Ajay Welinkar

• 25 years experience in sales, support and customer service with recognized strengths in account maintenance, problem-solving, training, planning, implementing proactive procedures and systems to provide excellent client service. • Ability to train, motivate, retain employees creating a pipeline of Sales personnel. • An acknowledged “Employee engagement and Retention Champion.” • Commercial awareness & strong business acumen. • Diverse client management exposure. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Committed, Farsighted and Determined.

Key Skills

Operations Excellence
Managing Sales Productivity
Customer service
Research Analysis
Training, Coaching & Mentoring

Professional Experience

Jun 2021
Dec 2021
Sales Consultant
Baxture Technologies Pune, IN
Baxture Technologies a offshore software development company catering to US and Canadian markets.
Responsiblee for creating SOPs, training, creating email content and campaigns and calling scripts.
Sep 2018
Apr 2019
Independent Contractor
Mercy for Animals India Pune, IN
Mercy For Animals works to eradicate cruel food systems and replace it with one that is not just to animals but essential for the future of our planet
 India Scoping Studies: Collaborated on research to provide complete information on the demographics inclusive of intricate details of Politics, Religion, Eating Habits, Animal Farming, Import Exports, Slaughter practices, Law, Census reports, Animal rights organizations and their achievements, Environment reports and suggested opportunities of work in India. 
Nov 2017
Sep 2018
Sr. Corporate Liason
PETA India Pune, IN
PETA India operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment.
 
Responsibilities: 
        Build a list of different companies across different domains for 12 projects. 
        Research emails, contact numbers of relevant CEOs and top officials and communicate awareness about animal rights to create change. 
        Conducted investigation relevant to corporate. 
        Mentored new joinee in the corporate department, assisted in meetings and added inputs where required. 
        Handled press and media queries. 
        Engage corporates in creating meaningful policies for animal rights. 
        Coordinate with teams to build and execution of campaigns. 
        Connect with international teams to understand current campaigns and implement similar strategies. 

 
Achievements: 
        Achieved a victory with a major travel company to make their first-ever animal welfare policy, they agreed not to endorse any animal rides they have a presence in the middle east and Asia Pacific region. It is yet to be released as there are ongoing negotiations to add more to their policy. 
        Conducted an investigation into banned animal products being sold by major international brands. 
        Campaigned against the online sale of animals, use of animals for entertainment (Vodafone India and Bajaj Auto). 
Sep 2016
Sep 2017
Corporate Outreach Manager & Campaign Coordinator
Animal Equality India Pune, IN
Animal Equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.
 
Responsibilities: 
        Research companies using eggs 
        Finding contact details for relevant CEOs of companies 
        Drafting 1st to 4th email to be sent to companies 
        Creating presentations 
        Maintaining communications with relevant heads of companies 
        Travelling as required for meetings with corporate heads of department 
        Creating strategies for campaign and drafting 90-day plan 
        Coordinating with volunteers for the call to actions 
        Strategic use of Investigation on the cruelty on Indian egg farms 
        Building volunteer list 
        Weekly meetings with International Director and Monthly meetings with corporate outreach managers from different countries for best practice sharing and updates 
        Being updated with latest industry updates and campaigns 
        Supporting campaigns of colleagues from other countries 

 
Achievements: 
        Build a list of different companies across different domains 
        Researched emails and contact numbers of relevant CEOs and top officials 
        Developed presentation on the importance of banning cages from the egg supply chain 
        Initiated conversations with heads of the company and gave presentations in regards to the importance of banning cages from their egg supply chain after intensive research on the companies policies and quotes of their leaders 
        Had successful second level in-person meeting 
        Researched and contacted cage-free to get their delivery capacity 
        Created Volunteer sign up website 
        Created Campaign website 
        Launched campaign urging McDonalds to ban cages from their egg supply chain 
Mar 2016
Oct 2016
Head Of Operations
Immply Technologies Pvt Ltd /Social Annex Pune, IN
Loyalty Experience Platform - Annex Cloud Loyalty
Responsibilities: 
        Sales (US + UK) 
        Data Quality 
        Customer Success 
        Marketing 
        Software Development and Integration 
        Recruitment 
        Employee engagement and retention 
Co-Ordination with US Team and Directors

 Achievements: 
        Streamlined processes for sales and data quality 
        Increased performance of sales team from 38% to 89.5% 
        Retained and built the sales team 
        Created Training Standards Document 
        Created Operations Standards Document 
 
Feb 2014
Apr 2016
AVP Sales and Operations
Aloha Technology Pvt Ltd Pune, IN
Aloha Technology an offshore software development company and also owns Faronics which delivers computer management software
 
Responsibilities: 
        Deliver against assigned quarterly new customer acquisition. 
        Be highly competent and skilled to present the Aloha Technology offerings up to C Level Executives 
        Negotiate the terms of an agreement and close sales. 
        Gather market and customer information and provide feedback on requirement trends to the data mining department. 
        Execute cold calls and email campaigns to generate new sales prospects and manage the pipeline. 
        Monitor and evaluate the performance of lead generation programs 
        Identify new markets and business opportunities. 
        Partner with Client Services division to ensure successful implementations, customer satisfaction, and ongoing partnership with Direct clients. 
        Motivate team to achieve targets and recognize top performers. 
        General Data analysis and recommendations for improvement 
 
 
Achievements: 
        Roped in 100+ new customers. 
        Responsible for revenue target of $200,000 / month. 
        Increased the sales team size to 15 professionals from 7. 
        For client Faronics: 
-          Managed separate sales team of size up to 15 
-          Managed renewal team of size up to 10 
-          Generated $20 million revenue in the last financial year 
 
Sep 2011
Mar 2014
Sr. Business Development Manager
Aoha Technology Pune, IN
 
Achievements: 
        Managed Business Development for Aloha Technology 
        Worked with a team of 3 Team Leaders and 21 Business Development Executives for Offshore Services for software development and testing. 
        Managed FARONICS software renewals 5 executives. 
        Business Development for TAMP Systems (Business Continuity Software) 5 executives. Including giving the software demo to clients and closing the sale. 
        Reporting direct to the VP of Operations and conducting quarterly performance reviews and floor supervision and recruitment. 
        Client interaction to ensure SLA's met. 
Jun 2010
Jul 2011
Team Operations Manager
Hutchison 3 global services Pvt. Ltd. Pune, IN
Leading telecom services provider in the United Kingdom
 
Responsibilities: 
 
        Conducted Weekly Business Review 
         Implemented LEAP (Quarterly performance improvement program for advisers) 
         Floor Management (AHT, SL, driving targets, etc.) 
        Timely closure of HR Action and liaised with HR on red flags 
        Weekly briefing with advisors for individual Team Operations Management groups 
        Audit Quality of one-on-ones & LEAP target setting along with tollgate reviews 
        Attended leveling session 
        Catch up with Team Leaders and Quality Operations Managers 
        Managed transition from training to production. 
        Ensured BB Call feedbacks are provided and dipstick on Quality of feedback. 
Feb 2009
Jul 2010
Lead Assistant Manager
Exl service.com Pune, IN
A leading offshore services company
 Responsibilities: 
        Devised training plans for new hires. 
         Quickly and effectively solve customer challenges. 
        Maintain quality control/satisfaction records, constantly seeking new ways to improve customer service. 
        Ensuring SLA's are consistently achieved and exceeded. 
        Trained the Emergency Response Support team. 
        Responsible for sending the weekly deck to clients. 
        Ensuring Compliance adherence.

 Achievements: 
        Coached and mentored 3 Assistant Managers (AM) and a team of 15 Advisors 
        Worked with 3 AMs and a total of 70 customer service representatives. 
        Created and managed top-performing teams 
        Created a pipeline for organizational needs 
 
 
Mar 2006
Mar 2009
Assistant Manager (Customer Service + Sales)
Exl service.com Pune, IN
 Responsibilities:  
        Worked as an AM for 2 different processes (Allstate and Dell). 
        Piloted and trained the sales team. 
        Successfully managed SLAs for a team of 20 agents. 
         Continuously recognized for excellent ESAT and employee retention. 
        Handling escalation and preparing weekly performance reports. 
        Coaching and mentoring agents. 
        Call monitoring and weekly/monthly feedback. 
        Designed the P4P structure for the Sales team 
Dec 2002
Sep 2004
Propreitor
Supernova Events Pune, IN
Event Management Company
 Creating and organizing cultural, social awareness, and corporate events. 
 Ensuring strategic and maximum mileage to sponsors. 
 Promotion of products, services, and organizations. 
Lamcon Advertising, Pune, Maharashtra. Proprietor Dec 2001 Nov 2002 
 Conceptualized, marketed, executed, and published the Pune Goa Millennium Guide. 
 Created brochures, Handouts, and calendars for various small businesses. 
Feb 1999
Sep 2001
Sales Executive
Mahindra Holidays Pune, IN
Club Mahindra Holidays is an Indian Hospitality company founded in 1996. It is a part of the Mahindra Group and provides holidays on a timeshare basis
  Telemarketing. 
 Prospecting. 
 Executing and closing sales. 
 Lead Generation Activities. 
 Collections. 
 Trained by TPCL for Value-Based Need Motivational Selling and Sales Strategies and Time management from Mercury Goldman. 
 Trained new executives on effective presentations. 
Jan 1997
Sep 1998
Indoor Sales Consultant
Five Star Holidays Pvt Ltd Pune, IN
Timeshare Marketing Company
  Convincing and successfully executing sales in a span of 2hrs. 
 Trained new executives on effective presentations. 
 Collections. 
 
Feb 1995
Sep 1996
Counter Sales and Inventories
Melody the Disc Shop Pune, IN
Sales of Laserdisc equipment, rentals, and recordings
 Handling counters Sales of CDs and LD. 
 Keeping records of movie rentals and music recordings. 
 Maintaining Public Relations. 
May 1994
Jan 1995
Cashier
Hotel Sagar Plaza Pune, IN
Hospitality Industry
  Maintaining accounts for the Coffee Shop and Restaurant. 

Education

Dec 2008
Jul 2010
BBA in IIMST
New delhi
May 2008
Mar 2009
HSSC in Karnataka State Council
Mysore

Hobbies & Interests

  • Playing Chess
  • Animal Rights

Languages

English
(Native)
Hindi
(Fluent)
Marathi
(Basic)

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