Sales Support Consultant

The role Santam Direct has an opportunity for a Sales Support Consultant to join their Business Development team. What will you do? The incumbent will play a key role in supporting the Sales Team, Senior Business Development Manager and Operations Manager in Santam Direct. What will make you successful in this role? 1. Sales support

• Project management of marketing campaigns, progress tracking and escalation on delays.
• Milestone communication to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Offer administration and business support in facilitating the completion of requests within published service level agreements.
• Co-ordinate and manage work group discussions/ meetings required in business development.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate marketing & branding requests from Advisers & Business Development Consultants.
• Responsible for internal project related communications and stakeholder management.
• Offer support to Business Development team regarding referral partner onboarding process.

Secondary responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Administration support to Senior Management.
• Diary management of Senior Management team by scheduling appointments and following up on diary requests to ensure appropriate and constructive allocation of time.
• Back-up support Admin Coordinator as and when required.

2. Travel Co-ordination:

• Co-ordinate travel arrangements of Business Development team.
• Ensure adherence to Santam group travel and procurement policies.

Qualification and Experience

• Matric/ Grade 12
• Experience in engagement with key business and external partners across all levels (including senior levels) on behalf of the line manager / Senior BDM
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in project management and business reporting, including: extracting and verifying data from different sources, drafting and delivering reports to Management while adhering to strict deadlines as well as summarizing insights, results, and findings.

Knowledge

• Computer literate (Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Sharepoint and One Drive).
• Project and/or process management skills.
• Knowledge of the Short-Term Insurance products and services and policies (advantageous).
• Knowledge of workflow system would be beneficial.

Skills

• Strong co-ordination, organisational and planning skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills
• Results orientated, pro-active and deadline driven
• High stress tolerance: Ability to operate under pressure
• Strong quality and client service orientation
• Self directed and motivated
• Sound analysis skills
• Professionalism, excellent judgement, use of discretion, prioritisation and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work and make decisions independently

Competencies

• Client focused
• Collaborative
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Innovative
• Drive results
• Planning and organising
• Interpersonal savvy
• Stakeholder management
• Resilient

Information :

• Company : Sanlam
• Position : Sales Support Consultant
• Location : Johannesburg, Gauteng
• Country : ZA