Sales Agent
Recru-it
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Intermediate position
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South Africa
- Posted 03 Oct 2025 by Recru-it
- Expires in 29 days
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Job 2623790 - Ref PE011369
About the position
What will you do?
- Sell life insurance telephonically.
- Achieve sales targets.
- Adhere to Quality and Compliance processes to minimize business risk.
- Manage your quality and compliance against benchmarks to minimize business risk, with the client in mind.
- Maintain optimal operational efficiencies based on productivity measures.
- Adapt and change to fit in with changing business operational requirements.
- Sales objection handling
- Build and maintain good client relationships.
- Managing information regarding new products, ruling, training updates, etc.
- Keep abreast of developments and trends in the industry – self learning.
- Ensure commitment to the FAIS Fit & Proper qualification requirements.
What will make you successful in this role?
Qualification & experience
- Grade 12 qualification
- At least 2 years’ experience within a Sales Outbound Call Centre selling long-term insurance (with targets attached to the sales)
Knowledge and skills
- Good understanding of Financial Services Industry related legislation and regulation
- Understanding of sales processes and servicing industry
- Outbound Sales experience is required.
- Fluency in English and one other South African official language
- A clear criminal and credit record
- Commitment to the FAIS Act and meeting Fit & Proper qualification requirements.
- Willingness to work overtime in order to achieve targets.
- Being fully computer literate.
Personal attributes
- Interpersonal
- Planning and organizing
- Building and maintaining relationships
- Treating Customers Fairly
- Initiative
- Results Driven/Achievement orientated.
- Continuous learning
- Tenacity
- Objection handling skills
- Team orientated
- Ability to receive and implement feedback.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12 with 1 to 2 years related experience.
Knowledge and Skills
- Undertake Outbound Tele-Sales
- Service inbound client queries, requests.
- Administration and processing
- Quality, compliance and accreditation
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently.
- Situational adaptability - Contributing independently.
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently.
Core Competencies
- Cultivate innovation - Contributing independently.
- Customer focus - Contributing independently.
- Drives results - Contributing independently.
- Collaborates - Contributing independently.
- Being resilient - Contributing independently
What will you do?
- Sell life insurance telephonically.
- Achieve sales targets.
- Adhere to Quality and Compliance processes to minimize business risk.
- Manage your quality and compliance against benchmarks to minimize business risk, with the client in mind.
- Maintain optimal operational efficiencies based on productivity measures.
- Adapt and change to fit in with changing business operational requirements.
- Sales objection handling
- Build and maintain good client relationships.
- Managing information regarding new products, ruling, training updates, etc.
- Keep abreast of developments and trends in the industry – self learning.
- Ensure commitment to the FAIS Fit & Proper qualification requirements.
What will make you successful in this role?
Qualification & experience
- Grade 12 qualification
- At least 2 years’ experience within a Sales Outbound Call Centre selling long-term insurance (with targets attached to the sales)
Knowledge and skills
- Good understanding of Financial Services Industry related legislation and regulation
- Understanding of sales processes and servicing industry
- Outbound Sales experience is required.
- Fluency in English and one other South African official language
- A clear criminal and credit record
- Commitment to the FAIS Act and meeting Fit & Proper qualification requirements.
- Willingness to work overtime in order to achieve targets.
- Being fully computer literate.
Personal attributes
- Interpersonal
- Planning and organizing
- Building and maintaining relationships
- Treating Customers Fairly
- Initiative
- Results Driven/Achievement orientated.
- Continuous learning
- Tenacity
- Objection handling skills
- Team orientated
- Ability to receive and implement feedback.
Qualification and Experience
- Grade 12 with 1 to 2 years related experience.
Knowledge and Skills
- Undertake Outbound Tele-Sales
- Service inbound client queries, requests.
- Administration and processing
- Quality, compliance and accreditation
Personal Attributes
- Communicates effectively - Contributing independently.
- Situational adaptability - Contributing independently.
- Action orientated - Contributing independently
- Persuades - Contributing independently.
Core Competencies
- Cultivate innovation - Contributing independently.
- Customer focus - Contributing independently.
- Drives results - Contributing independently.
- Collaborates - Contributing independently.
- Being resilient - Contributing independently
Desired Skills:
- Outbound Tele-Sales
- Financial Services Industry
- long term insurance
Recru-it
About the agency
Recruit IT Recruitment
IT Recruitment and Talent Sourcing Specialists
Offices in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth as well as Consultants working remotely across the country
Telephone number 087 805 8536
www.recru-it.co.za
>recru-it*
COMPANY PROFILE
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BEE Procurement Recognition Level of 110%
>Introduction*
>recru-it*was established in August 2005 & specializes in and focuses on the full spectrum of positions within the IT and other sectors. We focus our approach on delivering a superior service to both our client and candidate, in all portfolios and phases throughout the Recruitment process, supporting real transformation within the IT Industry and other sectors through ethical and transparent business practices
>Value added services*
• Advertising Client Roles
• Screening Applications
• CV searches
• Head Hunting Candidates
• CV Selection
• Labour Broking
• Pay structure advice for client & candidate >Additional services on request*
• Personal Reference checks
• Credit checks
• Criminal checks
• ID checks
• Academic checks
• Qualification checks
>Placements portfolio*
• Software Engineering & Development
• I.T. Solution Sales and Strategic Sales
• Sales & marketing
• Finance and Insurance
• HR
• Engineering
• Administration / Office Management
• Healthcare
• FMCG
• Warehousing / Logistics
• Telecommunications
• Training and Development
• Executive and senior level placements
• ERP & CRM Consultants
• Project Management & Administration
• I.T Executive Management
• Business Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Consulting
• Network Engineering
• Support
• Testing
• Product Support Specialists
>Operational structure *
>recru-it*uses a flat open structure in our approach
Each consultant takes personal ownership for each client request. The consultants are account managers with their respective clients ensuring professional and personal interaction at all times.
Our team supports each other in an interactive, transparent manner to deliver highest quality candidates on each specification, thus ensuring a fast and effective turnaround time to fulfill your every labour requirement.
>recru-it*was established in August 2005.
Carbon foot print
We practice a 90% paperless environment as most of our duties are internet and electronic.
>BEE Profile*
>recru-it*is owned by 2 individuals with 8 additional staff members
• 50 % of the business is owned by a black person.
• 50% of the business is women owned.
>recru-it*has been officially & precisely rated according to our company structure.
• We have been certified at a BEE Procurement Recognition Level of 110%.
• Enterprise development – on site as well as external training courses for staff ensuring continuous skill improvement.
• Corporate Social Investment – we do not have a formal CSI policy, but we do annual donations.
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