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Practice Development Consultant AFP: SLS SC SFP (Lynnwood/Vineyards) (JG 8/9) at Sanlam Group

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Matric
  • Experience 3 – 5 years
  • Location Gauteng
  • City Pretoria
  • Job Field Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development 

Practice Development Consultant AFP: SLS SC SFP (Lynnwood/Vineyards) (JG 8/9) at Sanlam Group

Practice Development Consultant AFP: SLS SC SFP (Lynnwood/Vineyards) (JG 8/9)

What will you do?

  • This is a regionally based specialist support role reporting to a National Manager: Aligned Financial Planners (AFP). This role undertakes a co-ordination and practice supporting function across Succession Financial Planning to AFP’s.

Key responsibilities for this role are:

Assist with practice development and business building

  • Undertake monthly discussions and regular site visits to all AFPs’ in the business.
  • Work closely with the Business Development Consultant to ensure that all AFP’s attend and complete the practice management modules/sessions
  • Support projects and focus activities of the National Manager: AFP that seek to drive production.
  • Undertake networking with other stakeholders (head office and support departments) in the sales/support process
  • Ensure that there is the general promotion of EoDB ( Ease of doing business) with respect to processes and procedures relating to sales support and assistance to AFP’s.
  • Utilisation of BI/MIS to create opportunities/Possibilities Dashboards/ campaigns/conversations
  • Execute the on regional sales/marketing strategy/plan
  • Work closely with Vesting and Onboarding Consultant to ensure that new AFP’s are properly on-boarded and trained in order to be fully productive as soon as possible.

Drives sales targets and execution including;

  • Execute on marketing activities geared to generate sales
  • Create and direct opportunities to increase new business streams
  • Launch/drive ad-hoc regional sales competitions and recognition events to stimulate motivate sales, in collaboration with Regional Marketing Consultant

Drive marketing within the portfolio including:

  • Work closely with the Regional Marketing Consultant in executing on Leads Management and Campaigns
  • Support the National Manager: AFP’s to open doors and/or work closely with the AFP’s to develop tactical and operational plans for the penetration of new worksites
  • Continually review progress and adjust/enhance focus, plans and actions during the year so as to achieve the strategy
  • Undertake requisite reporting and feedback to the National Manager: AFP as required (i.e.: expenses, sales, challenges, opportunities)
  • Execute on plans/initiatives as identified by the National Manager: AFP
  • Drive diversified income streams – more than one class of business
  • Identify opportunities within a advisors practice and drive campaigns for NUB growth

Support compliance in intermediary’s practices

  • Support and assist in the process of ensuring that AFP’s are up to date and have a thorough understanding of the different compliance related processes, procedures and activities required in their practice
  • Work with the Advice and Risk Consultants as well as Gatekeepers should there be queries, issues or complaints that need to be investigated.

Advisor Relationship Management & Coaching

  • Deliver structured one-on-one and group coaching to improve advisor performance across sales, client engagement, and business growth.
  • Serve as a strategic guide through platform adoption, incentive dashboards, and advisor growth journeys.
  • Conduct performance reviews that interpret MI dashboards, turning data into actionable coaching and advisor-led outcomes.
  • Act as a trusted escalation point for complex client cases and operational challenges.
  • Strengthening advisor loyalty and retention through human connection, clarity, and consistent support.

Digital Enablement & Training

  • Design and deliver high-impact learning experiences on products, regulations, market insights, and digital platforms.
  • Facilitate digital onboarding and workflow transitions using system-guided, AI-supported pathways.
  • Champion self-service adoption and build digital confidence across the advisor community.
  • Serve as feedback conduit between advisors and tech/product teams, enhancing usability and innovation.

Data & Performance Analysis

  • Leverage performance data to drive personalized enablement strategies and advisor accountability.
  • Translate data insights into coaching prompts, dashboard nudges, and system enhancements that support advisor growth.

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience:

  • Grade 12
  • Drivers licence
  • 3-5 years financial services sales support/consultant experience
  • Financial services (preferably Distribution) experience

Knowledge and Skills: (Functional)

IT:

  • MS: Office (Excell, Word, PP, Outlook)
  • Sales tools: i.e.: Sanfin; Sanport; Xplan
  • Payroll/ Compay
  • Lodging
  • Good basic IT/systems operations knowledge

Business/Management:

  • Financial Services Industry Knowledge
  • AFP value proposition
  • Relevant regulatory legislation and compliance knowledge
  • Financial Services Product Knowledge (Sanlam and competitors)
  • Vesting
  • On boarding processes
  • ITC and credit checking
  • AFP Contracts and agreements
  • Commission and remuneration structures
  • Sales metrics and measurements
  • Practice Management and implementation

Personal Attributes:

  • Confident
  • High energy and pro-active
  • Strong administrative skills and knowledge
  • Sound relationship building skills
  • Problem solver
  • Results driven
  • Communication abilities
  • Structured, planned, organised and process orientated
  • Collaborator

Personal Qualities:

  • Cultivates Innovation
  • Plans and Aligns
  • Customer Focus
  • Being Resilient
  • Decision Quality
  • Optimizes Work Processes
  • Drives Results
  • Action Oriented
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Collaboration
  • Interpersonal Savvy
  • Instills Trust
  • Treating Customers Fairly

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Sanlam Group on careers.sanlamcloud.co.za to apply

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