Branch Manager

Peoples Bank; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoples Bank in Huntington, WV seeks a sales-driven leader to spearhead branch growth through a client-centric, consultative sales approach. The role focuses on meeting client financial needs with deposit and loan products, investment services, insurance offerings, mortgages, and related offerings while coaching the branch team to deliver exceptional service.

You will manage a sales pipeline, set goals, drive cross-selling, and use Salesforce for client interactions.

Qualifications

• Leadership and coaching abilities to guide branch staff.
• Proven ability to meet or exceed branch sales targets.
• Strong communication and customer service skills with clients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the branch's efforts to pro-actively meet clients' financial needs through a client-centric, consultative sales approach.
• Manage the sales pipeline, activities, achieving assigned goals and surpassing scorecard metrics.
• Develop and grow the book of business while coaching staff and ensuring excellent service.
• Utilize Salesforce for client interactions and sales activities.
• Make outside calls to acquire and retain business.

Skills

Sales leadership

Customer service

Communication skills

Job description

Build Your Future Here:
Thinking of changing jobs or starting your career at a growing company with an award-winning culture? Well you are in the right place. Join us on our journey to being the Best Community Bank in America. Our motto is Working Together. Building Success. and by joining Peoples Bank, we will work together to help you achieve your career goals, just like we help thousands of clients reach their financial goals.

Build Your Future Here:
Thinking of changing jobs or starting your career at a growing company with an award-winning culture? Well you are in the right place. Join us on our journey to being the Best Community Bank in America. Our motto is Working Together. Building Success. and by joining Peoples Bank, we will work together to help you achieve your career goals, just like we help thousands of clients reach their financial goals.
Peoples Bank is one of the largest 150 banks in the United States with 130 full-service bank branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland. We also have Specialty Finance offices in Minnesota, Missouri and Vermont. Peoples Bank prides itself as a community bank and dedicates its resources to improving our communities. The Peoples Bank Foundation has donated over $8 million to local organizations since its inception in 2003.
We are proud to share national accolades that celebrate our company culture and recognize us as a great place to bank:

• American Banker Best Banks to Work For in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• Top Workplaces USA national award in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
• Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces 2024, 2025 and 2026
• Forbes America's Best Banks 2024 and 2025
• Forbes Best-in-State Banks 2020, 2021, 2025 and 2026
• TIME's America's Growth Leaders 2026 award winner

At Peoples Bank, we know that there is more to life than work. But we also understand that the quality of the work environment and employee benefits can greatly impact an associate's life. That's why we seek to create a great benefits package for our associates including: 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match, employee stock purchase plan, various education assistance programs such as student loan and tuition paydown/reimbursement, paid vacation and holidays, and much more. For full details of our benefits offering, please visit: peoplesbancorp.com/about-us/find-a-career/

Job Purpose:
This position leads the branch's efforts to pro-actively meet the client's financial needs through our sales process which focuses on a client centric, consultative sales approach whereby we working to uncover, identify and deliver products and services to satisfy the client's financial needs and exceed their expectations. These offerings will include our consumer and business deposit and loan product lines, financial services and partner products and services such as investment offerings, insurance offerings, mortgages, etc. This is a sales and sales leader role which requires the ability to meet expected individual and branch goals and metrics. This includes activities and results. A successful candidate needs to be an energetic, enthusiastic team player with excellent communication, problem solving, and customer service, cross selling and lending skills to achieve stated goals. This position requires strong leadership skills, great organizational skills and the ability to assist in motivating and developing the branch team; along with following and coaching operational standards.

Job Duties:

• Will be responsible for employee and business development.
• Will be responsible for managing a sales pipeline, sales activities, achieving assigned goals and surpassing scorecard metrics both individually and as a branch.
• Must possess an ability to turn service encounters into dialogue-based meetings where other needs can be uncovered.
• Acquires, uses, and maintains, consumer and business lending product knowledge and abilities to generate and execute lending and deposit products.
• Responsible for interpreting documents such as safety rules, account documents, operating and maintenance instructions, compliance, consumer and business loan documents and procedure manuals.
• Will be responsible for the support and leadership of branch staff in servicing clients and building a book of business focused on steady growth and consistent profit improvement.
• Pro-actively meet the clients' financial needs through our sales process.
• Utilize Salesforce for client and prospect interactions and sales activities.
• Make outside business calls to clients and prospects to acquire and retain business.
• Must be able to establish, maintain and grow,