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Business Consultant

Full Time

Website Discovery Limited

Discovery Limited is a major South African financial services and private healthcare group. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Sandton.

Key Purpose

  • Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

  • Increase the sales of the product range through building relationships, superior client service and technical knowledge.
  • Developing and maintaining broker relationships.
  • Review new business pipeline, follow-up and tracking.
  • Issuing of quotations.
  • Technical training of and ongoing product support to financial advisor.
  • Dealing with queries and providing information on a range of sales and service issues.
  • Liasing with internal departments on processing issues.
  • Building relationships with internal departments to ensure superior service is offering to clients.
  • Keeping up-to-date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments..
  • Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing and maintaining broker relationships
  • Review new business pipeline, follow-up and tracking
  • Issuing of quotations
  • Dealing with queries and providing information on a range of sales and service issues
  • Liasing with internal departments to ensure superior service is offered to clients
  • Keeping up-to-date with competitor product and service offering and industry developments
  • Participating in proactive sales and marketing initiatives

Personal Attributes and skills

  • Own insured transport, cellphone and drivers license
  • Willingness to undertake business travel across South Africa
  • Assertiveness
  • Self-confidence
  • Honest and ethical
  • Resilience
  • Perseverance
  • Able to manage stressful situations
  • Results driven
  • Ability to work independently without supervision
  • Self-Disciplined
  • Able to influence and negotiate
  • Persuasive
  • Able to manage stress and stressful situations
  • Results driven
  • Ability to work independently without supervision
  • Self-Discipline
  • Able to influence and negotiate
  • Persuasive
  • Build strong relationships
  • Use own initiative
  • Decisiveness

Education and Experience

  • NQF5 in Wealth Management of Financial Planning
  • RE5 (Advantageous)
  • Knowledge of underwriting process
  • Broker consulting experience in the financial services industry
  • An understanding of financial planning
  • Knowledge of MS Office Suite

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