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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>The Sales Training Specialist is responsible for designing, delivering, and continuously improving internal and external sales and client service training programs that drive behavioral outcomes across Retail Banking teams to provide prospective and current clients with the right financial solutions and increase profitability.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The Sales Training Specialist provides employees with the education and development needed to confidently identify opportunities, conduct relationship building conversations to uncover client needs, engage in consultative selling conversations to drive business growth, retain and deepen existing client relationships, strengthen referral behaviors to other business lines and close deals.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>All external business development training programs incorporate proactive strategies, equipping employees to generate new business through structured prospecting, community engagement and relationship expansion.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The Sales Training Specialist partners closely with Retail Sales leadership, product partners, and other business lines to ensure training content aligns with strategic priorities. 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