Business Development Senior Executive / Assistant Manager - Northern Region

Business Development Senior Executive / Assistant Manager - Northern Region We’re Hiring : Business Development Senior Executive / Assistant Manager - Northern Region

Why Join Us?

Attractive basic salary with uncapped monthly performance incentive.

EPF, SOCSO, annual leave, medical benefits included.

High growth and career advancement opportunity

with flat & open office culture. Be part of the award-winning team in delivering an innovative, fully digital Shariah-compliant auto service and takaful premium financing for over 2,000 car workshops and takaful agencies in Malaysia.

Gain first-hand experience in credit & finance , an area that impacts everyone’s life and makes a positive impact on society.

The opportunity

We are looking for

Business Development Senior Executive / Assistant Manager

to join our team to help grow our car workshop and takaful agency network. We launched our auto service financing in March 2022 which enables car owners to obtain financing to pay for their essential car repairs at the workshop and in 2025, we launched takaful premium financing to help renewal of takaful & roadtax on instalment.

Since then, we have over 2,000 merchants signed up across the country and helped over 35,000 car owners to repair / service their car or renew takaful affordably. In addition, Direct Lending also offers business financing to our panel workshops to support their business growth.

We are looking for someone who is result-driven, has a proven track record of driving revenue growth, able to build good working relationships with business partners and has a good commercial sense of identifying new business opportunities.

If you are currently in sales, business development or account management and are passionate about helping people to grow and meanwhile want to advance your career, let’s chat!

What will you be doing?

Acquire and activate car workshops & takaful agencies partners to grow the company's business.

Build and maintain strong relationships with merchant partners to keep them active in promoting Direct Lending’s solutions.

Help identify new business opportunities that will deliver win-win solutions for merchant partners and the company.

Work closely with the marketing, credit, product development and technology team to ensure alignment of business development efforts.

Assist in negotiating and closing business deals.

Stay updated on industry trends, competitor activities, and market conditions to identify potential business opportunities.

What We’re Looking For :

Minimum 1 year of experience in a business development, account management or sales role.

Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth for the business.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with clients and key stakeholders.

Self-motivated and results-oriented, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Good command of Bahasa Malaysia and English. Ability to speak Mandarin will be an added advantage.

Willingness to travel for visiting merchant partners, client meetings and industry events.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

Send us your CV with a cover letter and tell us more about your career aspirations. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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Your application will include the following questions :

Do you have experience in a sales role?

Are you willing to travel for this role when required?

How many years of business development experience do you have?

Do you have experience in a role which requires relationship management experience?

Direct Lending is an award-winning digital lending platform. Our mission is to foster financial inclusion by enabling every hardworking adult to have access to affordable financing, enabling them to have a better quality of life.

We started as a loan marketplace, connecting borrowers with over 30 lenders, with over 300,000 loan eligibility processed.

With the vision to provide a seamless financing experience, we launched a Shariah-compliant auto service financing in 2022 which enables car owners to pay for car repairs instantly & affordably. We now expand into SME financing and motor takaful financing, collaborating with over 1,500 car workshops across Malaysia.

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