Area Manager - Phillipsburg & Forks Township Branches

Position Summary

Area Manager will be responsible for the effective sales management of the branches within your defined area. Will lead branch(es) and work closely with your commercial lender in selling bank loans, deposit products and providing exceptional service. AM be accountable for ensuring that your Assistant Branch Managers are fulfilling their job responsibilities such as managing the eternal sales program, maintaining adequate staffing levels, providing optimal service, and adhering to all policies and procedures to ensure audits are passed.

An AM will be the liaison between the bank and the local community, which requires making business development calls, participate in community events, and serve on local boards and committees when appropriate. AM will ensure that all sales and service goals are met by identifying sales opportunities and driving sales growth in the branch. This includes developing and implementing sales processes for sales teams, such as an AM, ABM, Sr. Universal Bankers, and Universal Bankers by researching and analyzing data to create sales forecasts and collaborating with other departments and upper management to identify business goals.

Essential Functions

• Develop new and expand existing relationships with individual and commercial customers and prospects through external business development calls and site visits.
• Perform required new account site visits for assigned branches.
• Build productive and profitable customer relationships through friendly conversation, active listening, accurate needs assessment, and recommendation and sale of appropriate products and services.
• Know and understand the Retail Incentive plan and put a process in place where you and your work to achieve branch growth in sales, loan referrals, customer, and fee retention
• Work with the Senior Retail Officer and/or the Chief Depository Officer to close deals when needed
• Work with commercial lender to achieve loan goals.
• Achieve individual and branch sales and service goals by utilizing effective sales practices to sell bank products, implementing effective customer service techniques, referring customers to appropriate business partners, and resolving customer issues as they arise.
• Create branch sales plans and lead sales activities including submission of daily huddles, completion of pipelines, participating in conference calls, attendance at monthly sales meetings, cold calling, promotional events, branch huddles, and daily sales coaching.
• Inform team members of key organization strategies and initiatives.
• Promote the Bank''s community brand by membership in local organizations, program sponsorship, strategic advertising, and charitable donations.
• Maintain a strong presence in the local community by participating in community events, initiatives, and volunteerism.
• Manage the branch budgets by controlling expenses, overtime and avoiding losses through monitoring of expenditures and complying with bank operating policies and procedures.
• Work with their Assistant Branch Managers to evaluate staffing requirements, interview, and select new employees to fill vacancies.
• Develop a team of high-performing sales and service members by participating in the hiring, coaching and performance management processes.
• Oversee that the operations manager is managing the performance of the staff, ensuring adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures, correcting errors or problems as needed.
• Provide team members with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems or in resolving escalated complaints or disputes.
• Identify the development needs of staff members and provide coaching and training to operations managers.
• Communicate with people outside the organization on a regular basis including customers, business associates, referral sources, and the public.
• Maintain technical and professional knowledge by attending educational workshops and training, obtaining relevant professional certifications, reviewing professional publications and books, establishing personal networks, participating in professional associations, and staying informed of any legal, policy and procedural changes relating to banking, sales, and customer service.
• Keep informed of industry changes, trends, and best practices.
• Performs other functions as required or assigned by Supervisor
• Complies with all company policies and standards

Additional Functions

• Perform cash handling and other Universal Banker functions as necessary.
• Assist other branches when necessary
• Work closely with other Area Branches

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• Job requires strict attention to details and thoroughness in the completion of job duties.
• Job requires use of critical thinking and use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Job requires monitoring and assessing the performance of you, others, and the organization to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Job requires developing constructive and cooperative relationships with others.
• Job requires a high level of coordination, organization, planning, and prioritization of work, and management of one''s own time.
• Job requires honesty, integrity, and ethical behavior.
• Job requires a willingness to take on responsibility and challenges.

Education and Experience

• Preferred bachelor''s degree in business, finance, or related field.
• Five years of management experience in a retail banking environment.
• Three years of experience in a sales and customer service role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of principles and practices to ascertain and assess customer needs, meet quality standards of customer service, and evaluate customer satisfaction.
• Expert knowledge of banking principles and practices.
• Knowledge of banking products, services, and systems.
• Expert knowledge of selling practices and activities.
• Strong knowledge of business administration and management theories, principles, and practices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment including proficiency in Word and Excel.
• High reasoning skills including the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to apply critical thinking to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to set clear and actionable expectations; stimulate learning, growth, and performance improvement in others; empower others to contribute at increasingly higher levels; and provide candid and beneficial feedback to team members.
• Ability to collaborate and relate well to all kinds of people, build appropriate rapport and constructive, effective relationships, and use tact and diplomacy to handle situations comfortably.
• Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, take time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal documents, governmental regulations, and professional publications.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from senior management, peers, staff members, and the public.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to speak and write clearly to effectively convey information so that others understand and as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to provide direct supervision to subordinate staff members.
• Ability to provide guidance and direction to team members.

Working Conditions

• It is the responsibility of each bank staff member and of management to adhere to policies and procedures designed to implement compliance with the laws and regulations to which the bank is subject. Each bank staff and management member shall be accountable for understanding how compliance with laws and regulations affects the performance of their day-to-day duties, for completing compliance training as assigned and for carrying out those duties in a manner to achieve compliance with those laws and regulations.