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GURAJALA JAIRAM GOUD

Business Operation Specialist
Hyderabad,Telangana

Summary

Experience in Digital Devices and Technical Support (Alexa, Kindle, and Echo), Campus Recruiting, Volume Recruitment, and Workforce management has enabled the flexibility of me to understand the process of different teams. Also, working with different stakeholders, I’ve nurtured successful working relationships. As a result, I possess an advantageous professional network. I hope to secure a challenging role in any organization which provides me an opportunity to utilize my skills and abilities to the fullest. Striving for an exciting professional experience ahead which gives me an exemplary status for my career growth.

Overview

3
3
Languages
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Operations Specialist

Amazon
Hyderabad, Telangana
05.2020 - Current
  • Transparency is an Amazon program that proactively protects consumers against counterfeit products and ensures brands are accurately represented in the marketplace.
  • We as a Product Configuration team work on onboarding an item by the brand into transparency by checking all the SOP guidelines to ensure that an item is successfully configured and participates in the program.
  • The important objective of a the catalog specialist is to understand Counterfeit Prevention and Improve the brand experience with the services provided by the Transparency.
  • Trained new hires, providing information and insight into corporate policies and procedures.
  • Worked in tandem with Program Managers to better understand business process and initiate improvements, helping company achieve goals.
  • Implemented escalation procedures to effectively handle time-sensitive issues and ensure to meet the SLAs.

Real-Time Analyst

Amazon
Hyderabad, Telangana
08.2019 - 05.2020
  • Monitoring intraday performance of call volume and staffing levels across multiple locations, to ensure ongoing service performance is maintained, identifying and responding to periods that require remediation tactics (e.g.
  • Adjusting schedules, canceling offline activities, posting extra hours).
  • Monitoring, recording, and escalating real-time schedule adherence impacts; including tardiness, absenteeism, and other schedule deviations.
  • Adjusting/ routing schemes and realigning resources to optimize coverage and service based on skillset and priority, across multiple sites.
  • Recognizing and initiating escalation processes for systems outages and submit problem tickets to the help desk, and initiate appropriate tactics to ensure service levels are maintained.
  • Communicating effectively with internal and external customers following the company's policies, procedures, guidelines, and common practices.
  • Providing feedback, analysis, and reporting of relevant trends, such as call performance stats, call arrival patterns, staff productivity, attrition rates, and resource allocation.

Resolution Specialist - Devices & Digital

Amazon
Hyderabad, Telangana
11.2017 - 08.2019
  • NA DART plays an important role in the smooth flow of the resolutions passed to the direct customers of Amazon by effectively resolving the internal customer queries.
  • Maintained excellent attendance/Performance record, consistently delivering the projects in timely manner.
  • Taking customer escalations over Phone/Chat and troubleshooting the Customer Amazon Devices and content..
  • Enrich the process improvement Job and create critical thinking among internal customers.
  • Responsible for providing technical support for customer-facing issues with various Amazon Devices.
  • Created an Excel sheet for expediently resolving customer queries and reported the repeated issues.
  • Working with the SDEs and other stakeholders via internal ticketing paths to resolve the customers' queries.

Technical Support Associate

Amazon
Hyderabad, Telangana
03.2016 - 11.2016
  • Responsible for providing technical support for customer-facing issues with various Amazon Devices and Alexa.
  • Resolved issues with Alexa app, Kindle, Echo devices quickly and accurately.
  • Recorded and maintained relevant notes for each device and Alexa enabled services.
  • Helped streamline warranty processes and update procedures for support action consistency.
  • Created an Excel sheet for expediently resolving customer queries and reduced the repeat contact issues.
  • Working with the SDEs and other stakeholders via internal ticketing paths to resolve the customers queries.

Education

MBA -

Institute Of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
11.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Commerce

Indian Institute Of Management And Commerce, Hyderabad
06.2013 - 06.2015

High School Diploma -

Gowtham Junior College, Hyderabad
06.2010 - 06.2012

No Degree - Matriculation

St Adam’s High School, Hyderabad
06.2007 - 06.2010

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Maintained a 0% percent negative response rate for 3 months as a Technical support associate during Amazon peak 2016.
  • Was allowed to work for various teams during peak, which included different marketplaces where it developed my flexibility.
  • Assisted team lead in driving negative response feedback during the tenure as an associate.
  • Provided feedback for low-rank associates and ensured to have them meet goals as per business.
  • Created customer delight stories that allowed me to visit the Fulfillment center and Delivery center.
  • Created a training manual and query resolver manual before reaching out to lead.
  • Part of the team which was the first support system for the launch of various Amazon devices such as Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Tap by then.
  • Worked with the ACES team in finding process gaps and concession mechanisms.
  • Was responsible for reducing the contact reduction and concession reduction for International shipment delivery by a carrier resulting in loss to the business.
  • Awarded JDI (Just Do It) award for proposing an idea to reduce contacts and concession.
  • Provided feedback for various blurbs which were then modified and was appreciated for the same.
  • Proposed changes to Hulk Tool jobs that are supposed to be used while working on taking bulk actions, which made it easier for future cases.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop internal performance tracking and reduced the repeat contact by use of spreadsheets.

Additional Information

Projects:

Kaizen: While supporting the NA DART team, I have published a GEMBA to reduce the contacts and concessions issued by CS Team. The objective of the Kaizen was to reduce the incorrect and ineffective contact flow to the CS team. There was no proper route of escalation for the same, post the project we have developed a form to contact the carrier. This Form was estimated to be used 12k times by CSAs per year and in the last month, after the form was implemented, CSAs were able to communicate 1000 times with the Geodis on various order related issues out of which 700 forms were filled by GO CSAs alone. Also, with this form, the expected handle time savings are 200 hours per year which is translated to 0.1FTE.

ATA PUNE (Away Team Assignment): As part of the Amazon Career Development program. I was allowed to train and lead the teams in Pune and get them ready for the DART launch across sites. I trained teams and provided SME support while the launch and worked on feedback for the contacts handled. Responsible for team managing and covering associates shifts across the day to provide feedback on the process.

Knowledge Center Champ: I was awarded the Knowledge center champ when working as a Senior Digital Device Technical Support for changing numerous blurbs and having them modified by the Content Management Team. Few of the blurbs were able to resolve the Customers directly as they were to be shown in the Amazon Help pages as well. This resulted in a reduction of 200 per week, contacts for a Kindle E-reader user experience.

RCR Reduction: RCR (Repeat Contact Rate) was a metric for the NA DART team and the Customer Service Associates. To understand the reasons for the higher RCR %, I have worked on Data validation for the DART team for a period of 2 months. This resulted in making the operations team understand the changes which were needed to be brought in for reducing the RCR. Multiple changes were made for the successful reduction of RCR for DART Chats. training associates about the process and leading them to the production on the floor. I was awarded the best SME for peak 2017 for securing a target of 100% Graduation to the allotted batch of trainees.

NHO Trainer/SME (D2): New hire Trainer and Subject matter expert for consecutive two peaks of Amazon (2016-17, 17-18). I was involved in training associates about the process and leading them to the production on the floor. I was awarded the best SME for peak 2017 for securing a target of 100% Graduation to the allotted batch of trainees.
Recruiting Coordinator: Working for lateral hiring, I had the opportunity to work under the IJP committee and team. Our team was responsible for movements internally and I as a coordinator had the pleasure of scheduling interviews to closing out the rejections. The complete process of Amazon IJP. Taking care of hiring for VCS and B&M roles, it was a learning experience and helped me enrich the skills required as a recruiter.
Campus Drive 2017-18, 18-19: Also with the Job of Recruiting Coordinator internally for IJP’S, I was responsible for gathering, schedule, finalizing the Recruitment Schedule for Campuses across India. This role gave me great visibility inside and outside the organization. Taking care of the role, it was a leaping step in knowing how the recruitment works for campus hiring.

Interests

Cricket

Football

Current Affairs

Ecommerce

Gadgets

Timeline

Institute Of Management Technology - MBA,
11.2020 - Current
Business Operations Specialist - Amazon
05.2020 - Current
Real-Time Analyst - Amazon
08.2019 - 05.2020
Resolution Specialist - Devices & Digital - Amazon
11.2017 - 08.2019
Technical Support Associate - Amazon
03.2016 - 11.2016
Indian Institute Of Management And Commerce - Bachelor of Arts, Commerce
06.2013 - 06.2015
Gowtham Junior College - High School Diploma,
06.2010 - 06.2012
St Adam’s High School - No Degree, Matriculation
06.2007 - 06.2010
GURAJALA JAIRAM GOUDBusiness Operation Specialist