Area Sales Manager

Job Overview:

This role involves recruiting and managing partners, agents, brokers, and distributors and generating

leads, supporting customer acquisition, and ensuring seamless loan processing. The ASM will play a

key role in achieving sales targets, expanding channel networks, ensuring compliance, and

maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Sales Target Achievement

Achieve and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets for home loan products

across channels.

Drive lead generation, conversion, and timely processing of applications in coordination with

partners.

2. Channel Partner Management

Recruit, onboard, and manage a strong network of partners, agents and distributors.

Conduct training and upskilling sessions to enhance product knowledge, process awareness,

and compliance adherence.

Regularly engage with partners to ensure productivity and business alignment.

3. Lead Generation & Conversion

Collaborate with both channels to generate high-quality leads and support partners to

convert them into successful disbursals.

Monitor performance metrics like lead-to-login and login-to-disbursal ratios, and take action

to improve conversion efficiency.

4. Relationship Management

Maintain long-term, productive relationships with partners to drive consistent business.

Support partners in handling customer interactions and resolving issues efficiently.

5. Market Development & Strategy

Analyze regional trends, competitor activities, and partner performance to develop market

penetration strategies.

Identify new opportunities to grow home loan business in untapped areas or through new

partners.

6. Compliance & Risk Mitigation

Ensure all applications and customer documentation comply with internal policies and

regulatory norms.

Monitor partner adherence to compliance and mitigate operational or reputational risks.

7. Internal Coordination

Collaborate with Credit, Operations, and Marketing teams to streamline processes, reduce

turnaround time, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Contribute to the development of partner engagement campaigns or regional sales

initiatives.

8. Reporting & Analysis

Provide accurate and timely reports on sales pipeline, partner performance, market insights,

and challenges.

Track KPIs and suggest course-corrective actions as required.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

Experience: Minimum 5 years in home loans, financial services, or channel sales

management.

Education: Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or related field (MBA is an

advantage).

Sales Expertise: Proven track record of achieving sales targets in the home loan or financial

products domain.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for partner and customer

engagement.

Product & Process Knowledge: In-depth understanding of home loan products,

documentation, credit policies, and compliance requirements.

Leadership & Execution: Ability to drive execution, solve problems, and align teams towards

goals.

Industry - Financial Services / Fintech