African BankRegional Manager
Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2021Pretoria Central, Johannesburg Central & LimpopoCore Overview: General Manager of on average 12 retail branches in 3 capital cities of South Africa’s Gauteng and Limpopo provinces for African Bank, which offers unsecured personal loans to individuals in medium to lower income segments and plays an important role as regulated loan provider for many South Africans. Manages administration and efficient operation of full-service branches within region, including operations, lending, product sales, customer service, security and safety in alignment with Bank's objectives. Role includes significant and far-reaching regional reputation, crisis communications, reporting and change management, internally and externally, during restructuring and re-launch of bank. Works with Executive leadership, ensure efficient flow of information and execution of new deliverables. Key Roles & Accountabilities: Overarching Goals & Objectives: In tough trading environment, continues to improve core loans business and initiates strategy to gain traction on new initiatives. Self-Management: Autonomous diary management to optimise productivity across large geographic footprint | Works with minimum supervision | Runs region as entrepreneurial business | Master delegation abilities | Enforce accountability while motivating innovation. Productivity Management: Directs regional capacity planning | Plan and schedules activities and work | Leads productivity and quality control standards, enforcement and reviews | Manages subgroups, training of new branch managers and management of budget requirements for all branches | Directs marketing elements effectively to ensure regional goal attainment. disciplinary hearings. Operational Performance Management: Sets and monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) | Develops and implements functional improvement initiatives | Develops high-performance teams as leader and mentor. Please note, further details of a professional summary available upon request (Comprehensive CV)