Regional Sales Manager

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About Nedgroup Investments

Nedgroup Investments is an award-winning global investment business with a growing presence in Africa and Europe. Nedgroup Investments offers a wide range of investment solutions for retail and institutional investors. Nedgroup Investments is a division of Nedbank Group Ltd, leveraging the investment and financial expertise of one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups. The Nedgroup Investments Best of Breed™ philosophy sees us partner with select fund managers who we believe are able to provide consistent long-term outperformance for our clients. These fund managers are experts in their field of specialisation and we tend to partner with them for long periods of time giving them sufficient opportunity to deliver on their mandate objectives. We obsess about long-term performance and our top priority is to deliver a superior investment experience for our clients.

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

FAIS Affected

Job Purpose

To deliver sales teams results through enabling others, and ensure alignment to Nedbanks' strategic focus areas.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify and meet stakeholder needs, including giving them regular feedback.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Ensure effective resource capacity and planning.
• Achieve clear accountability of team members.
• Ensure resource capacity is aligned to the needs of the business.
• Ensure relevant processes and procedures are followed.
• Plan and monitor development by scheduling and tracking team progress against performance.
• Engage with the team and Identify additional training and development requirements. E
• nsure relevant stakeholders are kept informed and updated.
• Identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure transformational targets are met.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
• Participate in the development and implement action plans to address issues raised in culture surveys.
• Create a client service culture through various interventions.
• Achieve operational excellence.
• Encourage team to generate innovative ideas and share knowledge.
• Manage budget costs within budgeting constraints.
• Set and allocate sales targets for the team. Review sales targets against performance.
• Ensure profitability of distribution medium.
• Make recommendations for alternate improvements to the business by reviewing non-performing areas.
• Meet financial targets through monitoring, tracking and reviewing performance of the team.
• Ensure quality sales standards are agreed to and delivered on.
• Manage performance of staff by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
• Mentor and coach staff on identified performance gaps.
• Motivate staff to perform and contribute to the success of the business by creating environment of teamwork through engaging with staff (sharing information) and encouraging participation in decision making processes.
• Follow the recruitment process when recruiting talent.
• Maintain a high performing team and ensure an environment for optimal performance is created by identifying talent pool through career conversations, using the talent grid principles and developing talent retention programmes.
• Manage the onboarding process of new employees.

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People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Relevant Bachelor Degree or Diploma.

Essential Certifications

Preferred Certifications

CFP

Minimum Experience Level

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies