SALES PROSES DALAM MENGINDENTIFIKASI, MEMAHAMI DAN MEMBUAT PRIORITAS BAGI NASABAH SEGMEN SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SME)

Abstract

Bank Customers have become more critical in choosing banks to transact with, in line withthe increasing needs of their businesses. On the other side, Banks are faced with a moreintense competition. In managing the banking sector, then the role of a bank’s staff inindentifying, understanding and prioritizing the segment to be served is of significant issue in contributing to the growth of the banking business. In the effort of retaining and tocontinuously increase the growth of lending and funding outstanding as well as the numberof customers, the company is faced with constraints in the form of decreasing lending andfunding outstanding from day to day, due to loan payoffs arising from loan maturity, excessfund or even customers moving to other banks. In this regard, strategies in prospecting newcustomers, exploring more into the customers’ potential are needed.Based on the analysis of the survey result employing the descriptive survey method, in order to make sure that the process of identification of prospective customers in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment by Relationship Officers (ROs) running well, focused and appeared to be truly professional in the eye of the customers, then the ROs must be equipped with a set ofstructured questions and be prepared with interview form in order to progress to the nextprospecting steps. Marketing team, i.e. ROs, in understanding and making SME customer orprospective customer priorities, need to classify SME customers or prospective customers into Porcupine, Rabbit, Rhino, Buffalo, so that the feasibility and impact (profitability) from the respected customers or prospective customers can be measured in order to contribute.