talent Acquisition to put the necessary capacity / capability in place to achieve sales targets in the branch.
- Work with HR to establish and maintain good people practices in the branch.
- Responsible for all operational people practices relating to direct reports, in collaboration with the Human Resource Function (talent management, performance management, individual development and growth, resolving grievances, leave allocation, capacity management, etc.).
- Manage and support the accreditation and continuous professional growth of staff functioning in the branch.
Monthly Planning and Reporting
- Responsible for monthly reporting of sales and service activities in the Branch. Analyse data to identify areas of improvement and plan for the next month.
- Conduct monthly and annual planning based on reports
Qualification:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- RE1 and RE5
- 120 Wealth Management credits OR tertiary qualification recognised by the FSCA
- Class of Business accreditation (annual)
- Compliant with continuous professional development (CPD) current and past cycles.
Knowledge and Skills
- Customer service and management
- Reporting and administration
- Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
- Business processes
- Services Knowledge
Personal Attributes
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others
- Directs work - Contributing through others
- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
go to method of application »
What will you do?
- As a branch manager, you will be responsible for growing the customer base and revenue of Sanlam Retail Mass through developing and overseeing the execution of the retail branch strategy.
- Guiding, integrating, and standardising the activities, goals and objectives of various Sales Consultants in the branch, in line with the strategy.
- Leading a service delivery culture and eco-system within and outside of the branch to enable an optimal client experience.
- Assuming responsibility for the successful day to day maintenance and management of the Retail branch. Responsible for Retail branch strategy development and business planning.
- Ensure retail branch sales delivery and establish and drive a service culture.
- Ensure compliance, quality, and risk management.
- Responsible for all operational people practices relating to direct reports, in collaboration with the HR (talent management, performance management, individual development and growth, resolving grievances, leave allocation, capacity management, etc.).
- Monthly planning and reporting of sales and service activities in the Branch.
- Identify key internal and external stakeholders (Area Managers, Business Owners, activation sites, community forums, etc.) and determine effective engagement tactics that will contribute to building and maintaining relationships.
Education and Experience:
- Matric (Grade 12).
- RE1 and RE5.
- 120 Wealth Management credits OR tertiary qualification recognised by the FSCA.
- Class of Business accreditation (annual).
- Compliant with continuous professional development (CPD) current and past cycles.
- A minimum of 5 years recent industry experience of which 3 years should be in any leadership capacity.
- Service Management experience is essential.
- Insurance sales experience.
- Credit and lending experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
- Sales tactics and approaches.
- Stakeholder engagement and management.
- Customer service and engagement.
- Relevant Regulatory frameworks, policies, and standards.
- Sanlam insurance products (ideal).
- People management practices and principles.
- Business Acumen.
- Computer literate.
- Data and analytics (including data visualisation).
- Project management.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communicator (verbally and in writing).
- Able to lead and motivate a team.
- Driven to exceed targets.
- Organising skills.
- Adaptable and able to learn quickly.
- Resilient and open to change.
Personal Attributes
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others
- Directs work - Contributing through others
- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
Core Competencies
- Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
- Customer focus - Contributing through others
- Drives results - Contributing through others
- Collaborates - Contributing through others
- Being resilient - Contributing through others
Why join us?
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for career advancement within a growing organization.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Ongoing training and development programs.
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