Standard Bank Group
Sales Acquisition Consultants- Multiple Regional Locations
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Drive new account openings, Flexipay sign-ups and loan acquisitions by identifying customer needs, cross-selling products, executing activation campaigns, ensuring correct KYC and logging service issues in Salesforce. Provide performance reports, resolve client issues, and meet acquisition and retention targets to grow market share.
Company Description
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.
Job DescriptionGenerate sales, account opening, Flexipay sign ups and loan acquisitions
- Meet new customer activations as per desired target from business.
- Increase customer product utilization through cross selling by measures guided by the business.
- Own and address any service issues raised by clients by logging issues in sales force issues for resolution.
- Provide periodic reports on performance on new accounts and other offering, as well as problems encountered by customers and root cause.
- Execute the acquisition and retention strategy to grow and defend the market share.
- Execute the activation campaigns and activities with teams on a regular basis.
- Drive volume and value growth for sales by identifying sales /cross sell opportunities.
- Ensure quality sales by conducting the right KYC.
- Convert Sales leads into new sales.
- First Degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Minimum credit pass in English and Mathematics at 'O' Level Education
- Minimum of 2 years’ proven experience in a sales, preferably in financial services (banking)
- Strong ability to identify customer needs and offer tailored solutions to drive sales and enhance customer experience.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills with a confident and engaging approach.
- A strong sense of ownership, self-motivation, and ability to work under pressure to meet and exceed targets.
- Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and a customer-first mindset.
Technical Competences
- Bookkeeping
- Data Management (Administration)
- Reconciling Financial Records
- Records and Archive Management
- Written Communication
Behavioural Competencies:
- Articulating Information
- Checking Things
- Documenting Facts
- Examining Information
- Following Procedures
- Interacting with People
- Meeting Timescales
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