Retail Branch Manager I

About the Role

The Retail Branch Manager I is responsible for the growth of consumer and business customer relationships, community engagement, and instore partner relationships, while delivering the Woodforest Experience to every customer, every day, every time.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieve branch sales and revenue goals by proactively identifying, marketing, and recommending banking products and services beneficial to the customer.
• Must be a “Keeper of the Woodforest Culture” and possess the ability to create energy around Retail objectives and initiatives.
• Recruit, train, retain and motivate staff to ensure profitability, sales, customer experience, compliance, and growth objectives for assigned branches within the region.
• Develop and lead innovative strategies to grow, retain and deepen consumer and business relationships.
• Proactively grow business deposits and loans through inside and outside business calling.
• Enhance customer experience and the reputation of the Bank by warmly and sincerely greeting, engaging, and developing relationships with retail partners and customers.
• Embrace and lead a technology driven customer experience.
• Lead, partner and execute a community engagement strategy with a Community Development Relationship Manager in order to be an engaged and intrinsic community partner.
• Inspire and lead team members to reach their full potential.
• Demonstrate flexibility to perform every other duty as assigned.

Competencies Required

• Must be proactive when seeking business outside of the branch.
• Inspired, goal oriented, disciplined, team leader with strong interpersonal skills, sales aptitude, and comfortable with outside sales.
• Must be open to direct coaching and feedback.
• Ability to work flexible or extended working hours to meet business needs; demonstrated reliability.
• Demonstrate a passion for taking care of people by exhibiting effective problem-solving abilities, the ability to maintain composure and convey a positive attitude while interacting with customers as well as internal team members.
• Knowledge of/or ability to quickly learn products, services, policies, procedures, regulatory guidelines, as well as engaging in sales and service process.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality, follow directions, and apply proper policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to understand instructions, forms, applications, and be familiar with financial statements and credit reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant and transferrable sales and/or customer service experience. OR a Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of relevant and transferrable sales and/or customer service experience.
• 1 year of experience leading and directing the activities of a sales team is required.
• Individuals with this level of experience typically report to an on-site manager; will mentor or lead a team of more junior staff but do not typically have formal management responsibility for personnel decisions.
• Previous instore banking experience is preferred, but not required.
• Must be positive and engaging.
• We prefer candidates who reside within our community.

Education & Certification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Work Status

• Full-Time.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Responsible and accountable for all personnel and employment decisions at assigned branch/location.

Travel

• Up to 50% or more outside of branch or as needed by customer.

Working Conditions

• Conditions include standing most of the time, may involve walking, moving, bending, stooping or sitting for brief periods, and occasionally lifting and carrying items up to 30 lbs.