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Kumud Kundan

Kumud Kundan

Associate Manager - Operations
Pune

Summary

Results driven management professional leading expertise in client-facing and people manager roles. Carrying wealth of experience in team leadership and optimizing processes. Leading high performance service team and managing end-to-end global service delivery and operations for corporate enterprise customers. Proven track record in optimizing team performance and driving business growth. Skilled in strategic planning, project management, and fostering collaborative environments. Known for adaptability and delivering consistent results in dynamic settings. Strong focus on leadership, problem-solving, and effective communication. Ensuring contractual compliance, meeting SLAs, driving service quality and fostering excellent client relationships. I am skilled in order management, incident management, vendor management, contract management and renewals, strategic thinking, planning, continuous improvement with optimized cost and resources. Always trust on making positive rapport, hold excellent story telling ability to inspire and co-ordinate. I am a smart working professional with expertise in Global operational strategy and organizational excellence, innovations and value creation, inventory management, change management, KPI tracking, CSAT optimization, leadership, critical thinking, focused on escalation prevention and solutions, problem solving, stakeholder's relations, improving human resource efficiency, billing reviews, implementing cost saving strategies, process improvements to ensure compliance and customer contract adherence, leading projects from planning to implementation, identifying inefficiencies and developed solutions, leading ServiceNow Integration projects. Passionate about product and process improvements towards operational efficiency. Leading team towards 100% efficiency.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Associate Manager - Operations

Sakon
01.2023 - 05.2025
  • Working with global customers, partners, stakeholders, vendors and service providers. Handling Orders, Tickets, and Incidents management.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of service delivery, goals, and mentoring employees in reaching objectives aligned with company core values.
  • Handled operations for Big Corporate enterprise accounts.
  • Leading Business Transformation and Operational Efficiency, helping leadership in setting up the new operational standards based upon impact analysis, aligning the processes with new standards and helping in change management.
  • Handled more than 25 telecom global vendors, lead end-to-end contracting and operations processes meeting contract standards, legal, regulatory and operational requirements.
  • Identifying and mitigating contractual risks and boundaries and ensuring compliance, business rules, regulations and local laws are followed.
  • Conducting regular contract performance reviews and looking into the gaps or improvement opportunities.
  • People manager: Resource planning and allocation, SLA Matrices, Leave management, Training and Development, Attrition control.
  • Building strong relationships with customers through a positive attitude and attentive approach. Focused on regular client interaction for smooth business operations.
  • Regular communication with customer service managers to discuss and address problems efficiently, create and optimize objectives, enhance procedures, evaluate productivity and have a watch on feedback.
  • Optimized customer support by establishing a collaborative service environment. Regular reviews on cost control, savings and financial performance.
  • Keeping track on business requirements and operational strategies.
  • Strategic account planning and SOP/SOW/KB Article creation for seamless operations. Keeping a regular audit to maintain standards and improvements.
  • Driving customers, employees, and business success through innovative, client-driven solutions.
  • Improved client satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality work on schedule.
  • Delivered comprehensive reports on KPI (key performance indicators), driving data-driven decision-making among leadership teams.
  • Working closely with legal, finance, data operations, technical team, other internal and external stakeholders to be aligned with contract terms and operational boundaries.
  • Acting as an escalation POC for all the aligned accounts.
  • Leading Change Management and it's implementation to improve and maintain customer satisfaction at an optimum level.
  • Process and service lifecycle management, cost control alignment with contract obligations and compliance.
  • Regular sync up calls with team to understand challenges or bottlenecks and providing solutions.
  • Collaborated closely with senior management on strategic planning efforts, aligning departmental goals with overarching company objectives.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration and mutual support.
  • Streamlined processes for increased efficiency and cost savings within the department.
  • Proactively identified areas for improvement, implementing solutions that led to significant cost savings.
  • Proactive approach in improving team efficiencies by continuous learning, product and process improvement.
  • Oversaw training and onboarding process for all newly hired employees within the team.
  • Oversaw training for new and existing employees, followed two way communication for higher efficiencies.
  • Participating in Product, Process and Solution engineering and reengineering, helping in product enhancements and automation with logical thinking.
  • Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
  • Conducted regular performance evaluations of staff members, providing constructive feedback and identifying areas for growth.
  • Leveraged industry best practices to enhance operational efficiency within the organization.
  • Improved client satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality work on schedule.
  • Delivered comprehensive reports on key performance indicators, driving data-driven decision-making among leadership teams.
  • Remedied issues and conflicts among workers using negotiation and active listening.
  • Championed employee engagement initiatives, boosting morale and promoting a positive workplace culture.
  • Testing the system bugs or issues, reporting and coordination to deliver product and process efficiencies.
  • Inventory Management and Optimizations.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Improved staffing during busy periods by creating employee schedules and monitoring call-outs.
  • Used industry expertise, customer service skills and analytical nature to resolve customer concerns and promote loyalty.
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
  • Managed cross-functional projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with company objectives.
  • Led team meetings regularly to discuss progress updates, identify challenges or roadblocks, and provide guidance towards successful project completion.
  • Enhanced team productivity by implementing efficient project management strategies.
  • Successfully managed multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines ensuring optimal resource allocation.
  • Optimized workflow processes to reduce bottlenecks and increase overall effectiveness.

Team Lead

Sakon
01.2021 - 12.2022

Lead Analyst

Sakon
01.2020 - 12.2020

Principal Analyst

Sakon
01.2019 - 12.2019

Sr. Analyst

Sakon
01.2018 - 12.2018

Analyst

Sakon
09.2015 - 12.2017

Process Associate (Bell Canada)

Wipro Ltd.
07.2014 - 08.2015
  • Telecom Account handling for hassle free services and SLA maintenance.
  • Billing analysis, conflict resolution and dispute management.
  • Escalation handling, obstacle analysis and resolution.
  • Dispute handling, credit analysis, approval and implementation.
  • Conducted training and change management processes to improve operations.
  • Managed multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring timely completion of all assignments.
  • Communicated effectively with colleagues and supervisors to resolve issues promptly and accurately.
  • Participated in regular team meetings, contributing valuable insights toward process enhancements.
  • Handled complicated requests professionally while maintaining excellent organization.


Jr. Officer, CRM (Customer Relationship Manager)

ADFC Pvt. Ltd.
09.2012 - 07.2014
  • Service Delivery and escalation management.
  • Provided exceptional customer service, resolving issues efficiently and maintaining positive client relationships.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by addressing concerns promptly and implementing solutions that met their needs.
  • Developed strong relationships with clients, leading to repeat business and referrals.
  • Briefing about the product and services, accelerating towards sales closure.
  • Telecom Expense monitoring and suggesting for the optimized solution through looking into other telecom options into the market.
  • Training and Development for new employees.

Education

MBA - Finance

Assam Down Town University
06-2014

PGDBA - Finance

MIT
Pune, India
04.2001 -

BBA - Finance

B.R.A Bihar University
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Power BI
  • Advanced Excel
  • Global Operations management and service delivery
  • Orders, tickets and incident management
  • People and performance management
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Workload and SLA management
  • Leadership, coaching and mentoring
  • Excellent interpersonal and executive communication skills
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Attention to detail
  • Visionary, strategy and execution
  • Calm under pressure
  • Client interaction
  • Excellent customer service, client satisfaction and retention
  • Excellent stakeholders and client relationship building
  • Highly focused on adding values
  • Optimistic, responsible, accountable
  • Global vendor management
  • Strong analytical and solutioning skills
  • Orders, tickets and incident management
  • Critical and logical thinking
  • Problem solving and decision making
  • Contract and compliance management
  • Contract negotiation
  • Quality assurance
  • Continuous product and process improvement
  • Escalation and deviation management
  • Impact analysis
  • Root cause analysis
  • Corrective and preventive measures alignment
  • Cost control
  • Improving operational efficiency
  • Telecom lifecycle management
  • Time and work efficiency
  • High level operational initiatives
  • Respect for human capital
  • Leadership creation
  • Project management

Certification

Leadership Essentials, Juno

Accomplishments

  • Lead multiple ServiceNow Integration and testing projects.
  • Achieved SLA and Quality compliance above 99%.
  • Build and lead multiple partnership projects to improve product and process efficiency.
  • Built multiple reports and trackers, added values and improved on efficiencies.
  • Best performer team for Q3 2024, 1st runner up in Q1 2025.
  • Superheroes award for exceeding expectations - 1
  • Star of the quarter award - 4
  • Best Performer of the year award - 2
  • Partnering with cross-functional managers and upper-level (executive) management to identify and capitalize on service trends and brand initiatives.
  • Accelerating new projects, complex business challenges, making high stake decisions using experience-based judgement, deriving solutions, managing all aspects of project lifecycle management and driving towards customer success and smooth operations.
  • Risk mitigation: Reviewing ongoing project status and identifying possible project risks. Recommending and implementing risk mitigation solution and minimizing project disruptions and delays.
  • Providing leadership support to 4 other managers, a kind of initiative and promoting the best practices. An indirect oversight of more than 80 employees.
  • Weekly audit completion reviews for quality maintenance and improving efficiency.
  • Supply Chain Management for deliverables.
  • Mentoring employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties.
  • Driving cross training programs creates a positive working environment.
  • Driving a balance between employee centered and production centered dimension.
  • Keeping the team updated with process standards and real time documentation.
  • Regular performance review and guidance. Co-ordinate with the training and development team if any further training is required.
  • Managing underperformers by understanding the challenges, nurturing them through performance improvement plans and other motivational factors.
  • Establishing and maintaining a culture of open feedback, collaboration, encouragement, recognition and maintaining high standard delivery.
  • Co-ordinating with the HR department and leading Human Resource Lifecycle.
  • Coaching team members with customer service techniques, providing feedback and encouragement towards reaching daily productivity and to be aligned with organizational success.
  • Regular reporting and leading on takeaways.
  • Hands on experience of having 1-1 personal meet, understanding Human Psychology, storytelling, motivating and driving nonproductive people to be in the Top Performers list. The success rate in this challenge is more than 85%.
  • Monthly 1:1 with the team, impactful discussions and improvement review if required.

Extra-Curricular Activities

I am working on Telecom Expense Management book, and it should be released in 2025. Organized many efficiency improvement and inspiring sessions. Lead by example and storytelling. Initiative taken to inspire leadership on the Psychological and Behavioral front. I had several studies on converting nonproductive people to the best productive alignment and enjoyed the success rate of more than 85% so far. Research is still ongoing to improve. Created a leadership alignment in the team and automated most of them. My vision is to create a leadership chain and an automated team with 100% efficiency. Planning to create a Leadership Guide/Book based upon Human Psychology and Organizational Behavioral studies. Preparing for AI and Machine Learning.

Interests

Writing
Reading
Inspiring Leadership
Keep on learning

Dob

11/06/89

Valid Passport

Yes

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Sri. Ajay Kumar
  • Mother's Name: Late. Abha Kumari
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married

Software

ServiceNow

Jira

SDP

CRM

Timeline

Associate Manager - Operations

Sakon
01.2023 - 05.2025

Team Lead

Sakon
01.2021 - 12.2022

Lead Analyst

Sakon
01.2020 - 12.2020

Principal Analyst

Sakon
01.2019 - 12.2019

Sr. Analyst

Sakon
01.2018 - 12.2018

Analyst

Sakon
09.2015 - 12.2017

Process Associate (Bell Canada)

Wipro Ltd.
07.2014 - 08.2015

Jr. Officer, CRM (Customer Relationship Manager)

ADFC Pvt. Ltd.
09.2012 - 07.2014

PGDBA - Finance

MIT
04.2001 -

BBA - Finance

B.R.A Bihar University
04.2001 -

MBA - Finance

Assam Down Town University
Kumud KundanAssociate Manager - Operations