Sales Manager: SanlamConnect: East Coast Region: Port Elizabeth at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• This is a regional sales management role which is responsible for managing a team of vested Financial Advisor’s that have more than 24 months’ experience.
• These Financial Advisor’s would either have been transferred to the Sales Manager after they have vested under the Development Manager or are experienced Advisors that have been recruited directly into this team from outside.   

Output/Core Tasks:

The expectation of the role is to:

• Create and drive sales plans, targets and growth 
• Marketing and business building support 
• Coaching and development of FA’s
• Manage business retention processes
• Compliance and risk management 
• Enable practice management
• Oversee quality and productivity management 
• Provide effective People and Performance Management 
• Budgets and expense management of team
• Recruiting of Experienced Financial Intermediaries

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience 

• Extensive Financial Services experience in a marketing/sales environment
• Sales and Operational Management/leadership of a team/unit 
• Management Diploma
• Commercial/Financial or business-related diploma/degree 
• CFP/RFP3 or equivalent (i.e.: 120 credits)
• RE

Knowledge and skills 

To be successful you will need to demonstrate good experience in:

IT:

• MS: Office (Excel, Word, PP)
• Web based platform tool/site
• Advisor tools (i.e.: Sanfin; Leads program, Santrust, Santax, Sanport)
• AUTONUB 

Business/Management:

• Financial Services Industry Knowledge 
• Financial Services Product Knowledge (Sanlam and competitors) 
• Legal technical Knowledge (product related)
• Relevant regulatory legislation and compliance knowledge (FAIS accredited)
• Business planning
• New and Existing business processes
• Advisor contracts and remuneration
• Sales and marketing processes and practices
• Leads management and campaigns/competitions
• Management skills to manage staff 
• Budgets and expense management
• SFA distribution model and value propositions

Personal Qualities:

• Cultivates Innovation
• Client Centricity 
• Drives Results
• Collaborates 
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Drives Vision and Purpose 
• Business Insight
• Directs Work
• Decision Quality
• Treating Customers Fairly

The closing date for applications is 16 October 2025 .