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Amit Varma

Summary

Results-driven Sales Manager bringing 21+ years of experience in product development, promotion and optimisation. Skilled in developing lasting client rapport based on knowledgeable support and consistent service. Proficient in developing and applying advanced marketing, prospecting and merchandising strategies to accomplish promotional goals. Demonstrated success in building networks and supporting branding objectives. Dynamic individual with hands-on experience in Marketing and talent for navigating challenges. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

CRM Manager, SAP CRM Manager

P2P consulting – Samsung Australia
Sydney, NSW
07.2017 - Current
  • Prepared new ideas, proposals and testing strategies to promote company productivity.
  • Enhanced sales volume through skilled support to both new and inactive customers.
  • Coordinated with external vendors involved in the development or maintenance of the company's CRM platform.
  • Cultivated strong professional relationships with suppliers and key clients to drive long-term business development.
  • Mentored and internally promoted successful company sales and account management staff into leadership positions to drive company growth.
  • Built sales forecasts and schedules to reflect desired productivity targets.
  • Reviewed customer surveys and evaluations and made necessary adjustments to improve satisfaction.
  • Supported sales team members to drive growth and development.
  • Used change methodologies to increase sales and led projects for increased productivity.
  • Monitored customer feedback on social media channels to identify areas of improvement in terms of products or services offered.
  • Conducted regular meetings with the sales team to review progress in achieving goals related to customer relations management.
  • Developed strategies for increasing customer satisfaction through better communication practices.
  • Led sales planning, development and account management to grow existing accounts and establish new sales accounts.
  • Segmented customer database for targeted marketing activities.
  • Designed user-friendly forms and questionnaires used by customers when signing up for loyalty programs or providing feedback about their experiences with a particular product and service offering.
  • Ensured compliance with all applicable laws regarding data privacy and security when handling customer information stored in a CRM system.
  • Utilized analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Tableau to monitor website traffic and generate reports detailing user engagement and retention rates over time.
  • Improved profit margins by effectively managing expenses, budget and overhead, increasing closings and optimizing product turns.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring that deadlines were met without compromising quality standards set forth by upper management.
  • Maintained and updated customer relationship management software to ensure accuracy of customer information.
  • Developed effective strategies for segmenting customers based on their interests or purchase history in order to target them more accurately with personalized content, offers.
  • Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
  • Leveraged [Software] skills to input and compile data gathered from various sources.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.

CRM Consultant, SAP CRM Consultant

Cheil Singapore – Samsung Australia
sydney, NSW
06.2016 - 07.2017
  • Analyzed and tracked data to prepare forecasts and identify trends.
  • Collected business intelligence data from industry reports, public information or purchased sources.
  • Maintained or updated business intelligence tools, databases or dashboards.
  • Developed strategies for improving the customer experience through better use of CRM tools.
  • Modified existing software systems to enhance performance and add new features.
  • Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.

SAP CRM/SS/ISU/Master Data Lead

Accenture Australia Pty Ltd
Sydney
06.2014 - 03.2016
  • Assisted in setting up automated processes within the CRM system to improve customer experience.
  • Interviewed prospective employees and provided input to HR on hiring decisions.
  • Conducted user testing with customers to assess usability of the CRM interface.
  • Planned and delivered training sessions to improve employee effectiveness and address areas of weakness.
  • Implemented new features and updates as part of ongoing optimization process.
  • Provided training and support for team members on how to use the CRM system effectively.
  • Created and managed budgets for travel, training and teambuilding activities.
  • Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
  • Assigned work and monitored performance of project personnel.
  • Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
  • Recruited and trained new employees to meet job requirements.
  • Monitored KPIs and provided feedback on performance of CRM campaigns.
  • Prepared documentation, reports, and logs to identify and manage sales metrics and support process driven activities.
  • Integrated multiple systems into one unified CRM platform to streamline customer service operations.

SAP CRM/REFX Consultant

Apex IT consulting Pty Ltd (AUS)
06.2013 - 03.2014

SAP SDMM Master data/ Module Lead

Pall India Pvt Ltd
11.2009 - 10.2012

SAP SD Team Lead

Accenture Service Pvt Ltd
06.2004 - 11.2009

SAP SD Consultant

ASAP Info system Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 06.2004

SAP Business Analyst

Educare Technologies
06.2001 - 09.2003

BDE

Globalnet KVM solution
06.1998 - 04.1999

Education

MBA - Sales And Marketing

Department of Business Adminitstration
Amravati
06-2001

Skills

  • Customer Engagement data points optimisation
  • SAP Hybris
  • Product marketing (Mobile, HA,TV)
  • SQL
  • Customer journey definition
  • Adobe analytics
  • Multiwave and A/B testing
  • Google Analytics
  • Marketing automation and CRM
  • Excel
  • Retention/Acquisition and Churn Management
  • Looker Studio
  • Omni channel optimisation
  • Tableau
  • Customer and program lifecycle
  • Eloqua
  • Stakeholder management
  • Sales Force
  • 1st party data management
  • ABAP 4
  • Managing CRM deployment
  • Defining new process like dynamic content, personalisation

Functional Experience

  • P2P/ Cheil - Samsung- Australia, CRM Manager/ Digital Marketing /Data lead, 06/2016, Present, Customer Marketing, Utilize first party and second party data to perform analysis on digital and direct marketing tactics including paid search, website performance, email marketing, social network, mobile platform and direct mail campaigns., Generate report on industry and competitive trends., Exposure to digital marketing, brand promotion, niche advertising, SEO specialist, optimize user experience and IT specialist., Prepare ongoing report and develop recommendations to improve performance., Experience using adobe and Google analytics., Risk management and business transformation through effective change management, Worked on analysis the data and combining large set of data using Excel and SQL, Perform data analysis, mapping, cleansing, correction, and documentation as per the business requirement., Execute and analysis the data for better segmentation and targeting., Doing data profiling so as to plan data enrichment activity using surveys or promotion, Defining Customer Engagement data points optimisation for identifying the customer in marketing and contacting them at right time., Map the customer journey and analyse touch point to maximize marketing initiatives that increase retention rate., Analyse customer data to improve engagement and define retention strategies to strength brand awareness and loyalty., Worked on communications across multiple channels (EDM’s, Push notification, SMS and other digital platforms)., Ensure database is segmented effectively for targeted marketing activities., Defining the customer in Various group and marketing them as per their interest and requirement., Data Analyst, Defining the approach and strategy for BP Dedupe- matching and merging., Utilized extraction, transform and load (ETL) tools for SAP CRM/ISU data migration activities., Experience in handling data cleansing, testing and transformation team., Analysed HPQC defect trends as part of the Defect Prevention and suggested corrective action, process improvements, and code review checklists to reduce defects., Experience in SQL and related technologies for data formatting and executing the queries
  • Accenture Australia Pty Ltd, SAP CRM/SAP CS Data Migration Stream Lead/ SAP CRM –SD/SS consultant, 06/2014, 03/2016, Configuration of CRM/ISU Module, Worked on AGL for around 10 months as data migration lead for CRM/ISU, As Lead provided direction, expertise, feedback, and coaching to build the capability of Off-shore project team., Experience handling onshore and offshore resource., Worked on 3 data migration object involving CS/CRM, DMBI and Finance., Handling Master Data’s like business Partner, Contract account, Contract, Installation, Device, Device category, premise, connection object., Identifying and designed the object required for loading the data as per the business requirement., Experienced with EMIGALL and it’s respective functionality., Experience in data map and defining field by field mapping for each object of ISU/CRM., Expert in replicating the data from ISU/CRM. HPQC defect trends as part of the Defect Prevention and suggested corrective action, process improvements, and code review checklists to reduce defects., Configuration of CRM module, Conducted training to End Users & Super Users in SAP CRM (IC Web Client, Sales, Marketing, Service modules)., Configured Master data and basic functions: Business partners, Product, Organizational Model, Partner/Text/Date Determinations, Action profile, Date profile, Transaction Types, Item Categories, I base and associated functionality, Experience defining the Data map document so that LSMW/BDC can be used for migrating the object like contract account, Contract, business Partner, and many more., Configured navigation bar, work center groups, creating roles etc. in CRM 7.0., Experience in Middleware configuration and BDOC generation., Configuration of SD module, Expert knowledge on order to cash (OTC) processes., Prepared unit test scripts and checklist to be included in the functional specification. Tested RICEF objects., SAP Master data Management, Drive Data Governance, establish governance guidelines and principles. Lead and facilitate the creation of governing principles to guide decision-making and help to ensure that the optimal governance structures are in place. Promote the outcomes and results to the organization., Develop, Verify and suggest changes to requirement gathering, design documents, perform impact analysis for application changes.
  • Apex IT Consulting PTY Ltd, SAP CRM Functional Analyst/Project Coordinator, 06/2013, 03/2014, Configuration of CRM module, Worked on Campaign Management, Opportunity Management, Lead Management, Service Contracts, Service Orders and Master Data., Conducted training to End Users & Super Users in SAP CRM (IC Web Client, Sales, Marketing, Service modules)., Worked on segmentation, Target group and defining the marketing campaign for the various channels like SMS, Email and file generation., Worked on middle ware like BDOC, monitoring the Queue and clearing the queue., Worked on customized solution for commission and referral management., Configuration of REFX module, Worked on Creation of contract, configuring the pricing for contract type., Worked on support package upgrade. Rental agreement, lease back contract, Worked on invoice creation and generating tax invoice., Worked on land parcel, AO using RE80.
  • Pall Corporation, SAP SD/MM Master data /Asia Development Lead, 11/2009, 10/2012, Configuration for SD Module, Documentation of Business Processes and Business Blueprint, Configuration of all the following during realization phase: Sales enterprise structure, Sales document, item category, Delivery document, Billing document, Copy control between various sales documents, Pricing determination, Free goods determination, Partner determination, Text determination, Condition exclusion, Credit management, Account assignment, Availability check, Output determination, Incompletion procedure, Addition of new fields in pricing structure and modifying User Exits, Rebate processing., Configuration of MM module, Inventory Management: Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Stock Transfer and Transfer Postings, Transfer pricing, Physical Inventory with cyclic counting, Returns, Reservations and Movement Types., Configuration for WM Module, Worked on fit gap analysis and coordinated the WM process as per business requirement., Decided test scripts and step to be carried out for different business scenario for SD and MM.
  • Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, SAP Team Lead, 06/2004, 11/2009, SAP Data Analyst, Worked as data analyst for 2 years in Dupont project., Created data load program using LSMW, BDS for uploading the data., Worked on analysis the data and combining large set of data using Excel., Configuration for ISU Module, Device Management, Materials Management, and integrated functionalities., Billing module configured includes rate category, rate type, billing class, price, Variants, schema, and other billing processes.
  • ASAP Info system Pvt ltd, SAP SD/PS/Data Migration Consultant, 11/2003, 06/2004, Configuration for SD Module, In depth study of client’s business requirement, technical discussions with SAP – coordinators and department users so as to map into sap., Configured SAP SD for global SAP/R3 implementations especially in the areas of Availability Check (ATP)., Configuration of various sales document types & billing documents types. Item categories, schedule line categories derived from standard SAP document types to meet client requirement., SAP Data Migration Module, Created LSMW for uploading master data like material master, customer master, vendor master etc. Verification of uploaded data.
  • Educare Technologies, SAP Business Analyst, 06/2001, 09/2003, Configuring Stock Transport Order process, both Inter Company and Intra Company, with outbound delivery, billing from SD module and Rebate processing., Creating, fixing, and maintaining master data: Material Master, Vendor Master, Batch Master, Purchasing Info Records, and Customer Master., Monitors project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions., Maintains user confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Globalnet KVM solution, Business Development Executive, 06/1998, 04/1999, Instrumental in arranging partner’s agreements for the company for back-end support for the company., Maintaining positive customer relationship to maximize product/services satisfaction and obtain new sales., Ensuring customer satisfaction with the support responsibility on the developed., Conducting sales Activity for the various products in company. Maintain sale records.

Timeline

CRM Manager, SAP CRM Manager

P2P consulting – Samsung Australia
07.2017 - Current

CRM Consultant, SAP CRM Consultant

Cheil Singapore – Samsung Australia
06.2016 - 07.2017

SAP CRM/SS/ISU/Master Data Lead

Accenture Australia Pty Ltd
06.2014 - 03.2016

SAP CRM/REFX Consultant

Apex IT consulting Pty Ltd (AUS)
06.2013 - 03.2014

SAP SDMM Master data/ Module Lead

Pall India Pvt Ltd
11.2009 - 10.2012

SAP SD Team Lead

Accenture Service Pvt Ltd
06.2004 - 11.2009

SAP SD Consultant

ASAP Info system Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 06.2004

SAP Business Analyst

Educare Technologies
06.2001 - 09.2003

BDE

Globalnet KVM solution
06.1998 - 04.1999

MBA - Sales And Marketing

Department of Business Adminitstration
Amit Varma