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UAE

ME

• Overall planning, direction, coordination, execution and management of centralized support services involving Admin, Travel, Facilities and Government Relations functions of the organization to ensure that the.
• Responsible for a Team of 35 Executives/Officers, 1 Manager & 2 Supervisors.
• Developed and implemented strategies, policies, procedures, process optimization and plans for Administrative Services in a cost effective and time efficient manner.
• Achieved financial objectives by anticipating requirements, submitting information for budget preparation, scheduling expenditures, monitoring costs, and analyzing variances.
• Responsible for the Facilities management of all Commercial leased office space, Company executive accommodations, guest house and Labor Camp in terms of building's operations and maintenance, real estate, project.
• Responsible for Travel management and overseeing day-to-day travel needs of corporate business users in terms of flights and hotel bookings, sourcing strategy and execution, policy development and compliance, vendor.

ME

• Overall planning, direction, coordination, execution and management of HR, Admin & Operations functions for the business.
• Supervised the entire recruitment life cycle from identifying manpower specifications, sourcing relevant candidates by liaising with recruitment agencies or placing job ads to conducting interviews.
• Maintained meticulous service records for all staff from joining to leaving formalities.
• Achieved financial objectives by anticipating requirements, submitting information for budget preparation, scheduling expenditures, monitoring costs and analyzing variances.
• Coordinated with PRO to carry out work with government departments, labor, and other ministries to complete all formalities on trade licenses, visas & health cards.
• Liaised with the landlord to renew office leases for Dubai & Abu Dhabi as well as the staff accommodation.

UAE

• Founded this workshop which employed a Team of 25 individuals.
• Branding & Marketing - Designed the corporate logo and all marketing material such as corporate brochure, business cards etc.
• Business Development - Partnered with TOTAL to co-brand the workshop which included obtaining a preferred rate for their products and their support in terms of sponsorship for our marketing campaign. I have also.
• Customer Service & Operations - Dealt with all customer enquiries and liaise with customers who bring their vehicles to the workshop. I am responsible for pricing and billing. I co-ordinate between my staff and.
• Administration - Undertook the processing of all my staff’s visas. Processed monthly payroll via WPS including calculating overtime & deducting any salary advances that may have been approved. All activities related to.

EMEA, APAC

• Responsible for a Team of 50 Executives & 6 Managers spanning Customer Services Centers located across UK, France, UAE, Kenya, South Africa & Singapore.
• Served as lead for day-to-day operation of Customer Care at WorldSpace. Defining needs, developing subscriber based reporting, creating report layouts, and assessing data integrity in an effort to maintain.
• Developed initiatives to support subscriber acquisition, churn management, conversion rate, usage reporting, and other relevant subscription metrics through the application of best practices.
• Worked closely with Finance, IT, E&O and other Technical development resources to enhance WorldSpace’s ability to report effectively and accurately on its subscriber base. Worked in partnership with Marketing, Content.
• Supported WorldSpace Departments (Consumer Business, Content, Marketing, Engineering & Operations, Customer Acquisition vendors) by developing reporting / analyses that provide specific insight into customer behavior.
• Liaised with our warehouses in JAFZA & DAFZA with regards to the logistics of our products & customs formalities for large shipments, i.e. receivers.

IND

• Responsible for Mobile Assist (Customer Care Unit for Mumbai Circle) which also included the elite Gold Desk and GPRS/MMS Desk
• Responsible for a Team of 130 Executives & 9 Unit Managers including MIS Officers/Trainers.
• Analyzed Agent’s Statistics, Value Added Services (VAS), Scheduling and Staffing, Forecasting, Batch wise performance tracking, Technical Outages, Leaves & Attrition to meet SLA’s.
• Provided Operational floor management by monitoring Service Levels Agreements (SLA) using Symposium Call Center Server, taking appropriate decisions responsible for the daily monitoring of quality and production of the.
• Assumed Administrative responsibilities in the absence of the Assistant General Manager.
• Assisted with Training & Identifying training needs within the group & providing feedback.

IND

• Handled an entire US Project for a Bank's Credit Card division that included Customer Care, Fraud Authorizations, and Card Activation's.
• Responsible for a Team of 210 Executives & 19 Unit Managers including MIS Officers/Trainers.
• Single point of contact between the US Client and the Company Management in terms of Agents Statistics, Sales, Scheduling and Staffing, Forecasting, Batch wise performance tracking, Technical Outages, Leaves & Attrition.
• Provided Operational floor management by monitoring Service Levels Agreements (SLA) using Aspect eWorkforce Management version 6.1, Real Time Adherence (RTA), taking appropriate decisions responsible for the daily.
• Assisted with Training & Identifying training needs within the group & providing feedback.
• Assumed Administrative responsibilities in the absence of the Sr. Manager.

IND, USA

• Handled Tele-Training/Sales/Survey (Outbound) & Banking (Inbound) Projects for Citibank.
• Responsible for a Team of 45 Executives including Trainers.
• Handled everything from Rostering of breaks, Leaves, Performance tracking & Feedback (Individual & Team), Team building, Consolidating MIS & reporting to the management. Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the new Team.
• Provided Operational floor management by monitoring Service Levels Agreements (SLA) using Avaya CMS Supervisor, taking appropriate decisions responsible for the daily monitoring of quality and production of the.
• Designed & established the Quality process and better ways of doing things for all the projects.
• Assisted with Training & Identifying training needs within the group & providing feedback.

IND

• Part of the Team that designed & implemented the Euro Compliance & Currency Management System for Commercial General Norwich Union (CGNU), Belgium. Technology Used - COBOL, CICS, JCL, Natural 2, ADABAS, OS/390.
• Part of the Team that designed & implemented the Euro Compliance for Belstar Assurance, Brussels. Technology Used - AXI Case Tools, Oracle 7.3, HP-Unix.

IND

• Worked on project related to Online Banking Software. Technology Used - Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 7, Active X, COM, MTS, ATL, Win NT.
• Worked on project related to Inventory Control System. Technology Used - C++ with DB Library, Sybase 10, Unix.
• Worked on project related to Airlines Booking/Ticketing System. Technology Used - Visual C++ using MFC, MS Access 7, Win NT.
• Provided Training support to an MCSD batch of 30 Students on Visual Basic 6.0
• Handled overall functioning of the Front Office with direct reporting to the Branch Head.

IND

2nd Maharashtra Infantry Battalion

IND

36th Karnataka Infantry Battalion

IND

1st Goa Infantry Battalion

Mba, International Marketing

Gniit, Software Engineering

Bsc, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

Bsc, Physics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Mathematics

Aissce

Ssc

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