About the Company

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 centered on our delivery of insurance good and proper.

Job Description

The Broker Support Manager will provide dynamic leadership to ensure intermediary relationships at a strategic and operational level with the focus on efficiency, growth and profitability in line with intermediary and Santam objectives. Strategy to achieve this purpose will be based on the portfolio of Gauteng North and Northern Regions.

Qualifications and Experience B. Degree – Financial management, business skills AIISA or FIISA or similar. 5 years’ relevant insurance experience. FAIS compliant. Specific Job Objectives To understand, translate and champion the strategic and holistic needs of the intermediary partner and clients. To proactively manage the interdependencies within the team and cross functional. To keep the relationship managers team informed/updated on relevant issues. To ensure good intermediary relationship within the region. To ensure that Santam exceeds intermediary service level expectations. To identify and implement innovative cost-effective delivery solutions. To manage and lead a real team of service consultants to support the coordinated intermediary approach. To facilitate constructive team work dynamics. To monitor and respond to market trends and developments. To monitor and track the utilisation of resources. To evaluate and help implement processes to improve service flow and faster delivery. To monitor and track the implementation against business/ portfolio plan. To see the bigger picture and influence the relationship managers and service consultants at a tactical and operational level. To ensure and deliver on growth and profitability targets across Santam group lines of business. Skills General legal knowledge. Underwriting principles. Relevant experience in terms of managing relationships with business partners. Leadership. Portfolio management. Appreciation of industry issues that affect risk management. Team leader or managerial experience. Knowledge and experience of strategy formulation and implementation. Project management experience. Knowledge of operations in terms of process and systems design. Solid communication and negotiation skills. Competencies Driving strategy. Commercial orientation. Client focus. Enabling innovation. Change leadership. Continuous learning. Emotional intelligence. Integrity. Team-focussed leadership. Talent enablement. 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 five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

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.