Sanlam Careers | Sales Agent : MiWayLife (Parktown, Gauteng)

MWL, is dedicated to supporting, growing and empowering clients with affordable, easy, and suitable insurance solutions, primarily through telephonic intermediary channels. We have approximately 120 tied agents, all dedicated to meeting the financial needs of our clients.

Miwaylife’s vision: is to establish a world-class direct financial service business that seeks to:

• offer its customers excellent service, superior value products, and fair treatment always;
• be the employer of choice; and
• be a good corporate citizen and play a meaningful role in the transformation of the Financial Services industry

MiWayLife’s company culture embodies “Life Insurance reimagined” with a value-based focus on Professionalism, Freedom, Attitude, Energy and Accountability. We are a family of vibrant and energetic free-thinkers, constantly looking to innovate and turn the industry on its head. What will you do?

• Sell life insurance telephonically
• Achieve sales targets
• Adhere to Quality and Compliance processes to minimize business risk
• Maintain optimal operational efficiencies based on productivity measures
• Adapt and change to fit in with changing business operational requirements
• Sales objection handling
• Build and maintain good client relationships
• Keep abreast of developments and trends in the Industry – self learning
• Ensure commitment to the FAIS Fit & Proper qualification requirements What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience :
Grade 12 qualification
3 years’ experience within a Sales Outbound Call Centre, selling long term insurance (with targets attached to the sales)

Knowledge and skills :
Good understanding of Financial Services Industry related legislation and regulation
Understanding of sales processes and servicing industry
Outbound Sales experience is required
Fluency in English and one other South African official language
A clear criminal and credit record
Commitment to the FAIS Act and meeting Fit & Proper qualification requirements
Willingness to work overtime in order to achieve targets.
Being fully computer literate.

Personal qualities :
Interpersonal
Planning and organizing
Building and maintaining relationships
Treating Customers Fairly
Initiative
Results Driven/Achievement orientated
Continuous learning
Tenacity
Objection handling skills
Team orientated
Ability to receive and implement feedback Qualification and Experience Grade 12 with 3 to 4 years related experience. Knowledge and Skills Undertake Outbound Tele-Sales Service inbound client queries, requests Administration and processing Quality, compliance and accreditation Personal Attributes Communicates effectively – Contributing independently Situational adaptability – Contributing independently Action orientated – Contributing independently Persuades – Contributing independently Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. Core Competencies Cultivates innovation – Contributing independently Customer focus – Contributing independently Drives results – Contributing independently Collaborates – Contributing independently Being resilient – Contributing independently Turnaround time

Due date for applications:
The closing date for applications is 31 July 2023.
Please note that the recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date, or to allow for further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.

Turnaround times:
The time taken to complete this process depends on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Our commitment to transformation
MiWayLife is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.