VP Sales Manager - Customer Direct

First Citizens Equipment Finance is a full-service, vendor-centric lending/leasing business unit. FCB EF provides a wide array of lending and leasing products/solutions to customers ranging in size from small/medium businesses to enterprise entities through its affiliation/alignment with OEM equipment vendors, their distributors, resellers, and dealers.

This position is responsible for managing a team of sales professionals with a focus on driving customer engagement, discovering and managing future cap-ex funding requirements, refinance opportunities, new working capital loan products, general bank products

• Responsible for managing a team of sales professionals with a focus on driving customer engagement, discovering and managing future cap-ex funding requirements, refinance opportunities, new working capital loan products, general bank products
• Facilitate Sales Representative Account Activity by managing lead distribution, account call reviews, and customer distribution, Portfolio targeting
• Manage teams KPI's including monthly funded volume, pricing, conversions, pipeline management and sales team development
• Provide tactical/ coaching support in employee level meetings on a daily/weekly basis
• Manage Rep Level performance management to target production standards
• Provide training on the CRM / Salesforce.com and basic utilization and navigation

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Financial Services

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High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Financial Services

Required Experience:

• 5+ years in a prior sales role with at least 3 years of management experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of small business lending
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively across business levels
• Strong Customer Service skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Salesforce / CRM experience
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Client-focused, proactive, and results-oriented.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.