Senior Sales Manager

Lets Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Manages a small to medium-sized team of advisors to develop, maintain, and leverage relationships with prospective and existing clients to stimulate and manage demand for financial products and services.

ResponsibilitiesSales

Sell simple products and services directly to customers while following standard protocols. May also involve providing back-office support to a sales team.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

Design own monthly schedule and, if necessary, assign work to others in order to speed up office workflow and ensure high-priority tasks get done.

Sales Incentives Management

Develop and implement a wide range of sales incentive programs, providing guidance to others on their implementation.

Recruitment

Deliver support services to recruiters through activities such as developing and updating job descriptions and job specifications and screening candidates' résumés and job applications.

Supervision/Management of Work

Supervise and monitor the work of a team to ensure that processes and procedures are properly implemented and that the team is achieving defined objectives and standards.

Product Training

Help to prepare product training for specific technical areas following precedents and established procedures; run small training programs (or pieces of larger training programs) for specific areas using prepared content and working under the supervision of senior colleagues.

Operational Compliance

Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards. Obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.

Performance Management

Prioritize own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of productivity, quality, and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance.

Organizational Capability Building

Provide instruction and informal advice to less experienced colleagues within the team to develop their skills.

Skills

Backlog Management, Change Management, Commercial Acumen, Employee Compensation and Benefits, Executing Plans, Multitasking, Oral Communications, Organizational Design, Policies & Procedures, Remote Workforce, Sales Coordination, Sales Software, Servant Leadership, Teamwork

Competencies

Being ResilientBusiness InsightCommunicates EffectivelyCustomer FocusDecision QualityDirects WorkDrives ResultsEnsures Accountability

Education

Bachelors Degree (B)

Closing Date

15 April 2025 , 23:59

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