Sales Unit Manager - Life Business at UAP OLD MUTUAL GROUP

Job description

Role Overview

Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, the incumbent will responsible for recruitment of Financial Advisors whose role will be to acquire individual life business.

The incumbent will be required to identify markets and facilitate access of these markets by the Financial Advisors recruited. The incumbent will also be required to deliver on several key performance indicators in respect to individual life business and to submit regular reports regarding the same. They will play a central role managing the performance of Financial Advisors in their respective team.

Key Results Areas

• Recruitment and retention of Financial Advisors
• Acquisition of new individual life clients
• Retention of existing clients to ensure commercial viability of existing portfolio
• Accurately and timely generate productivity reports
• Enforcement of performance management processes as specified by the business

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor degree or Diploma is required.
• COP Accreditation
• At least 1 year experience in management of individual life business development
• An understanding of Insurance products

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to deliver results when objectives are set
• Excellent presentation skills
• High level of initiative and self-motivation
• Good Planner with task and time management proficiency
• Ability to work independently while demonstrating excellent team working skills
• Good communications skills
• Resilience to cope with pressure of working in a fast paced and dynamic environment