Regional Marketing Consultant: SLS SC SFP (Durban) (JG 7-9)

Sanlam Limited; Durban; On-site; ZAR 350 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in Durban seeks a Regional Marketing Consultant to execute and implement distribution marketing strategies. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Marketing, strong planning and communication skills, and experience in a financial distribution business. This role involves supporting marketing campaigns and business growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience within a financial distribution business in a sales/marketing role.

Responsibilities

• Execute and support marketing campaigns developed by the Head: Go-2-Market.
• Assist the Regional Business Manager with regional marketing plans.
• Support business growth through focused regional marketing.

Skills

Sound planning and co-ordination skills

Excellent relationship and partnership building abilities

Good communication and presentation skills

Education

Degree in Marketing, Commerce, Business

Tools

MS: Office (Excel, Word, PP, Outlook)

SAPHana

Job description

Overview

Regional Marketing Consultant: SLS SC SFP (Durban) (JG 7-9)

Date: 31 Oct 2025

Location: Durban, KwaZulu Natal, ZA

Purpose

This is a regional management role that is responsible to execute and implement the national distribution marketing strategies at a regional level.

Responsibilities

• Execute and support marketing campaigns developed by the Head: Go-2-Market.
• Assist the Regional Business Manager with the implementation of customised regional marketing plans/strategies.
• Support business growth through focused regional marketing support.
• Assist and support conferences, marketing sponsorships and corporate social investment projects.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to provide worksite/key account marketing support; as well as execute campaigns for smaller regional worksite/key accounts.
• Undertaking ongoing market/competitor research, networking and prospecting to identify new opportunities.
• Actively drive feedback on projects, campaigns, plans, sponsorships and report back on ROI achieved.
• Provide ongoing marketing support in respect of provision of material, branding of national events, etc.
• Budgets and expense management which will be overseen by Head: Go-2-Market.

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience:

• Degree in Marketing, Commerce, Business
• Experience within a financial distribution business in a sales/marketing role

Knowledge and Skills:

IT:

• MS: Office (Excel, Word, PP, Outlook)
• Different sales tools and packages (i.e: SANFIN, SANPORT etc)
• MIS
• SAPHana
• mWS

Business:

• Financial Services Industry Knowledge
• Legislative compliance processes and practices
• Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)/ Worksite contracts
• Knowledge of worksites and all other markets and the functioning thereof
• Sales and advice processes/financial planning knowledge
• Budgets and expense management
• Knowledge of sales tools / aids
• Market segmentation
• Marketing and sales principles
• Marketing conferences and sponsorships
• Knowledge of specific value propositions for different segments
• Market and client/product segmentation
• Commercial and business acumen

Personal Attributes:

• Sound planning and co-ordination skills
• Excellent relationship and partnership building abilities
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Influencing and gaining commitment abilities
• Structured and organised
• Impactful
• Determined and results (sales) orientated
• Problem solver

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.

Core Competencies

• Being resilient - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

The closing date for applications is 07 November 2025

The recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date or to allow further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.

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 aim is to help you 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 business clusters – Life and Savings, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Corporate, Sanlam Investment, Santam, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment as we believe these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.