Business Manager

A vacancy exists for a Business Manager in Gauteng (Inland South) to manage large corporate clients with a national footprint. The successful candidate will report to the Regional Business Manager and will be responsible for rendering a quality service which is effective and efficient and exceeds customers’ expectations.

Function Management Facility Inland South, Gauteng Position Business Manager Introduction

Critical Outputs

• Ensuring the delivery of a quality service to our customers in alignment with our agreed contract and SLA obligations
• Direct and continuous engagement with customers, relationship building and sustaining these relationships & improving on the engagement across different levels, to foster cooperative relationships intended to optimally impact the delivery of an integrated wellness solution
• Project manage all aspects of the assigned client portfolio
• Ensure monitoring, documentation, facilitation, and direct engagement with customers for queries regarding health solutions & respond within a timely and appropriate manner
• Responsible for the effective and timeous delivery of high-quality services to customers
• Strategically build relationships with identified stakeholders within the client organization to deliver on an integrated wellness solution
• Responsible for Business Reporting as required (internally & externally)
• Manage and deliver contract reviews that are consistent with the overall business, health, and wellness strategy and / or SLA
• Actively identifying new business opportunities within the region supporting the LHS sales and marketing strategy
• Achieving the business growth targets and retain clients within the region, in line with the business strategy, by meeting short-, medium- and longer-term objectives.
• Responsible for contract renewals, annual increases, and client retention of assigned portfolio.
• Source new and upselling opportunities within assigned portfolio.
• Active leading, encourage and participation from all employees to achieve strategic objectives.
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviours in line with Life Healthcare and LHS code of conduct and workplace culture in the patch.
• Leading, guiding, and managing the teams to ensure they receive the necessary information, infrastructure, logistics and functional support to achieve and meet their objectives.
• Demonstrating visible leadership in respect of the Life values, operating model, and strategy.
• Ensuring and driving optimal management of business governance to achieve sound business ethics, risk management and control with appropriate transparency and controls.
• Escalation of identified risks to the correct reporting lines and follow-through on remedial actions required.

Requirements

The following qualifications and experience are required :

Competencies

Contact

Thuleka Mbatha

Email

Closing date Friday, November 7, 2025

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.

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