Business growth coach
Uitenhage - South Africa
Job Summary
Raizcorp is looking for a seasoned well-rounded business professional with superior commercial acumen to join as a business coach. Your day-to-day will be coaching a portfolio of entrepreneurs across all spheres of their business: strategy sales marketing finance and the entrepreneurs personal development journey. This is a full-time salaried coaching role not a consulting contract. You wont do the work for them; youll equip them to do it themselves through a structured methodology and ongoing guidance.
You dont need prior coaching experience - Raizcorp will invest in equipping you with this competence. We need your strong business acumen an empathetic approach to entrepreneurs and a genuine desire to create impact.
What youll do
- Hold one-on-one coaching sessions run business simulations and facilitate group learning (following a proven programme that transfers skill builds capability and improves business results).
- Manage a defined portfolio of entrepreneurs tracking impact on revenue profitability and founder growth over time.
- Orchestrate inputs across disciplines (strategy sales marketing finance people) so entrepreneurs make integrated forward-looking decisions.
- Stay sharp on economic shifts and relevant regulations that affect entrepreneurs and surface implications in coaching conversations.
- Work collaboratively with other coaches in both team structures and one-on-one scenarios.
Who you are
- A business all-rounder with 10 to 15 years experience across corporate and entrepreneurial settings. You must have your own businesses at some point (this is non-negotiable).
- Commercially fluent across strategy sales marketing and finance able to connect the dots and coach trade-offs. You need to bring real experiential depth and gravitas in business finance strategy and sales.
- High emotional intelligence with genuine empathy for the highs and lows of the entrepreneurial journey; mature accountable and non-judgemental.
- A crisp communicator who is organised systematic proactive and deadline reliable.
- Competent and experienced with technology and systems (Microsoft 365/Office and learner management systems).
- Qualifications: A commerce-related tertiary qualification (MBA or masters-level qualification an advantage).
- Drivers licence and own car essential.
What youll get
- The leverage to change real businesses at scale with measurable bottom-line impact.
- Formal training in an internationally recognised coaching methodology and continuous professional development.
- A fiercely caring team culture that backs the jockey (the entrepreneur) not just the horse.
- A rare opportunity to work with entrepreneurs and their businesses every day.
Important to know
This is a coaching role not consulting. We dont write our entrepreneurs plans or do their work. Instead we build their capability and hold them accountable through a structured programme. Remuneration is aligned to the professional coaching market reflecting the full-time portfolio-based nature of the work.