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The incumbent will be responsible and accountable for the facilitation, guiding, directing, consolidation, monitoring and status reporting of SANBS Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) processes, initiatives, actions and implementation plans.

Key Performance Areas

KPA 1: Direct and facilitate, guide & drive SWP in SANBS

1. Provide specialists input by facilitating and directing, and driving all SWP processes and activities to ensure consistent application with optimal return for the business.
2. Manage the SWP process from start to finish and accept final responsibility of the organization-wide workforce plan.
3. Develop and implement the SWP policy, governance and frameworks.
4. Coordinate and schedule all SWP processes and activities ensuring alignment with the annual business cycle, leadership and reporting protocols.
5. Ensure all divisional SWP plans are timely submitted and comply with the SWP procedures and specifications.
6. Support divisions with SWP implementation and actions and proactively advise to ensure optimal return on investment.

KPA 2: Relationship Management

1. Strategic partner to the Executives, Senior Managers & Managers within SANBS to support SWP.
2. SWP stakeholder relationships management across the Departments and Divisions.
3. Support and enable a common SWP understanding in SANBS.
4. Ensure integration of all the functions in the SWP process and synergies and opportunities are fully exploited.
5. Close working relationship with Learning & Development to ensure the training matrix is active and supports all the SWP processes and actions.

KPA 3: Management of the SWP Annual Scenario Planning processes

1. Facilitate, direct and coordinate the annual SWP scenario planning process per department ensuring consistent application across SANBS.
2. Custodian of SWP templates and tools, ensuring templates and tools are reviewed when required to support efficiencies and effectiveness.
3. Ensure efficient scheduling and communication to support timely delivery.
4. Consolidate all divisional scenario plans in the SANBS plan, clearly articulating time, deliverables, actions and accountability.

KPA 4: Monitoring of SWP action plans, implementation

1. Proactively monitor the implementation and progress on all SWP action plans and identify potential opportunities to improve when required.
2. Interpret, provide input and revise (if necessary) divisional action plans, if no longer serving the organization.

KPA 5: Reporting

1. Consolidated SWP Reporting: Quarterly & Annually, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
2. Develop and submit reports detailing the link to business performance and quantify impact.
3. Develop reports associated with the 5-year strategic plan time horizon of the organization.

KPA 6: Up-to-date, accurate data and information management for SWP

1. Implement and ensure all information utilized on the SWP system and/or database/s is up-to-date and accurate.
2. Quality assurance checks and audits of information on a regular basis to ensure accuracy, relevancy and up-to-date information.
3. Ensure a procedure to maintain all information sources utilized effectively.
4. Develop appropriate and efficient systems to ensure accurate data management.
5. Interpret the SANBS workforce data and provide recommendations to senior leadership.

KPA 7: SWP Stakeholder Management

1. Support a consistent and common understanding of SWP across SANBS by developing communications for utilization by the Executives and Managers.
2. Draft SWP messaging and communication to support SWP implementation.
3. Drive change management to ensure strategic alignment with all relevant stakeholders in the process.

KPA 8: Risk Management

1. Identify potential early warning SWP risks and propose mitigating actions for approval and implementation.
2. Assist and support internal and external auditors by submitting correct data and reports.
3. Ensure organization-wide adherence to SWP policy and procedures.
4. Integrate SWP risks into the broader organizational strategic risk register.

KPA 9: Continuous Improvement and quality management

1. Identify opportunities to improve SWP and business processes at appropriate intervals.
2. Proactively identify opportunities and potential synergies across the business with skills planning and integration to talent mapping processes.
3. Incorporate SWP opportunities into the SANBS quality management system.
4. Track and monitor process improvements actions.

KPA 10: SWP Governance

1. Ensure SWP policies and procedures are up-to-date and support the business needs and requirements whilst adhering to labour laws and legislation.
2. Ensure SWP templates are reviewed timeously to support efficiencies and effectiveness of SWP operations.
3. Ensure a common understanding of SWP processes and procedures across SANBS.

Cognitive Skills

• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Management Control.
• Project Management.
• Change Management.
• Holistic / Big Picture.
• Judgment and Decision making.
• Problem solving.
• Planning, Organizing and Monitoring.
• Knowledge of ER theory, concepts and best practice.

Personal Skills

• Ethical behaviour.
• Excellence Orientation.
• Resilience and stress management.
• Self-Management.
• Customer Service Orientation.
• Confidentiality.
• Resourceful.

Interpersonal Skills

• Communication.
• Conflict Management.
• Knowledge Sharing.
• Organizational Awareness.
• Relationship Building.
• Teamwork.

Professional Technical Skills

• Systems Competence.
• Business and Financial Acumen.
• Best Practice Thinking.
• SWP Practice.
• Business process understanding.
• Presentation and Business writing skills.

Leadership Skills

• Practical Execution Management.

Education

• Degree in Business, Strategic Management, Human Resources, Industrial Psychology or equivalent.
• Honors degree will be an advantage.

Experience and Knowledge Requirements

• 5 to 8 years relevant experience.
• Proven track record in the application of analytics in decision-making.
• Advanced Excel and data management skills.
• Understanding of the strategic management principles and processes.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of strategic human resource management.
• Excellent understanding of operational business activities and relationship to manpower planning.
• Excellent understanding of skills development.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of strategic workforce planning.
• The ability to translate business needs and requirements into practical people solutions.
• Knowledge of Labour Legislation.
• Advanced knowledge of information technology systems (SAP preferred).
• Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of new developments and strategies in Human Resources, transformation, high-performance cultures and change environments.
• Exposure and experience in/to a unionized environment.
• The ability to inspire, influence and create a positive work environment and atmosphere.
• The ability to understand, respect and work with all levels, different management styles, different personalities, work approaches, and cultures.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

We are seeking an experienced Business Development Manager with expertise in the MINING, ENGINEERING, or MANUFACTURING sectors.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in SALES & MARKETING
• Proven experience in TENDER Documentation & Submission - ESSENTIAL
• Willingness to travel within Africa and abroad
• Strong background in SALES MANAGEMENT
• Proficiency in CRM tools, Microsoft Office, and digital lead generation platforms
• Clean criminal record (verification required)

Primary Duties include:

• Achieving sales targets
• Acquiring new business
• Conducting market research and analysis
• Developing growth strategies
• Identifying new business opportunities
• Maintaining client relationships
• Delivering presentations and pitches
• Managing proposals and contracts

This job posting is active and accepting applications.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Experienced with MINING, ENGINEERING or MANUFACTURING Sectors
TENDER Documentation & Submission experience - ESSENTIAL

* Minimum 8-10 Year's experience in SALES & MARKETING
* Willingness to Travel into Africa and Aboard
* Strong Background in SALES MANAGEMENT
* Proficient in CRM Tools, Microsoft Office & Digital Lead
Generation Platforms

Duties include:
* Sales Target Achievement
* New Business Acquisition
* Market Research & Analysis
* Developing growth strategies
* Identifying new business opportunities
* Maintaining Client Relationships
* Presentations/Pitches
* Proposal & Contract Management
* Experienced in TENDER Documentation & Submission -
Compulsory
* CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD - will be verified

Business Development Lead (Telecoms) – Johannesburg, South Africa

Reference Number : SBKW04

Our client is a fast-growing technology company on a mission to make digital access more inclusive and affordable across emerging markets. By combining innovative mobile solutions with cutting-edge backend infrastructure, the business helps its partners reach users without the burden of mobile data costs. With a dynamic team and strong momentum in the fintech, education, and telecom sectors, the company continues to scale its impact across the continent.

They are looking for a Business Development Lead with a strong track record in customer acquisition and revenue growth within the Telecommunications industry. The role focuses on winning new business, expanding existing business, and closing high-value deals.

• New Business Development: Identify and secure new customers, drive sales, and grow market share.
• Sales Execution: Build pipelines, pitch solutions, and convert leads into long-term customers.
• Product & Market Knowledge: Sell APN models and reverse-billed mobile data, which is an advantage.
• Sales Operations: Use CRM tools and sales analytics to track performance and forecast growth.

• Minimum 10 years in sales or business development, preferably in the Telecom industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Telecommunications, or a related field.
• Proven ability to acquire new business.
• Experience with APN models and reverse-billed mobile data is an advantage.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills with a results-driven approach.
• Self-motivated with a focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets.

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Kyle Williams at (contact info).

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Kyle Williams

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CA Global will respond to shortlisted candidates only. If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. However, your CV will be kept in our database for any other suitable positions.

Business Development, Sales Experience, Direct Sales, B2B Sales, Marketing, Sales Pipeline, Salesforce, Strategic Planning, Enterprise Sales, Negotiation, Lead Generation, Contracts

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : 10+ years

Vacancy : 1

The Head of Business Development plays a strategic leadership role in driving business

growth through product innovation, opportunity assessment, strategic enablement, and

commercialization across Life and Non-Life insurance segments. The incumbent will

manage a portfolio of development initiatives, lead innovation through research and

insights, and build strategic partnerships that enhance the organisation’s market presence

and client value proposition.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Growth & Innovation

• Lead cross-functional collaboration to manage the end-to-end product
• Identify and assess new business opportunities through market research,

competitor analysis, and innovation frameworks.

• Drive the commercialization of products and expansion into new channels and
• Lead the ideation and implementation of solutions through the Innovation Hub,

ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.

• Deliver on the Business Development team’s strategic Book of Work aligned to a 3-

year roadmap and stakeholder requirements.

• Monitor and support pilot projects to evaluate success metrics and scalability.
• Communicate initiative outcomes in internal forums to enable informed decision-

making and operational execution.

Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement

• Build and sustain effective relationships with internal departments (e.g. Product,

Distribution, Enablement, Marketing) and key external partners.

• Collaborate with Product Portfolio Managers and the Marketing Team to conduct

research and benchmark offerings across the portfolio.

• Actively participate in product and execution forums to manage product and

Business Case Development & Risk Integration

• Develop business cases with clear insights, market analysis, financial modeling,

and execution plans.

• Incorporate risk, governance, and compliance requirements into all business

development initiatives.

• Recommend and lead process improvements that support scalability and enhance

delivery impact.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Business Development Managers to ensure

strategic alignment and performance.

• Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and execution excellence within the team.
• Support personal and professional growth through targeted development initiatives

and succession planning.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Qualifications :

• Matric / National Senior Certificate (Essential)
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Insurance, Strategy, or related field

Preferred)

Experience :

• Minimum of 8 years' experience in business development, opportunity

management, research, and project management within the Financial Services or

Insurance industry.

• Proven experience in leading multifunctional teams, launching new

products / services, and developing strategic partnerships.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong understanding of :

o Business principles and financial acumen

o Strategic communication and stakeholder engagement

o Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks

o Product development, innovation, and commercialization

o Research and market insight methodologies

o Project and portfolio management practices

o Operational systems and business process optimization

• Innovation – Champions and drives creative thinking and new market solutions
• Strategic Decision Making – Assesses opportunity and risk to guide direction
• Planning and Organising – Manages complex workstreams with structure and
• Building Partnerships – Creates value through strong collaboration and influence
• Continuous Learning – Promotes professional development and curiosity
• Technical / Professional Expertise – Applies deep industry knowledge with strategic

Context of the Role

The Business Development Director will identify, negotiate, and close new customers across the South African region as a strong individual contributor. The right candidate will be target-driven, with a passion and sense of ownership to deliver against targets. This will be a hands-on role with deep involvement in execution, leading from the front.

Key Responsibilities

1. Build a robust pipeline based on defined ‘ideal customer profiles’, and grow and manage this to deliver on our ambitious growth plans and potential.
2. Manage the end-to-end sales cycle, including lead generation, negotiating commercial terms, working closely with senior stakeholders at prospects to close deals, and with internal and partner teams to deliver ‘go-lives’.
3. Achieve and deliver an ambitious but achievable revenue target.
4. Provide timely feedback to line manager about performance, sales activity, account management, and strategy.
5. Initiate and maintain a strong link between customers and back-office services to facilitate communication and resolve issues effectively.
6. Communicate customer needs to internal Thunes teams effectively.

Responsibilities

1. 10+ years of experience in business development, with 5+ years in the Money Transfer, Fintech, payments, or Mobile Financial Services industries.
2. Hands-on, driven B2B salesperson from the fintech/payments sector, with relevant industry contacts.
3. Results-oriented with excellent communication, organization, and negotiation skills.
4. Strong networking skills.
5. CRM proficiency; Salesforce knowledge is a plus.
6. Flexible, self-motivated, disciplined, and takes ownership of tasks.
7. Team-oriented, adaptable to change.
8. Deep understanding of customer, market dynamics, and requirements.
9. Ability to build effective relationships with clients, partners, third parties, and colleagues.
10. Strong initiative with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
11. Excellent attention to detail.
12. Fluent in English; additional languages are a bonus.

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Our proprietary Direct Global Network enables Members to make real-time payments in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies.

Our network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 payment methods, including GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay, and others.

Thunes’ network offers unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally, thanks to our in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform.

Our members include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs, and banks.

Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 14 locations worldwide, including Abidjan, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, and Shanghai.

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A position has become available for a Business Development Consultant at Santam Direct, based in their Johannesburg / Belville offices.

This role fulfils the execution of strategic business development initiatives (new and existing) to achieve the
Business Unit's current and future growth opportunities in the direct insurance market, and build our
competitiveness and future market share through existing and new distribution channels, including strategic
business partners, traditional lead providers, brokers, dealerships etc.
In addition, the BDC will take full accountability for identifying potential business partnerships, maintaining good
and solid relationships, securing new business opportunities, and promoting the Santam brand and product
offerings for Personal and Commercial Insurance to achieve business growth targets set.
The BDC will be responsible for all due diligence linked to the onboarding of new Direct Business Partners,
ensuring that all compliance and legislative elements pertaining to NDAs, contracting, SLAs, and reporting are
executed timely and accurately. This role will also be responsible for maintaining strong business relationships with
all Direct Partners in line with Santam's values, mission, and vision strategy.

• Sourcing high intent sales opportunities, in line with Santam's risk appetite
• Achieve maintain all partnership strategies to deliver on all contracted targets
• Maintain a healthy business relationship at a strategic and operational level
• Responsible for negotiating capacity and support from other teams within Santam to support new and existing Business Partnerships
• Keep abreast of any developments within our partners and manage the portfolio of business through analysis, interpretation and decision making
• Responsible for all Direct Business Partner contracting and adherence to any governance and legislative requirements. Also responsible for annual renewed contracting where required
• Constant communication and pointers to the Business Development Manager in order to achieve targets, maintain relationships, adhere to any legislation changes etc. that may apply.
• Proactively identify operational or procedural obstacles and problems, determine impact patterns and trends analysis by identifying best fit alternatives design best practice solutions
• Manage effective SLA's with internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively identify operational or procedural obstacles and problems, determine impact patterns and trends analysis by identifying best fit alternatives design best practice solutions

• Matric
• FAIS compliant , including RE certificate
• Minimum 5+ years relationship management experience
• Minimum of 3 years short term insurance experience essential
• Experience in a direct non-life OR short-term insurance environment preferential
• Valid driver's license
• Fluent in English and Afrikaans

• Microsoft Office - Excel, Word and Power Point
• Proven ability to manage relationships with partners
• Ability to negotiate and conclude partnerships
• Technical insurance knowledge essential - Sales, Underwriting, QA,
• Rating and Loss Ratio (high level information)
• Effective internal and external stakeholder management
• Administration function in ensuring that contracts are in place, compliance and legislative requirements are being met and reports to Business Partners are timeous and value adding
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills

• Directs work
• Plans and aligns

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. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

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.

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Job Title : Business Development Consultant

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : August 29, 2025

Job Description :

• Develop and deliver an individual sales strategy for the relevant region, aligned with sales budgets, targets, market, and industry needs.

Minimum Requirements :

Experience :

• Proven success in sales with a minimum of 5 years experience.
• Strong understanding of business principles, market dynamics, and industry trends.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and negotiate effectively.
• Strategic thinker with analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Results-oriented, focused on achieving targets and driving growth.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Education :

• Diploma in Marketing or related field.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Sales and revenue generation.
• Identify and research potential business opportunities through market analysis, referrals, and networking.
• Present and promote training offerings to prospective clients via meetings, presentations, and calls.
• Develop and implement strategic business plans to meet company objectives and revenue targets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and providing tailored solutions.
• Conduct presentations, proposals, and negotiations to secure new business.
• Serve as the main point of contact for client inquiries, ensuring timely resolution.
• Collaborate with marketing and product development teams to deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Stay updated on industry trends, competitors, and market developments to identify new opportunities.
• Work closely with skills development, HR, and other teams to understand client requirements.
• Develop effective sales materials and campaigns in collaboration with marketing.
• Participate in sales meetings and provide updates on activities and achievements.
• Prepare reports and analyses on business development activities, pipeline, and performance metrics.
• Represent the company at industry events and networking functions to promote brand awareness and generate leads.
• Continuously seek process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Identify strategic partners, stakeholders, and new revenue streams to meet annual targets.

End Date : August 29, 2025

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