Sales Operations Manager

4 months ago


Pretoria, South Africa Santam Full time

Who are we?
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia. Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. What will you do?
Santam Client Solutions, Santam Direct department have career opportunity available for a Sales Operations Manager who will be based in Centurion. The Sales Manager is accountable for the day-to-day management of the sales teams.

**This role is focused on, but not limited to**:
Servicing broker requests, including enquiries
Appropriate Client Experience and Quality standards, continuous improvement
Acquire, develop, deploy and retain new talent, current employees and leaders
To achieve the profitable growth targets contracted for each channel:
Digital, interbound/marketing above the line and digital,
Referrals and in the future over the medium-term the establishment and implementation of a Dealership channel, Value Added Products/Services (VAP’s), Pet and (Commercial Lines (CL) product line-strategies
Review and analysing of current business opportunities to improve results
The establishment of a high-performance culture; Service Level Agreement (SLA’s) and Organizational Level Agreement (OLA’s) management; formulation and implementation of recovery/improvement plans of action
The successful implementation of strategic initiatives and the adoption thereof through appropriate change management;
Operational budget management;
Ensure regulatory requirements are met What will make you successful in this role?
Key Accountabilities
Achieving profitable growth targets
Capacity planning
Optimizing sales processes
Budget and expense management

Qualifications and Experience
Completed Grade 12
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business, Economics, Finance or insurance related
Fais fit and proper with a full qualification (advantageous)
Completed RE 5 and 1
5 years’ experience in a senior management role held within financial/short-term insurance services (advantageous)
10 years management experience
A minimum of 10 years short-term insurance experience and exposure to Personal and Commercial Lines
Experience working in high paced Contact Centre environment

**Skills**:Strategic thinking
Business/sales acumen
Remuneration models, performance based variable pay, Incentive design and management;
Sales pipeline management
Analytics and reporting expertise
Understanding of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Avaya Proactive Outreach Manager (POM) dialler-solution/s
Experience with financial systems
Coaching and mentoring
ER experience
Organizational skills
Relationship, network building and influence Personal Attributes Persuades - Contributing through others Manages complexity - Contributing through others Decision quality - Contributing through others Business insight - Contributing through others Core Competencies Being resilient - Contributing through others Collaborates - Contributing through others Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others Drives results - Contributing through others Customer focus - Contributing through others 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 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. Turnaround time
The Sanlam 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 key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.



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