Risk Consultant

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Optix Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
The **Risk Consultant** is at the forefront of positioning Optix as the preferred partner in road, fleet & driver safety solutions. This is a **sales and customer success management** role, where relationship-building, strategic thinking, and professional representation of Optix are critical to success. The incumbent will proactively engage prospective clients, identify and assess threats to operational stability, and present customized Optix solutions that avoid, reduce, or transfer risk — all while driving client growth, retention, and long-term satisfaction.

Success in this role improves safeguarding of our customers’ fleets and drivers, their assets and resources, and supports the overall business growth of Optix.

The **Risk Consultant** owns new relationships and is responsible for handling the earliest and arguably most sensitive touchpoint in the sales process, pre-sales, and sales, from researching and identifying new opportunities, to engaging and consulting prospects with a specific focus on nurturing.

**Why join Optix**:
Risk mitigation is essential for controlling potential disruptions and maximizing organisation-wide capacity, durability, and reliability. Optix solutions are an effective risk management program that can result in the overall reduction of our customer's risk exposure. By recognizing the impact of these threats and hazards, our clients can take the first step toward mitigating and eventually eliminating the vulnerabilities that endanger their organization’s mission and expose it to unnecessary risk.
Our programs are proven to change driver behaviour and deliver rapid ROI, saving time, money and most importantly, lives.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Key Competencies**:

- To build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on the customer, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate high integrity.

**Skills & Attributes**:

- Dynamic, competitive, and results-driven mindset
- Strong relationship management and customer engagement skills
- Professional representation of the Optix brand in all client interactions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to adapt presentations on the fly to suit prospect needs
- A passion for solving real-world problems and making a measurable impact

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Diploma in Marketing or Transport & Logistics
- Experience with CRM systems, preferably Salesforce
- Demonstrated ability in client growth and retention strategy

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Demonstrate strong technical selling skills and product knowledge of Optix offerings.
- Deliver effective proposals that identify client problems and present tailored solutions.
- Manage post-sale client relationships by tracking, analyzing, and optimizing potential.
- Provide client training on how to use Optix systems and services.
- Create and execute annual business plans aligned with sales targets.
- Engage in meaningful business conversations with owners and decision-makers.
- Maximize sales opportunities to grow market share.
- Offer consultative selling and tailored recommendations to clients based on risk needs.
- Develop leads through referrals, canvassing, direct outreach, and networking.
- Support marketing execution and company campaigns as required.
- Provide expert advice on risk mitigation aligned to client-specific challenges.

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