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Samrat Mahajan

Result oriented business leader with 17 + years of career progression and experience with demonstrated ability in operations management, Workforce management, Forecasting, Scheduling, Client Servicing, Quality Assurance, Team Management, Crisis and Change Management. Proficient in managing & leading teams for running successful operations with experience of developing procedures, service standards for business excellence. Possess excellent interpersonal, communication & organizational skills.

Key Skills

Project Management
Client And Stakeholder Relationship Management
Resource Planning and Management
Forecasting, Planning & Scheduling
Governance Processes & Procedures
Quality Assurance
Problem Solving and Analytical Skills
Critical Thinking
Identifying Leads
Interpersonal Skills

Professional Experience

Nov 2014
Present
Operations Manager
Wipro New Delhi, IN
HP Delhi Voice
  • Plan and direct delivery of contractual SLA’s in a compliant manner.
  • Manage client relationships strategically based on business objectives.
  • Execute and perform activities on new client end implementations.
  • Responsible for overall resource planning and management – Hiring, Training and Scheduling as per forecasted requirements
  • Ensuring that RTA team monitors day to day call flow patterns, provides required real time oversight and takes appropriate actions to meet SLA and maximize efficiency
  • Improve efficiency through improved schedule adherence, occupancy, utilization, shrinkage and AHT.
  • Drive operational performance to improve customer satisfaction through effective forecasting, staffing and workforce optimization
  • Assist, facilitate and support recruitment with the interview and selection process to maintain and improve on the quality of hiring

  • Manage and develop a team of 7-10 Team leads \ Supervisors.
  • Effectively navigate operational roadblocks and guide team to deliver on clients business goals in innovative ways.
  • Prepare performance reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing data and trends.
  • Develop, coach and motivate agents and FLM’s to improve performance and foster a customer centric culture.
  • Challenge and support employees in their development, use individual’s capabilities and potential for the benefit of the team.
  • Evaluate individual performance, determine trends, analyze strengths and \ or weaknesses to develop training programs for improvement.
  • Foster an inclusive work environment that promotes employee engagement and development at all levels using the performance management system.
 
  • Run day to day management and serve as primary point of contact for the site.
  • Planning, Governance and controlling implementations – Change management \ Crisis Management \ BCP. Ensure business practices are aligned with industry standards and defined guidelines
  • Direct and manage internal and external clients.
  • Review operation reports with internal stakeholders and client in daily \ weekly \ monthly \ quarterly meets.
  • Maintain and improve performance by monitoring system performance, identifying and resolving problems, preparing and deploying actions plans, completing audits and analysis.
  • Managing system and process improvement through quality assurance processes and initiatives.
  • Create \ Perform analysis and deliver reports to identify recommendations for improvement – operational excellence
  • Lead \ Manage implementation of new programs and process changes to reduce cost, improve customer service and optimize operations
Mar 2011
Dec 2014
Senior Group Leader
Wipro New Delhi, IN
HP Delhi Voice
  • Level 2 Supervisor for a team of 50~70 associates aligned with 4~5 FLM’s. 
  • Driving performance from the team and ensuring that all CPM’s are met. 
  • Coaching FLM’s on their strengths & opportunities. 
  • Controlling attrition by increased employee engagement. 
  • Leading RTA for daily SLA management and highlighting unexpected changes and aberrations in volume trends. 
  • Responsible for driving operational hygiene metrics for the process 
  • Liaison with the client process engineering and technical team to ensure that process changes are administered and implemented such that resolutions are available to service for end users better.
  • Responsible for regular SME’s recertification to ensure that knowledge levels are maintained and best practices are shared. 
  • Responsible for handling internal and external audits to ensure process workflow standards are maintained 
Dec 2009
Apr 2011
Quality Lead
Wipro New Delhi, IN
HP Delhi
  • Handled 10~15 L2’s in TM and compliance quality teams. 
  • Monitored and reported process hygiene dashboards
  • Drive critical hygiene metrics and improve the extraction and disposition of surveyed cases for the site to ensure healthier survey return rates. 
  • Redefined feedback mechanism for audits to improve QA scores and CSAT scores. 
  • Handled client global audits on standardization and internal \ external audits on ISO standards to ensure process workflow is intact 
Dec 2008
Dec 2009
Group Lead
Wipro New Delhi, IN
HP Delhi Voice
  • Handled a team of 20~25 consultants in a technical support process. 
  • Consistently met and exceeded all internal and client facing KPI’s.
  • Handled OJT batches from Jan’09 to Oct’09 with greater than 80% throughput. 
  • Helped devise and implement the New Hire learning plan and graduation metrics to ensure maximum throughput with good quality resources 
Apr 2007
Jan 2009
Team lead
Wipro New Delhi, IN
LCA Tech (May 2007 to April 2008) / AOL UK BB Tech (May 2008 to Jan 2009)
  • Handled a team of 12~15 consultants in a technical support process. 
  • Coached team members on their strengths & opportunities.
  • Consistently exceeded targets on all internal and client KPI’s for team. 
  • ZERO Attrition for first 8 Months (2007-2008). 
  • Responsible for publishing the Monthly PMI Stack and other MIS reports such as Productivity, Revenue\FTE, Leave Planner, Process Dashboard, QPLC report, 9 block analyses, Matrix Management report. 
  • Helped Improve Surrogate Score for the span from 42% in Sep’08 to 63% in Oct’08 in AOL UK. 
  • Led pilot for two quarters to help reduce BQ population in the process. 
    Trained on LTAW, Quality assistance tools and Standardization Measures. 
Oct 2005
May 2007
Quality Analyst
Wipro New Delhi, IN
LCA Tech
  • Drove Call Quality and coached agents on strengths & opportunities.
  • Handle a team of 10 consultants as acting supervisor (July’06 – Nov’06).
  • Successfully led projects to reduce BQ in Q2’ 06, Q’3 06 and Q'1 07.
  • Responsible for rolling out weekly / monthly reports.
  • Devised modules and conducted trainings for client software
Jan 2004
Nov 2005
Technical Support Associate
Wipro New Delhi, IN
LCA Tech,
  • Took initiatives and contributed to activities and actions resulting in improvement on a process level while consistently meeting all my Critical Performance Measures beyond excellence.

Education

Apr 2007
May 2010
Bachelor of commerce in Distance Education
Periyar University

Certifications

2019
Best Practices for Customer Operations
COPC Inc.
2015
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
WIPRO
2013
Lean Management Certification
WIPRO

Achievements

2019
Performance Benchmark
Consistently exceeded SPOS monthly goals for 46 months in a row
2018
Best Site Award
Rated as top leaders on the Gartner's Magic Quadrant and Best Support Site in global audit on industry operating standards, conducted by the client
2018
Employee of the Quarter : Q4'2016-17
Recognized as Employee of the quarter after successfully transitioned site to an warranty based support center for the client. Exceeded stretch goals on Revenue generation goals with optimized handle time without impacting customer experience and resolution rate.
2017
Customer Delight - Q2'2017
Recognized as Best SPOS Manager after delivering best performance on SPOS for critical client services and contributed with innovative ideas to boost sales at an enterprise level
2013
Improve Resolution Rate - Six Sigma
Successfully closed green belt project to improve resolution rate and DSAT scores for the site.
2009
Best Supervisor
Rewarded Top Coach for Q4’09 basis excellent team performance on all CPM’s. Consistently met and exceeded all internal and client facing KPI’s.
2007
Best Supervisor
Ranked as Best Supervisor and Best Team (NMQ) in July’08 and for Nov’07, Oct’07, Dec’07 and Jan’08.
2006
Best Quality Analyst
Ranked as Best Quality analyst for Q1’ and Q2’ in 2006
2006
Best Technical Support Associate
Ranked Top TSA of the year consecutively for FY'2004 and FY'2005

Languages

Hindi
(Native)

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