Telesure Investment Holdings Ongoing Job Vacancy – Apply Now!

Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (TIH), is the holding company of some of South Africa’s leading financial long and short term insurance providers. Our portfolio includes South Africa’s most loved and recognisable brands such as 1st
for Women, Auto & General, Budget, Dialdirect, Virseker and 1Life. Employee Benefits Administration via our Hippo Advisory Services, which includes health insurance, provident fund and group life administration. Hippo is South Africa’s first comparison website and compares insurance, other personal finance products, travel, health, money, travel, cars from a range of South African
brands. We’re pioneers with a hunger for the best, bringing customer-focused innovation and service excellence to the financial services industry. We’re an undivided team of diverse thinkers and doers who believe in leading through
technology and pushing beyond limits.

 

 

 

 

Job Title: Team Lead: Sales – Australia ( Nightshift )
Location: Dainfern, Gauteng, South Africa
Reference #: TL/05/2021
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Market Related

Job Summary:
To manage, coach and guide a team. Ensure individual contributors are performing against targets, while reviewing their performance and coaching them to do so to assist in achieving the required operational results.

Operations Management:
Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line supervisor of a transactional operations area. Involves using existing systems and protocols.

Performance Management:
Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization’s performance management systems to improve personal performance.

Manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project / account team members and hold them accountable for achieving these, taking appropriate corrective action where
necessary to ensure the achievement of team / personal objectives.

Customer Management (External):
Help manage clients by carrying out standard activities and providing support to others.
Manage customer queries and complaints and resolve these, referring complex issues to others and ensuring that the customer receives an appropriate response.

Operational Compliance:
Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organization’s policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Leadership and Direction:
Explain the local action plan to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done and and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organization’s strategy, mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.

Capability Building:
Use the organization’s formal development framework to identify the team’s individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data:
Monitor team members’ use of the customer relationship management system, identifying and resolving standard issues and escalating these to a senior manager as appropriate.

Insights and Reporting:
Extract and combine data to generate standard reports. Identify gaps and suggest improvements to achieve targets and goals.

Work Scheduling and Allocation:
Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.

Personal Capability Building:
Keep abreast with current changes in internal policies and procedures, external regulations which is facilitated by the online training system and tracked by a formal assessment.
Keep up to date with business products and keep abreast of changes in the insurance industry, including competitor products.
Gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Requirements:
General Education:
Matric / Grade 12 or SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential);
Regulatory Exam
Class of Business Certificate (Advantageous);
Degree and/or diploma in business/marketing (Advantageous)

General Experience:
5 or more years sales experience (Essential)
Experience in Financial Services Industry (Advantageous)

Managerial Experience:
3 or more years sales experience in a leadership role (Essential)

SAQA Accredited Equivalent – It is the onus of the applicant to provide TIH and its subsidiaries with certified evidence that their qualification(s) meet the equivalent NQF level required for this role at time of application. As a registered
Financial Service Provider, we are mandated to ensure that all our representatives are and remain fit and proper at all times. By applying for this role, you consent to having your relevant qualification and or accreditation or confirm that you are working towards meeting the competency requirements. You further consent to the relevant information being verified.

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Application Deadline: 05/07/2021