Job Description
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Manager: Business Development (Cape Town)
Location: Johannesburg GAU ZA, GT, ZA
Company: Liberty Group Limited
Every day, our employees grow their knowledge by working with diverse groups of people who specialise in a wide range of skills across insurance, asset management, investment and health products. We continually seek to engage, develop, recognise and reward the people who make our business great
Purpose
To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of business development activities in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an affective and efficient manner.
Minimum Experience
3 – 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 – 2 years at junior management level
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Generic Management
Additional Minimum Qualifications
CFP is required
Outputs
Process
- Apply models and techniques which enable tracking, reporting and monitoring of business related information.
- Develop market position through the identification of target markets, building relationships and negotiating and closing business deals.
- Develop and implement approved business plans and initiatives in order to grow the business.
- Accountable for maintaining quality, service and outputs related to a work area, ensuring compliance with set policy, procedures and standards.
- Proactively identify operational problems, determine cause and effect, select and implement the best solution to solve problems based on previous experience and understanding of the context.
- Plan for and organise multiple work activities for team execution by assigning priorities against the set framework in light of the specific situational context.
Customer
- Maintain and build relationships for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
- Ensure the provision of sound consulting services and recommendations based on customer and client needs, current information and trends.
- Manages to ensure service excellence in support of Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to build positive relationships and creates opportunities for exceptional service delivery.
Finance
- Compile a budget aligned to the operational or area specific delivery of plans; monitor and report on variances and make sure that planned objectives are reported, escalating any deviations.
Learning and Growth
- Manage teams within the context of defined processes, set required performance parameters and act as technical coach where required.
- Schedule, allocate and effectively manage human resources within own area of responsibility in line with specified and specific constraints or parameters.
Governance
- Create awareness to ensure the effective implementation of changes in policy, laws, regulations and associated industry practices.
- Implement and utilise risk, governance and compliance policies and processes effectively, to identify and manage risk exposure.
Competencies
Liberty Values
Technical Competencies
- Conflict Resolution (Intermediate)
- Building a business case (Intermediate)
- Strategic Planning (Intermediate)
- Business Acumen (Intermediate)
- Business Interaction (Intermediate)
Behavioural Competencies
- People Management and Empowerment (Intermediate)
- Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)
- Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
- Judgment and decision making (Intermediate)
We put our knowledge and insight acquired over the past 16 years, to serving a pan-African market of the future. Stanlib has received its second certification as a Top Employer from the Top Employers Institute.