Broker Consultant: Entry Level Market (m/f)

Description

• Who are we?
• Sanlam is a leading Financial Services Institution, which provides services in the fields of Individual Life Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Unit Trusts and Asset Management. To give substance to its objective to be fully-fledged Namibian Insurer, Sanlam is increasingly introducing greater financial and technical expertise
• What will you do?
• The focus of the position is to provide support to brokers concerning insurance products. The incumbent is responsible to have an in-depth knowledge of competitors’ insurance products and to do comparison in terms of features and pricing. The incumbent must maximize sound and suitable new business inflows through the broker fraternity while upholding a support and service system of high standard towards brokers and maintain healthy relations and business profitability

Duties

• What will make you successful in this role?
• Support with broker queries pertaining to product features, pricing and benefits
• Understand competitor products and be able to highlight to brokers benefits inherent in Sanlam Namibia product set
• Understand and assist brokers with Sanlam new business and existing business process
• Design and implement marketing strategies and campaigns to facilitate new business sales as well as cross- and upselling to existing customers
• Ensure and manage good broker and client liaison
• Manage the implementation of relevant sales strategies coupled with business objectives within the broker business, to increase the volume of profitable sales
• Broker product training and accreditation
• Manage and provide new business, existing business and claims functions solutions within the Broker business

Requisites

• Grade 12
• A Bachelor Degree
• CFP or similar qualification in relevant fields will be an advantage
• Appropriate sales and support experience in the financial services sector
• Excellent English (verbal & written) language skills. An additional local Namibian language will be a competitive advantage
• Computer Literate: MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel & PowerPoint) and Company’s software
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Broker Support
• Administration and processing of new and existing business
• Business Building
• Partnership Building
• Coach and develop others
• Behavioural Skills:
• Strong communication skills
• Results driven and able to meet dead lines
• Strong people skills
• Problem identification and problem-solving skills
• Accurate and organized
• Reliable, hardworking and accountable
• Personal Attributes
• Business insight - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Builds effective teams - Contributing independently
• Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
• 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 realize 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
• Core Competencies:
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• 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 Sanlam Namibia Group 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 the key components to ensure a thriving and sustainable business in Namibia. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process