Were 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 four business clusters Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
About The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to head up and grow our Alternative Distribution Channel. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of business development and relationship management within the short-term insurance industry.
Deliverables
Include, but will not be limited to
- Identify growth opportunities across various short-term insurance products.
- To develop new markets and generate high quality leads for all product and distribution verticals across MiWay.
- To ensure that the newly created products achieve agreed business case targets.
- The recruitment and management of new sales and support staff when required.
Minimum Experience
- A minimum of 5 years senior managerial experience in Business Development and/or Relationship management, within short-term insurance.
- Business Case formulation
- New business product or business unit deployment.
- Managing a variety of short-term insurance products.
- Experience in strategy formulation and general business management.
- Grade 12/Standard 10/NQF 4
- Tertiary qualification required
- Proven business acumen and experience
- Must be a strategic thinker who can develop and implement innovative solutions.
- Must be analytical and able to comprehend/react to the key statistical drivers/metrics of the business unit
- Must be self-motivated and target driven
- Must have the ability to forge key relationships with key business partners.
Driving business unit efficiency and target achievement
Manage partnerships and communication
Strategic and Operational Call Centre control and reporting
Budgeting, expense management and audits
Management of employees
Personal Attributes
Builds effective teams - Contributing strategically
Decision quality - Contributing strategically
Directs work - Contributing strategically
Business insight - Contributing strategically
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.
Our commitment to transformation
MiWay is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. MiWays Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 15 May 2023.
