About this Role A Mortgage Area Sales Manager leads the sales efforts of a mortgage production group by recruiting qualified candidates establishing production goals and monitoring performance ensuring that individual and group loan production standards are met. In this Role You Will Recruit and recommend qualified and high-performing mortgage loan originator Home Loan Advisors candidates for employment and ensure efficiency and effectiveness in recruitment practices working with the Human Resources recruitment department Set acceptable production goals that meet or exceed the Banks minimum standards. Coach and mentor performance ensuring that individual and group production goals are met and adhere to all First Bank policies and guidelines. Work with loan production staff to ensure knowledge and understanding of all loan products and the underwriting criteria required for each area and ensure that First Bank loan pricing guidelines and standards are followed Travel on a frequent basis to locations other than assigned branchlocation Provide input into group goals and annual budget. To ensure the budget is met monitor and approve expenses within the policies set forth by First Bank Work closely with First Bank retail branch personnel to cross-sell products and services as opportunity arises Interview hire and train employees plan assign and direct work appraise performance reward and discipline employees address complaints and resolve problems Qualifications Competencies and Skills Bachelors degree from a four-year college or university in finance or a related field A minimum of three to five years related experience andor training or equivalent combination of education and experience Ability to drive a car or obtain other reliable transportation is required At least two year of previous managementsupervisory experience in coaching mortgage loan sales performance is preferred