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Regional Mngr: Free State &Northern Cape

Employer
Santam
Location
Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Mangaung, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jun 10, 2023

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Job Role
Other
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Who are we?
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia. Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. What will you do?
Work in this job family is focused on delivering measurable business results/outputs through direction and control of financial, material and human resources. Performance measures are clear, visible and direct and roles are typically primarily accountable for operations or revenue generating activities.
What will make you successful in this role?
VISIONING
People

Translates and communicates implications of corporate vision for own area
Creates a purpose or vision for their part of the organization that supports larger organizational goals and provides unique insight on this part of the organization
Identifies people and organizational requirements to enable achievement of short to medium term business plan results
Ensures the right people are in place with the appropriate support to accomplish annual business plan
Creates a positive organizational climate to energize direct reports in order to minimize turnover, absenteeism, labour disputes, and other work disruption and maximize productivity of employees
Ensures the right resources are in place with appropriate support to achieve medium term business results
Monitors results and reallocates or reorganizes resources to improve performance.
PLANNING
Business

Develops annual business plan and secures resources necessary to achieve identified objectives consistent with appropriate consideration of medium term requirements
Scans the external environment in order to identify and take advantage of immediate business opportunities to improve results within defined area of responsibility
Determines systems and procedures to ensure optimal use of resources
RESOURCING
Business

Determines priorities for resource allocation and deployment to optimize the productivity of internal resources in delivering results
Establishes performance expectations and resource allocations consistent with desired results
EXECUTION
Business

Directs, controls, and optimizes resources to meet established objectives and deliver agreed results
Identifies and drives changes which will improve effectiveness and efficiency - doing a range of things better
REPORTING

Provides periodic reports on performance against plan and progress on key results. Adjusts plan and resource allocation in line with changed priorities
Represents/reports customer viewpoint upward to the larger organization
SUCCESS CRITERIA

Plan attainment
Productivity and motivation/morale of workforce
Development of critical skills and capabilities
Responsiveness to changed plans/demands, both short and medium term
Budget and Financial management Qualifications
B. Comm/similar or relevant insurance-related diploma
AIISA or FIISA or similar qualification
Broad financial services/ insurance background
People management experience
Experience in managing underwriting performance, growth and sustainability.
Experience in operating at a Management level in the short-term insurance industry
Experience in conducting high-level (client) negotiations Our commitment to transformation
At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. 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. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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