Administrative Assistant (Dealerships) – King Price Group

Location: Pretoria, Gauteng
Job Type: Permanent
Division: King Price Insurance – Dealerships Business Unit
Industry: Insurance
Functional Area: Administrative Support
Experience Level: Mid-Senior
Closing Date: 05 September 2025

About King Price Group

King Price Insurance is one of South Africa’s most innovative and fast-growing short-term insurance providers. With a reputation for breaking the mould in the insurance industry through creative products like decreasing car insurance premiums, King Price has expanded into several business areas, including dealership partnerships. The dealerships unit plays a key role in strengthening client relationships, supporting car dealerships, and ensuring seamless integration between sales, customer service, and financial administration.

Position Overview

King Price Group is seeking an Administrative Assistant to join its Dealerships Business Unit in Pretoria. This role is central to ensuring smooth operations between King Price and its dealership partners by handling administrative tasks, financial processes, communication, and reporting functions.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and highly capable of managing multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong communication skills, the ability to build lasting relationships with dealerships and account managers, and excellent administrative and planning abilities.

Key Responsibilities

As an Administrative Assistant in the Dealerships division, you will be responsible for supporting the operational and financial processes that keep the dealerships team running effectively. Your tasks will include, but not be limited to:

Dealership Communication: Acting as the first point of contact for dealerships outside of the organization, ensuring queries, requests, and information are handled efficiently and professionally.
General Administration: Carrying out day-to-day administrative duties, such as managing emails, filing, and handling correspondence.
Financial Processes: Compiling payment lists, assisting with finance procedures, and following up to ensure deadlines are consistently met.
Data Management: Capturing monthly lead data accurately on Excel spreadsheets and maintaining up-to-date records.
Reporting: Preparing and submitting daily statistical reports to keep management informed about dealership activities and progress.
Interdepartmental Support: Following up on urgent queries across different departments to ensure that dealership issues are resolved quickly.
Relationship Management: Maintaining excellent working relationships with assigned dealerships and their account managers, ensuring a high level of service delivery.
Process Improvement: Identifying areas within administrative and dealership processes that can be improved, and recommending practical solutions.
Team Support: Providing direct support to account managers and dealerships by handling queries, assisting with requests, and ensuring operational efficiency.

Minimum Requirements

To qualify for this position, candidates must meet the following essential requirements:

Education: Matric certificate or an equivalent qualification (essential).
Experience: At least 1 year of proven administrative experience, ideally in a fast-paced business or dealership environment.
Computer Literacy: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook (intermediate to advanced level preferred).
Driver’s Licence: A valid driver’s licence with access to reliable transportation.
Languages: Being multilingual will be considered a strong advantage when dealing with diverse dealerships and clients.

Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate must demonstrate a combination of professional and personal qualities that ensure efficiency, accuracy, and relationship-building. These include:

Target and Service Orientation: A strong focus on meeting deadlines and ensuring dealership satisfaction.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively within the dealerships business unit.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities to engage with dealerships and internal teams.
Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy when handling financial data, reports, and dealership information.
Organizational Skills: Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and adapt to changing demands.
Planning Skills: Good administration and planning abilities to manage deadlines and dealership requests.
Pressure Management: Ability to stay calm and effective while working under pressure.

What King Price Offers

The opportunity to work with a leading and innovative insurance brand in South Africa.
A professional, supportive, and team-oriented environment that values growth and excellence.
Exposure to the dealership and insurance industries, providing unique career development opportunities.
Competitive salary package aligned with experience and skills.
The chance to play a vital role in strengthening dealership relationships and ensuring seamless operations.

Application Process

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications before the closing date of 05 September 2025. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear back from King Price within 10 working days after the closing date, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

Equal Opportunity Statement

King Price Insurance is committed to diversity, fairness, and equal opportunity employment practices. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role.

To apply for this job please visit kingpriceins.simplify.hr.