ABHFL - Sales Manager - Direct - Informal - Kharagpur

ABC - Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited; West Bengal; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ABC - Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited is seeking a Sales Planning & Management lead to collaborate with ASM ABHFL and plan sales operations for targets, analyze local trends, and cascade plans to the team. Responsibilities span market scouting, target tracking, scheme deployment, MIS reporting, and cross-functional risk controls for sustained growth in West Bengal.

The role emphasizes customer acquisition and engagement, operational effectiveness across the lifecycle, and alignment with

Responsibilities

• Scan the local market and competitive offerings on a periodic basis, guiding team on opportunities and challenges
• Proactively track target achievement and intervene with sales efforts to ensure the same
• Communicate targets and clarify business goals, roles, products and USPs to enhance sales effectiveness
• Deploy schemes to drive sales and profitability while balancing expansion and cost optimization
• Provide data for MIS reports on disbursements, profitability, NPAs and market expansion
• Identify local growth opportunities and guide customer acquisition efforts with the team
• Handle critical/complex transactions to secure favorable closures with customer satisfaction
• Intervene to manage customer complaints and escalate to ASM ABHFL to protect relationships
• Monitor and ensure efficient processes across Sourcing, Approval, Servicing, and Collections
• Collaborate with channels and senior stakeholders to ensure smooth operations
• Drive process efficiencies and faster TATs by interfacing with Risk, Operations and Sales Governance
• Implement improved processes and best practices to boost productivity and business impact
• Drive alignment to Cross-Selling strategy with team support and client interfacing
• Guide and develop team members for enhanced customer acquisition and engagement
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders for smooth operations and target achievement
• Work with Risk, Operations and Sales Governance to ensure risk controls
• Train the team on early alert practices to reduce NPAs and compile MIS on credit trends

Job description

KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters)

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, guide customer acquisition efforts, intervening where required for relationship management/ origination

• Work closely with team members, hand-holding critical/ complex transactions to ensure favorable closure with customer satisfaction

Intervene where required to manage customer complaints/ grievances effectively, and escates to ASM ABHFL as necessary to secure customer relationship

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