South Africa Job Openings

Sanlam

Regional General Manager (PG14): Gauteng South Region (Constantia Kloof)

FULL TIME

December 2, 2024

Who are we?

Sanlam Life Ltd is one of the top financial services providers in the South African market.

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our financial advisors. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our financial advisors to realise their worth.

Our company is built on a respect for what people are worth and an appreciation for what they can become. We know that your worth is infinite and unique – and want to inspire you to realise this worth.
This is why we give each and every person who is contracted at Sanlam the opportunity to make the most of who they are, and to be recognised, respected and rewarded for their capabilities.

What will you do?

Undertake regional leadership:

Analyse the regional market changes, competitors, risks, opportunities and threats and create contingency plans for these in order to protect and grow market share
Serve on the regional Exco and contribute to the profitability and success of the region with respect to attainment of business plans, decision making, operations, sales, compliance and customer service
Drive a culture of high performance within the region through present and courageous leadership.

Tactically execute the regional sales strategy through sales management:

Ensure the regional strategy is understood and work with sales management to formulate the regional business plan
Ensure Business Managers effectively drive and attain sales targets
Ensure and drive the attainment of manpower targets together with Business Managers in the region
Work with the Business Managers and specialist resources to identify, support and develop strategies that penetrate new worksites or market segments
Initiate, drive and promote various sales incentive competitions in support of sales
Monitor and track MIS/reporting and undertake corrective actions if required regarding the effectiveness of the strategy execution
Re-enforce clearly how the different channels need to work collaboratively to achieve the regional strategy and that processes and communication within the region and between teams support this.
Get regular feedback and updates from sales management and teams on sales performance against target. Report these back to Regional Exco

Ensure tactical integration of specialist and support resources within the region:

Work closely with support and specialist resources within the region and Head Office to ensure these are aligned to the achievement of the regional strategy. Ensure that the sales management teams effectively utilize these resources

Monitor regional expense budgets and profitability:

The Regional General Manager is to monitor and report on expenses and profitability

What will you do..continued

Ensure risk management and compliance within the region (including Key Individual):

Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of all relevant regulatory and legislative laws/rules/ frameworks applicable to doing business compliantly.
Drive ongoing awareness and education of compliance within the region
Working closely with the Compliance Department/Officer, establish and implement compliance metrics/ measures, structures, monitoring and reporting.
Evaluate and resolve ‘escalated’ client/broker complaints by collaboration with the Compliance Department by following the prescribed process, undertaking client/intermediary contact and decision making
Identify areas of risk within the region and ensure there are appropriate management processes, monitoring, reporting and corrective actions in place to minimise or eliminate these.

Build and develop relationships, networks and new markets:

Work closely with the Regional Marketing Manager, Business Managers and different support resources to identify high impact clients, associations and worksites/ companies (public and private sector) to approach and build relationships with
Partner with the Regional Executive to attend and host selected client engagement opportunities in order to market Sanlam
Look for opportunities to penetrate less utilized market segments within the region. Formulate creative value propositions and strategies to gain access to, and contract clients/leads working in these markets.

People Management:

Ensure that high potential talent is sourced and selected into the region to support the vision and talent succession needs.
Embrace transformation in the region. Promote and communicate transformation as a key strategy within the region and support initiatives to achieve DTI targets.
Align HR practices and decisions within the province, with respect to recruitment and promotion of staff, to support transformation targets
Ensure all direct reports have development plans, discussions and are suitably trained for their positions
Undertake performance management and performance discussions with all direct reports
Undertake staff career development and talent retention strategies

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience:

Sound Financial Services experience at a senior level within the corporate environment. Sales and Distribution exposure. (10+ years)
Sound management and leadership experience. (10+ years)
Business, Legal or Commercial Degree/MBA
CFP
KI

Knowledge and Skills:

Business:

Broad and significant Financial Services Industry knowledge/understanding
Financial Services Product Knowledge (Sanlam and competitors)
Profitability/Value of New Business(VNB)
Distribution Strategy and Models
Financial and budget/expense management
Corporate governance/risk management
Marketing and sales
Business planning, strategy planning and execution
Market and client segmentation knowledge
Relevant regulatory legislation and compliance knowledge within Financial Services/KI
Good general legal technical knowledge
Leadership and management principles and governances

Personal Qualities:

Sales and target driven
Partnership and relationship builder
Leadership abilities (vision, courage, values, ethics, connecting with people)
High energy levels and action orientation with tenacity
Able to operate, challenge and influence at a strategic/tactical level
Socially confident and skilled to communicate well
Able to inspire and motivate others into action
Results orientation (sales/target focussed)
Influencing abilities
Networking and natural relationship builder

Competencies:

Cultivates Innovation
Client Focus
Drives Results
Collaborates
Flexibility and Adaptability
Business Insight
Financial Acumen
Decision quality
Drives engagement
Organisational Savvy

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. The closing date for applications is 09 December 2024.

The recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date or to allow further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as Mi Way and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment as we believe these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.

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