Who are we?
MiWay is a direct financial services company. We are passionate about service excellence, convenience, and offering our clients superior value products. Our Vision is to be a world-class direct financial services business that offers a complete array of services under one convenient umbrella – all managed online. Category winners of the Mail & Guardian Top Companies Reputation Awards in 2014, as well as the Deloitte Best Company to Work For Survey 2011 and 2012 – we are passionate about our people. We are positive that with the right people on board, we will continue to grow and give our clients the freedom to do things their way – free from worry and most importantly at peace with all the “what-ifs” of the world. Company values that every employee subscribes to are: Energy, Freedom, Accountability, and Attitude. The ideal candidate is one who has the courage to be bold and subscribes to MiWay’s core values! Do you have a positive attitude, love a challenge, treat your colleagues with respect, and look for solutions, not problems? If yes, then MiWay is the place for you!
Job Description
The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for managing all regions that have Tied agents in achieving set sales targets, coaching, motivating, and managing the performance of regional Managers.
Minimum Qualification Required
- Grade 12/Standard 10/NQF 4
- Regulatory Exam – RE 5
- Completed FAIS credits
- Management related qualification
Minimum Experience
- Minimum 8 years face to face Sales experience
- Minimum 3 years in a regional manager role
- Solid understanding of Sales system and applicable processes that impact on the sales process
Deliverables include, but will not be limited to
- Responsible for recruitment, selection, and placement of new recruits in regions
- Coaching of Regional Managers: Sales skills and product knowledge and development changes.
- Active participation and involvement with regards to new development and changes.
- Effectively manage daily operations
- Motivation of the Regional managers and IS Specialists
- Driving and achieving monthly sales targets
- Creating reports and submitting to Head of Business Insurance
- Managing MBIS and all relationships and aspects around it.
Essential Requirements
- Must be highly proficient in dealing with clients at all levels
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Supervisory skills
- Conflict handling and manage team dynamics
- Self-motivated, inspire others
- Motivation and desire to excel
- Problem solving skills and solution oriented
- Flexibility
- Ability to multi-task and cope with pressure
- Performance management experience
- Commitment to personal and team goals
- Professionalism
- Ability to apply business rules and processes
- Provide technical guidance to team members
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 achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realize their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
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. Deadline to apply: 28 February 2025
Our commitment to transformation
At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.