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Ajitkumar Deshpande

Pune

Summary

Certified Scrum Master and Six Sigma Green Belt equipped with 19+ years of cross-functional expertise spanning Quality Management, process optimization, and Customer Relationship Management. Adept at transitioning complex operational workflows into streamlined, Agile-driven delivery models. A proactive servant-leader with a proven capability to remove impediments, foster collaborative cross-functional teams, and drive continuous improvement leveraging frameworks like SAFe 6.0 and tools including SAP HCM and ServiceNow.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Process Lead

Infosys BPM (ExxonMobil Corporation)
Remote
07.2021 - Current

ExxonMobil is an industry-leading international energy company addressing global energy needs through technology and innovation.

  • Agile Process Management: Facilitated Agile execution and continuous improvement for the Data Management Controls and Compliance team, managing the end-to-end "hire to retire" employee lifecycle using SAP.
  • Iterative Delivery & Compliance: Orchestrated regular process reviews and daily stand-ups to systematically monitor data integrity, ensuring strict alignment with dynamic, country-specific rules and regulations.
  • Impediment Resolution: Acted as a servant-leader by identifying and removing workflow blockers in HR data compliance, enabling the team to seamlessly meet rigorous operational targets.

Technical Process Lead

Infosys BPM (Telstra Enterprises – FST)
12.2019 - 06.2021
  • Process Transition & Backlog Management: Successfully transitioned and managed an Australian-based Network Facility Management process from day one.
  • Task Prioritization: Managed a continuous influx of approximately 15,000 annual service requests, actively prioritizing and triaging "soft" and "hard" requests to appropriate cross-functional teams via Calls, Mailboxes, and Webforms.
  • Workflow Orchestration: Delivered the operational interface for the team, meticulously managing scheduling, access management, invoice verification, and regional contractor engagement.

Team Lead - Quality

Infosys BPM Ltd (Intel Corporation)
10.2018 - 11.2019
  • Stakeholder Alignment: Created and published daily Quality Dashboards for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring total transparency of delivery patterns and current roadmaps.
  • Continuous Improvement: Analyzed Voice of Customer (VoC) and CSAT scores to iteratively bridge delivery gaps, providing feasibility analysis for new tasks and executing improvement ideas.
  • Risk & Compliance Metrics: Served as the primary Point of Contact (SPOC) for internal risk management, tracking internal audits (PC adherence, data classification, Spot checks) to ensure adherence to Regulatory Acts.

Team Lead - Quality

Infosys BPM Ltd (British Telecom)
Pune
10.2014 - 10.2018
  • Servant Leadership: Guided team members towards success by providing targeted coaching and mentorship, enhancing performance through actionable feedback.
  • Process Optimization: Collaborated proactively with Operations to identify process improvement opportunities based on sprint and metric performance.

SME

Infosys BPM Ltd (Openreach LLU P)
02.2011 - 10.2014
  • Workflow Design: Mapped and designed processes to meet precise client requirements, subsequently training the trainers on newly introduced workflows.
  • Efficiency Gains: Streamlined workload distribution by deploying an integrated worksheet, driving adherence issues down to zero.

SME

Infosys BPM Ltd (Openreach -Suffolk)
11.2007 - 10.2011
  • Workflow Design: Mapped and designed processes to meet precise client requirements, subsequently training the trainers on newly introduced workflows.
  • Efficiency Gains: Streamlined workload distribution by deploying an integrated worksheet, driving adherence issues down to zero.

Executive Operations

IBM Daksh
02.2007 - 11.2007

Education

Executive PG Certificate - Data Science & AI

IIT Roorkee
01-2024

Graduated in Science - Horticulture

YCMOU University
Nashik, India
01-2007

Skills

  • SAP HCM expertise
  • Experienced with Autofix and GTA tools
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite and SharePoint
  • JIRA, Trello, Slack, MS Project, Tableau
  • MySQL database management

Accomplishments

  • Achieved 100% SLA in the last 42 Months as of Mar’26.
  • Received client’s appreciation for Resolving Escalations and Customer Delight
  • Received the team extra miler award for managing influx
  • Spot award received for support provided - Support my team to achieve their KRA’s and meet the client’s requirement in crunchy time (QAs were fewer and audits were high, about 120 samples per week)
  • I-Star Award for two years 2012-2013 and 2014-2015

Certification

  • Green Belt Certified
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • SAFe 6.0 Overview
  • ITIL Awareness
  • Introduction to Cyber Security in SDLC
  • Lean Practitioner
  • Infosys Quality Professional

Timeline

Senior Process Lead

Infosys BPM (ExxonMobil Corporation)
07.2021 - Current

Technical Process Lead

Infosys BPM (Telstra Enterprises – FST)
12.2019 - 06.2021

Team Lead - Quality

Infosys BPM Ltd (Intel Corporation)
10.2018 - 11.2019

Team Lead - Quality

Infosys BPM Ltd (British Telecom)
10.2014 - 10.2018

SME

Infosys BPM Ltd (Openreach LLU P)
02.2011 - 10.2014

SME

Infosys BPM Ltd (Openreach -Suffolk)
11.2007 - 10.2011

Executive Operations

IBM Daksh
02.2007 - 11.2007

Graduated in Science - Horticulture

YCMOU University

Executive PG Certificate - Data Science & AI

IIT Roorkee
Ajitkumar Deshpande