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Avinash Kumar Anand

Avinash Kumar Anand

Summary

A professional with 11 years of experience with an excellent record of accomplishment of leading multiple projects in various environments with a passion to lead, execute and deliver projects on time. My background in leading Operations and Quality represents a combination of leadership and stakeholder management. Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with 11 years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Operations Manager – IT service Desk (NSE)

Deloitte
2 2022 - Current

IT Service Delivery Manager

  • Spearheaded team of 30 IT support specialists, providing top-tier technical aid to users within North South Europe (NSE)
  • Vigilantly developed, tracked, and reported on Service Level Agreements (SLAs), enforcing adherence, and persistently pushing for service delivery enhancement
  • Regularly scrutinized SLA performance, instigating necessary corrective measures to ensure optimal service
  • Pivotal in ensuring swift and efficient resolution of incidents and problems, mitigating business operation disruptions
  • Established ITIL processes to normalize incident and problem management protocols

Customer Satisfaction and Support

  • Pioneered in delivering swift, proficient, and impactful IT support services, ensuring high customer satisfaction
  • Acted as primary point of escalation for intricate technical issues, assuring satisfactory resolution
  • Identified and acted upon opportunities for process enhancements to boost efficiency and effectiveness
  • Collaborated with IT teams to optimize workflows and enhance service delivery

Performance Analysis and Knowledge Management

  • Produced and scrutinized reports on service desk performance, focusing on key metrics such as ticket resolution duration, customer satisfaction indices, and SLA adherence
  • Established and maintained extensive knowledge base to aid support team and end-users in resolving recurring issues

Stakeholder Engagement and Compliance

  • Engaged with stakeholders across organization to comprehend their IT requirements and address any concerns
  • Ensured all service desk activities adhered to organizational policies, industry regulations, and security standards
  • Regularly conducted audits and reviews to uphold compliance and minimize risks.
  • Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements
  • Empowered employees to take ownership of their responsibilities, leading to increased accountability and improved performance outcomes

Operations & Quality Lead- Advanced Linguistics (Machine Learning, Social Media Chat, Email & Phone)

Accenture
03.2018 - 02.2022
  • Leading a headcount of 20 and ensuring the staff is motivated, monitored and measured in line with company targets and performance standards
  • Primary liaison to clients: Operations, training & quality deliverables
  • Collaborating with clients on quarterly & annual basis for Quality Framework and compliance
  • Responsible for operations-level reporting on the performance of quality framework to management for review as a basis for improvement to the quality
  • Interpreted and implemented processes, regulations and SOPs for quality control and overall regulatory compliance, making independent decisions and modifications as required
  • Analyze training requirements Providing inputs to the Learning and Development team
  • Evaluate the team's performance to facilitate performance management, merit increases, promotions, and job transfers
  • Review quarterly & annual quality reports for all operations at Hyderabad center
  • Master Certified Lead For core service business at Accenture (Google Client)
  • Working knowledge of process improvement methodologies, such as six sigma or business process management.

Pilot Quality Specialist

Accenture
10.2016 - 12.2018
  • Auditing and feedback
  • Reviewing customer support interactions and sharing feedback with agents
  • Create action plans
  • Strategic planning for agents performing below par
  • D-sat learning
  • D-Sat feedback to agents across teams
  • Interactive learning sessions
  • Conduct programs for excellent customer handling techniques
  • WBR and MBR decks
  • Conducting client business review meetings
  • Delivering presentations
  • To help build effective customer relationship
  • Quality control
  • Monitoring project progress
  • Achievements: Helped improve C-sat scores percentage across teams
  • Trained and certified 13 Quality Analysts for the project
  • Developed internal quality assessment sheet to track progress and efficiency.

Customer Support Analyst

Amazon Development Centre
06.2013 - 12.2015
  • Assisting customers over calls to resolve issues and help with required information
  • Achieving all the performance goals
  • Auditing cases and sharing peer-to-peer feedback
  • Giving presentations on topics for a better understanding of customer support
  • Achievements: Was selected as part of the first phone pilot team in India for Amazon
  • Promoted as SME within 6 months of joining
  • Moved to the process training department to train new hires on various processes.

Customer Service Team Lead

Yes Group International (Heathrow, UK)
05.2010 - 09.2012
  • Supporting the sales team to ensure all sales and service objectives are met
  • Finding solutions to real-time issues
  • Installation, maintenance and support of all applications and communications software
  • RCA for the project
  • Identifying operational gaps
  • Achievements: Created an efficient job tracker
  • Played a prominent role in making company brochures
  • Won 'Best employee of the year' for my role in taking the company with 25 IT consultants to more than 100 IT consultants
  • Built credibility, established rapport and communicated with stakeholders at multiple levels.

IT Consultant

Yes Group International (Heathrow, UK)
01.2009 - 05.2010
  • Firm Level Activities
  • Singing at office events
  • Conducting Fun Sessions
  • Hosting Townhall
  • Answering customer queries on new products
  • Completed assignments 50% ahead of schedule, achieving all goals in just 3 months
  • Worked with new customers to develop new accounts and implement new systems
  • Contributed ideas for t development of new policies and procedures.

Education

Master of Computer and Network Engineering -

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Sheffield United Kingdom

Bachelor of Science (Electronics Engineering) - undefined

LOYOLA ACADEMY

Skills

Team Management Skills

Delegation Skills

Excellent Communication

Time Management Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Complaint Handling

Cost Management

Critical thinking

Client Management

Analytical Skills

Strategic Planning

Customer Focus

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 01/06/88

Certification

ICP -Agile

Timeline

Operations & Quality Lead- Advanced Linguistics (Machine Learning, Social Media Chat, Email & Phone)

Accenture
03.2018 - 02.2022

Pilot Quality Specialist

Accenture
10.2016 - 12.2018

Customer Support Analyst

Amazon Development Centre
06.2013 - 12.2015

Customer Service Team Lead

Yes Group International (Heathrow, UK)
05.2010 - 09.2012

IT Consultant

Yes Group International (Heathrow, UK)
01.2009 - 05.2010

Operations Manager – IT service Desk (NSE)

Deloitte
2 2022 - Current

Master of Computer and Network Engineering -

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science (Electronics Engineering) - undefined

LOYOLA ACADEMY
Avinash Kumar Anand