ABHFL - Area Sales Manager - Affordable - Patna

Aditya Birla Group; Patna; Vor Ort; INR 700.000 - 1.200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited (ABHFL) is seeking a Sales Manager (Direct) to execute sales operations through the direct channel (builders, brokers, references) in line with branch plans. The role leads and supports the Sales Officer team, coordinates with Risk, Operations and Sales Governance, and drives portfolio health while executing cross-selling of ABHFL and ABC products.

The role requires 5–7 years in sales within Banking/NBFC space, with at least 2–3 years in HFC sales, and strong

Qualifikationen

• Graduate with 5–7 years of total sales experience in Banking/NBFC; 2–3 years in HFC sales.
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness.
• Proven team management and communication skills.
• Ability to drive cross-selling and handle portfolio risk.

Aufgaben

• Sales Planning & Management: plan operations to achieve targets and guide the team.
• Customer Acquisition/Engagement: identify local growth opportunities and engage DSAs for closures.
• Operational Effectiveness: ensure efficient processes across the customer lifecycle and improve TATs.
• Cross-Selling: drive cross-selling of ABHFL and ABFSG products with the team.
• Team & Internal Stakeholder Management: train and develop the team, coordinate with internal stakeholders.
• Portfolio & Risk Management: ensure risk controls and MIS on NPAs and trends.

Kenntnisse

Commercial acumen

Team management

Communication

Product-market awareness

Execution skills

Ausbildung

Graduate

Jobbeschreibung

At the Aditya Birla Group, our Corporate Vision is aligned and intricately woven with our People Vision.

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Job Description:

Job Purpose

The purpose of this job is to execute sales operations through the Direct channel (builders, connectors, brokers, references, etc.) in line with branch plan and objectives, leading and supporting the Sales Officer team in achieving targets and managing client relationships. This role coordinates with Risk, Operations and Sales Governance teams to ensure compliant and efficient sales operations, and portfolio health. It also drives and executes cross-selling across ABHFL and ABC products/ solutions as per branch level objectives and client requirements.

Organizational Context
Key Aspects:
Part of the Aditya Birla Capital Limited, Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited (ABHFL) is registered with the National Housing Bank as a housing finance company under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. The company offers a complete range of housing finance solutions such as home loans, home improvement and home construction loans, balance transfer and top-up loans, loans against property and construction finance. The company acquired its license on 9th July 2014 and has aggressive growth plans.
ABHFL has grown at a steady rate while reporting good asset quality despite challenges in the operating environment. While the industry is dominated by five large groups, there has been an emergence of segments like Affordable and self-employed borrowers, given the high potential in these segments.
Job Context
Key Aspects:
Providing housing finance (to buyers), Loan against Property, Commercial Property Purchase, Lease Rental Discounting and Construction Finance (to builders) solutions, ABHFL caters to a diverse range of customer segments through its various service offerings. Additionally, being predominantly retail driven, the business is characterized by high volume of loan transactions and customer relationships. As a result, ABHFL business performance is strongly impacted by people, process and organizational efficiencies, alongside core business drivers such as product/ solution quality, channel and customer relationship management and risk management.
While unit of sizing up the business is its loan book size, profitability and minimized delinquency are also key business objectives.
Higher cost of funding impacts profitability as well as competitiveness of loan rates that can be offered to clients
For retail customers, identifying and acting on relevant needs for target demographics/ customer segments/ etc., in an efficient manner ensuring process, statutory and regulatory compliance at all times, are key for building business performance and sustainability.
For institutional/ builder customers, understanding and addressing complex business requirements via proactive relationship management and customized solution fitment, while ensuring compliance at all times, are important to gain competitive advantage in this segment.
The Sales Manager (Direct) - ABHFL is responsible for achieving sales targets through direct channels, as agreed with the ASM-ABHFL, in terms of targeted book size, growth & customer service objectives.
Key Challenges
To assign sales targets to team members considering local factors impacting business, such as competitor presence, existing relationships, new prospect opportunities, etc., and ensure achievement of set targets
To upgrade financial & operational know how of self and team members on industry dynamics, effective negotiation and relationship building, and efficient loan processing for maintaining lasting relationships with customers while ensuring portfolio health and profitability
To drive loan conversion/ sanction/ utilization rates and ensure an appropriate sourcing funnel to meet targets
To ensure credit quality, effective portfolio selection/ pre-screening, and work closely with Risk team members to minimize potential NPAs while driving sales
To ensure compliant sales operations at all times, despite sales pressures and market cycles
Enabling Skill Sets & Qualifications
Critical skill sets required to meet these challenges include commercial acumen, team management and communication, product-market awareness, and execution skills.
Education & experience required to fulfil this profile are a graduate with minimum 5 - 7 yrs of total sales experience in the Banking/ NBFC space, of which at least recent 2 - 3 yrs experience should be in HFC sales.

Key Result Areas

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Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)

KRA1 Sales Planning & Management Work with ASMABHFL and plan sales operations for achieving targets, considering competitive forces and local trends, and cascade the same to the team
Scan the local market and competitive offerings on a periodic basis, guiding team members on possible opportunities and challenges
Proactively track target achievement and intervene with sales efforts (personal references, prospecting, etc.) to ensure the same
Communicate sales targets and provide team members clarity on business goals, role expectations, product characteristics and USPs to enhance effectiveness of sales efforts
Deploy schemes to drive sales and enhance profitability, ensuring dual focus on sales expansion and cost optimization
Provide data for and compile periodic MIS reports for disbursements, profitability, NPAs, market expansion, etc. and communicate to ASM ABHFL as well as to team members

KRA2 Customer Acquisition/ Engagement Identify local business growth opportunities, and refine DSA engagements accordingly
Work closely with DSA partners on identified prospects for relationship origination by deploying a partnership mindset and sharing product characteristics and USPs effectively to drive favourable closure and customer satisfaction
Communicate with in-process prospects and DSA partners to ensure clarity on transaction status and proactively drive for operational compliance to ensure timely approvals
Deploy schemes to drive DSA engagement, sales and profitability, ensuring dual focus on sales expansion and cost optimization

KRA3 Operational Effectiveness Monitor and ensure efficient business processes/ operations across the Customer Lifecycle (Sourcing, Approval, Servicing, Collections)
Work with team for adequate focus on different distribution channels, interfacing with senior stakeholders as required for smooth operations
Drive process efficiencies and faster TATs through interfacing with stakeholders across processes and functions (Risk, Operations, Sales Governance)
Drive the implementation of improved processes and best practices in order to enhance operational effectiveness, productivity and overall business impact

KRA4 Cross-Selling across ABFSG products Drive team efforts as per Cross-Selling strategy agreed with ASM ABHFL
Drive alignment to the adopted Cross-Selling strategy by supporting team members with requisite communications, training, guidance, and interfacing with clients where required

KRA5 Team and Internal Stakeholder Management Guide and develop team members for enhanced customer acquisition and engagement efforts, and hand-hold as required
Nominate teams for relevant technical and behavioral trainings/ seminars and work on self-development initiatives
Coordinate with internal stakeholders for smooth operations and alignment towards achievement of targets

KRA6 Portfolio & Risk Management Work with the Risk, Operations and Sales Governance teams to ensure adherence to risk management and control mechanisms
Drive compliant Sales Operations and sound risk management by training and guiding the team proactively on early alert practices to reduce NPA risks
Compile and ensure systematic, accurate MIS on NPAs and credit trends, providing inputs on factors impacting portfolio quality

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