Senior Network Development Executive - Johannesburg, South Africa - Western Union

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**Senior Network Development Executive

• Johannesburg, South Africa**Are you a passionate salesperson and enjoy being part of a great team? Are you ready to unleash your potential in a global business that is committed to moving money for better? Join Western Union as a Senior Network Development Executive.

Motivated by our values:
purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We're a FinTech that's using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations.

We're a team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.


Better starts and ends
with the customer

We want you to be successful and meet your sales goals by managing a portfolio of agents and increasing their sales.

You will support and supervise the activation of the agent (retail and/or digital). You will be responsible for the life cycle of the agent in its territory. You will oversee the productivity of the points of sale, ensuring that they generate the transactions for the business.

You'll also be selling Western Union cross-border money movement solutions to Fintech's, Payment Operators, Aggregators, Mobile Networks and Mid-tier regional and global Financial Institutions (FI).

We'll look to you to significantly drive the number and success of 3rd Party Partnerships' long-term revenue.

You'll use your management skills to collaborate with WU sales leaders to develop holistic WU market execution plans for regional sales whilst successfully signing, implementing, and retaining clients with the most significant customer base in key markets.

For such an important role, you will have significant client-facing sales and customer service experience in a multicultural environment. You will need to have a solid knowledge of global payments and money movement ecosystems. You may have a bachelor's degree in Business administration or Marketing. You'll have the ability to work independently and possess strong decision-making skills.

You'll use your interpersonal skills to negotiate, present, and listen to your agents and build trust and confidence with them while you are reporting your strategy and achievements on a weekly basis to your direct supervisor.

This role requires extensive travel within the region. Fluency in English is required, and a good level of French or Portuguese is advantageous.


Join us, and let's connect the world
We're a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop.

You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

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