Outbound Sales Team Leader - Insurance

Weaver Fintech Ltd; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Weaver Fintech Ltd in South Africa is seeking a Team Leader for Insurance Telemarketing to guide a 15-person sales team, drive targets, and deliver superior customer experiences.

You will coach, evaluate performance, implement training, monitor metrics, and collaborate with management to optimize processes and revenue growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Sales.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a insurance sales environment.
• 3 years' experience in team leadership.
• Competent in MS Office packages, particularly MS Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate team members to meet sales targets.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback.
• Drive team efficiency targets and productivity standards.
• Develop and implement coaching and training programmes.
• Maintain adherence to workflows and identify procedural gaps.
• Managing non-adherence and escalating challenges to management.
• Capture data, track performance, and provide operational reports.
• Participate in projects and assist with optimization efforts.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales experience

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

NQF5 or above

A relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Job description

Weaver FinTech Group is a leading digital financial services ecosystem connecting consumers to smarter, more flexible ways to pay, borrow, and protect what matters most. Our brands — Pay Just Now and FinChoice — empower millions of South Africans through innovative Payments, Lending, and Insurance solutions.

We’re a data-first organisation built on collaboration, innovation, and purpose: to make digital finance simpler, more inclusive, and more human.

Purpose of the role

The Team Leader for Insurance Telemarketing is responsible for leading, supporting, motivating, and developing a team of consultants. They ensure achievement of key performance targets, operational efficiencies, customer acquisition and retention goals. Develop and implement strategies to improve team performance, customer satisfaction and revenue growth

Key Performance Areas

Ensure that an exceptional customer experience is consistently achieved

• Achieve performance targets and resolve customer queries efficiently.
  
• Candidate should have the authority and expertise to handle complex or sensitive customer issues, demonstrating empathy, problem-solving skills, and a commitment to resolving the situation to the customer's satisfaction.
  
• Candidate should lead by example, demonstrating exemplary customer service skills in their interactions with both customers and team members.
  
• Candidate should actively promote and reinforce the importance of customer satisfaction and service excellence within their team and across the wider organization.
  
• Continuously improve customer experience and service delivery.
  
• Candidate should foster a culture of continuous improvement within their team, encouraging feedback, experimentation, and innovation to enhance the overall customer experience.

Operational, quality efficiencies and adherence

• Supervise and motivate team members to meet sales targets
  
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback
  
• Drive team efficiency targets and productivity standards.
  
• Develop and implement coaching and training programmes
  
• Maintain adherence to workflows and identify procedural/system gaps.
  
• Managing non-adherence
  
• Constantly engage with management regarding any challenges identified to mitigate through appropriate measures

Sales

• Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve team targets.
• Coach and support a team of 15 consultants on performance.
• Monitor sales metrics and provide feedback for performance improvement.
• Analyse sales data to identify trends and opportunities for optimization.

  People management

  • Develop KPAs and personal development plans for team members.
  • Lead, guide, and support agents through coaching and training.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong analytical and problem solving
  • Foster innovation and staff engagement.
  • Participate in motivational activities and workforce planning.
  • Performance management in line with BCEA

  Reporting

  • Capture required data to ensure all systems are up to date and accurate.
  • Manage and track the team’s performance hourly, daily, weekly and monthly.
  • Provide accurate reports in line with the department’s requirements.
  • Identify adverse variances and / or negative trends and proactively develop action plans to address this.
  • Provide operational feedback to the Management team by identifying trends through data analysis.

  Projects

  • Participate in any projects as per the agreed KPA.
  • Assist with the implementation and optimization of projects and assignments

  Qualifications & Accreditations

  • NQF5 or above
  • A relevant tertiary qualification

  Experience & Skills

  • Minimum 3 years' experience in Sales
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in a insurance sales environment.
  • 3 years' experience in team leadership.
  • Competent in MS Office packages, particularly MS Word, Excel and Outlook