Branch Manager (Batu Pahat)

HLB; Batu Pahat; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank, Malaysia, is seeking a Branch Manager to lead a team, build customer and partner relationships, and set strategic direction for growth. You will drive service excellence, ensure compliance, and uphold branch security and etiquette.

You will coach staff to achieve sales targets, manage performance, and foster teamwork while maintaining strong customer focus and operational discipline. The role requires at least five years of relevant experience in branch sales or service, with a

Qualifications

• Five years or more of related working experience, ideally in Branch Customer Service, Mortgage Direct Sales or Wealth Management Relationship roles.
• Strong people management and leadership skills with ability to coach and train staff to hit sales targets and service standards.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with strong organisational and planning abilities.
• Willingness to take on challenges with a Think-Act-Own mindset to see planned and unplanned deliverables to completion.

Responsibilities

• Drive impact and influence through networking and strategic planning to build relationships with customers, prospects, and partners.
• Lead and develop yourself and others by coaching staff to improve competencies and achieve branch targets.
• Maintain a laser focus on results and customer satisfaction by monitoring operations, compliance, and credit risk management.
• Deliver strong business etiquette and image by ensuring branch audits pass and security is in good order, with up-to-date product knowledge.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Planning

Think-Act-Own

Job description

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us…

An exciting opportunity is now available for suitable candidates to take the next step in their career to enhance their strategic planning, business development and stakeholder management (employee, customer, community) skills as a Branch Manager!

Your New Role

In your new role as Branch Manager, you will

1. Drive Impact and Influence through Networking and Strategic Planning

• You will use your Impact and Influence, Networking Skills to maintain and build relationships with existing and new to Bank customers, prospects and business partners.
• Your Strategic Planning Skills will create new business opportunities and help to implement tactical sales and marketing strategies, as well as set your team’s direction and goals in order to source for new avenues for business growth.

2. Share Your Passion to Lead, Develop Yourself and Others

• You are passionate in Developing Yourself and Others by providing coaching and guidance to staff to improve their competencies.
• You provide Leadership by fostering strong teamwork amongst all branch personnel and managing the sales performance of all staff to meet your overall branch KRA.

3. Cultivate A Laser Focus on Results and Customers

• You are Results Oriented and Customer-Focused and strive to maintain this by working closely with the CSOM to monitor banking operations to ensure delivery of customer satisfaction, compliance of relevant guidelines & policies, complaint handling and credit risk management

4. Deliver Good Business Etiquette and Image to customers and the community

• Good Business Etiquette and Image is important to you. This means ensuring your branch passes the branch audit (mandatory) and ensuring your branch’s security is in good order.
• Possess sound and up-to-date Product Knowledge of all consumer products.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• With minimum of 5 years of related working experience, ideally in a Branch Customer Service, Mortgage Direct Sales or Wealth Management Relationship role
• Strong people management and leadership skills; with ability to guide and train a team of staff to achieve sales target and service standards.
• Good interpersonal and communication, organisational and planning skills.
• Welcome new challenges and possess a ‘Think-Act-Own’ attitude to see through planned and unplanned deliverables to completion

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve ourmission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation.Candidatesare assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available.Expanding on our "Digital at the Core" ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.