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Giriraj Kela

Manager Customer Service - Operations Voice
Bangalore,Karnataka

Summary

Operations Manager Customer Service Voice with over 15 years of experience in BPO/KPO industry, International and Domestic, Managed huge teams for Voice operations. Excellent in employee retention,motivation, resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction and driving overall operational improvements. SLA Management, People Management, Process Management, Client Management

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
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1
Certification
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1
Language

Work History

Operations Manager

Smarterbiz
Bangalore, Karnataka
06.2020 - Current

Client - Flipkart

Managed the Contact Center Operations for Flipkart with a team of 300 virtual consultants in WFM model, Managed Big Billion Day Sale, SLA's - CSAT,RR,PCD,AHT etc

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

Regalix
Bengaluru, KA
02.2017 - 06.2019
  • Client - Google
  • Directed day-to-day operations for a 60-member team with focus on attainment of key business metrics, like Customer Satisfaction, Conversion and Quality along with continuous improvement initiatives
  • Worked with Google customers to understand requirements and provide exceptional Customer service
  • People Management/ One to One's/Appraisals/Development Plans
  • Managed internal and external stakeholders

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

AXA Business Services Private Limited
Bangalore, Karnataka
10.2014 - 07.2016
  • Client - Bharti Axa
  • Managed a team of 75 members handling domestic calls to the tune of 65000 per month in the General Insurance Industry
  • Key Metrics AHT, Quality, Abandon Rate, Time taken to answer the call, Renewal Premium Collected and Conversion percentage
  • Answered questions and addressed, resolved or escalated issues to management personnel to satisfy customers.
  • Produced detailed and relevant reports for use in making business decisions.
  • Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans. (Prepared Objection Handling guide with WIIFM in mind

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

ISGN
Bengaluru, KA
06.2013 - 03.2014
  • US Mortgage
  • Managed a team of 60 team members in the Mortgage Title Insurance and Curative line of business
  • Contacted different US government offices and agencies to get relevant documents in regards to the land title and ensured the title is clear before the mortgage moves forward
  • People Management/ One to Ones
  • Cleared the pile of 6000 odd pending Title files in a record time of 8 months

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

[24]7.ai India
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2012 - 03.2013
  • Client - Expedia
  • Managed a team of 45 team members for Expedia (EMEA region)
  • Inbound Sales and Customer Service with key metrics as Conversion, Quality and AHT
  • Devised the Training and Nesting Plan for the team
  • Ensured Attrition was in control and brought it within desirable levels
  • People Management/One to Ones

Team Leader Operations

Accenture
Bengaluru, KA
04.2010 - 11.2011
  • Client - AT&T
  • Managed a team of 15 team members for AT&T Broadband in the US
  • Key Metrics - Customer Satisfaction, AHT, Quality and FCR
  • People Management - One to Ones / Appraisals/ Huddles

Team Leader Operations

AHMSI
Pune, Maharastra
02.2007 - 01.2010
  • US Mortgage
  • Managed a team of 15 members for US mortgage collections and retention
  • Awarded the Best Team for 3 months continuously across 7 sites
  • Awarded Highest retention Award
  • Innovated Linking of Tax Statements to Social Security Numbers online, resulting in call reduction and effective cost saving and higher customer satisfaction

Education

M.COM - Commerce

Pune University Main Building
Pune, MH

B.COM - Costing

Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce
Pune, MH

Skills

Operations Leadership

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Certification

Areas of Expertise

Additional Information

  • Won Best Team in Regalix
  • Won Best Team for 3 Months Continuously (AHMSI)
  • Achievements , Special Recognition Nov 2009 (AHMSI) Two times Instant Award Winner (AHMSI)

Accomplishments

  • For the organisation AHMSI, linked the Tax statement of the Borrower to their Social Security Number online, this helped in a significant reduction of inbound calls and saved a lot of cost and added to customer satisfaction.


  • For the last organisation Regalix, provided detailed inputs and step by step procedure to improve the Interview and Selection process. Also worked on Incentive structures and Innovative Contests and prizes. (Monthly and Quarterly)


  • For the Apartment that I stay in, Stood for the elections and won the elections to become a Board of Manager and was selected as the Treasurer for the Association handling funds to the Tune of 10 crore (Year 2019-2020) ongoing.

Hobbies

Listening to Music, Dancing, Learning New Languages, Playing all Kinds of Sports, Watching Movies and Driving Cars and Riding Bikes

Interests

Learning new Languages, Movies, Sports, Dance, Listening to Music, Reading and Listening to Books

Timeline

Operations Manager

Smarterbiz
06.2020 - Current

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

Regalix
02.2017 - 06.2019

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

AXA Business Services Private Limited
10.2014 - 07.2016

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

ISGN
06.2013 - 03.2014

Assistant Manager Voice Operations

[24]7.ai India
05.2012 - 03.2013

Team Leader Operations

Accenture
04.2010 - 11.2011

Team Leader Operations

AHMSI
02.2007 - 01.2010

B.COM - Costing

Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce

M.COM - Commerce

Pune University Main Building
Giriraj KelaManager Customer Service - Operations Voice