Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
Hobbies and Interests
Software Exposure
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Lakshmi K

Velachery

Summary

Dynamic Associate Manager with a proven track record at Indusind Bank, excelling in performance management and complaint resolution. Adept at leading teams to achieve objectives, fostering collaboration, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Skilled in escalation handling and cross-department collaboration, driving continuous improvement in service delivery.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Manager

Indusind bank
12.2022 - Current
  • Provided leadership and mentorship to team of complaints resolution specialists.
  • Set performance goals for team and monitored progress towards achievement.
  • Conducted regular performance evaluations, delivering constructive feedback and identifying improvement areas.
  • Fostered positive work environment promoting collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
  • Oversaw customer complaints handling to ensure timely and effective resolutions per established policies.

Reviewed and analyzed complex customer issues, guiding appropriate resolution strategies.

  • Acted as escalation point for unresolved complaints, collaborating with internal stakeholders to address root causes.
  • Liaised with departments such as operations and compliance to address customer complaints efficiently.
  • Working as an Internal Ombudsman (IO) officer and providing final internal review for customer complaints that have been partly or wholly rejected by the bank's own internal grievance redressal mechanism
  • Examining complaints that were rejected or partially accepted by the bank’s internal machinery, ensuring impartiality.
  • Recording "reasoned decisions" on complaints to ensure fair, transparent, and timelyresolution.Recommending suitable compensation for financial loss, harassment, or mental agony caused to the complainant.

SENIOR ESCALATION OFFICER

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
07.2013 - 05.2019
  • Handling irate customer and fixing there issue on the call or on priority basis. Customer expectation is met in each and every call. End to end resolution is been provided to the customers. Handling charge back related queries and prioritizing temporary credit. Sharing relevant feedback to front end officers for better customer support. Reducing the complaints and handling customer's queries in rapid manner for resolution. Allocating jobs and workloads to individual staff members based on their ability. Implementing new initiatives and making sure all staff understand them making sure all tasks given to staff are done on time and to the required standard. Establishing team and staff targets as a reflection of the company's objectives. Providing accurate information to senior managers on key issues.

Senior client care Executive

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
07.2013 - 05.2019
  • Handling customer calls related to the India Credit Card process, and assisting the customers on their enquiries, updating the requests on behalf of customers and complaints for the issues that are faced by customer. Achieving the daily targets set by an organization such as a Schedule adherence, quality and revenue achievements.

Customer Support Leader

Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd
07.2012 - 06.2013
  • Handling Escalation calls and providing a proper solutions to the customers until their issues are resolved. Conducting refreshers sessions for CSR`S to enhance their ability (about the Products) in quality and communication skills. Training new CSR`S how to handle the calls and the details of products from time to time. Complete floor Management in the absence of TL.

Customer Interaction Executive

Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd
11.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisting the customer technically for the connectivity issues and to improve the speed of the Internet. Guiding the customer about tariff plans and helping to choose the correct tariff According to their usage. Assisting the customer in billing issues an understanding their queries and guiding them patiently to earn customer satisfaction.

Transaction Monitoring Officer

Allsec Technologies
12.2008 - 10.2009
  • Monitoring all calls (International / Domestic) and creating the reports based on the respective calls. Finding out the positive and negative parameters of all calls and giving the proper feedback to the agent about his performance on the call.

Phone Banking Officer

ICICI Bank Ltd
07.2007 - 05.2008
  • Making calls to the ICICI credit card holders and to convince them to utilise the offers like visa bill payment, balance transfer, internet banking and to solve the customer queries related to Credit card.

Education

M.sc - Electronic science

Jaya Arts and Science College
01-2007

B.sc - Physics

Anna Adarsh College for Women
01-2005

HSC -

St.Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School
01-2002

Skills

  • Performance management
  • Complaint resolution
  • Team leadership
  • Cross-department collaboration
  • Escalation handling
  • Customer relationship management
  • Mentoring and training
  • Time management

Accomplishments

  • Achieved in all the parameters as per the organization's requirement.
  • Received top performers award in the year 2023 to 2024 ,2024 to 2025
  • Received appreciation from customer's for quick and effective resolution

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Tamil
  • Telugu

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading books
  • Listening to music
  • Cooking

Software Exposure

Win 98, Win 2000, Basics of C, C++ window 10,

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: R. Kannaiyan
  • Mother's Name: K. Lalitha
  • Date of Birth: 09/09/85
  • Marital Status: Married

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the details furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Associate Manager

Indusind bank
12.2022 - Current

SENIOR ESCALATION OFFICER

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
07.2013 - 05.2019

Senior client care Executive

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
07.2013 - 05.2019

Customer Support Leader

Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd
07.2012 - 06.2013

Customer Interaction Executive

Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd
11.2011 - 06.2012

Transaction Monitoring Officer

Allsec Technologies
12.2008 - 10.2009

Phone Banking Officer

ICICI Bank Ltd
07.2007 - 05.2008

M.sc - Electronic science

Jaya Arts and Science College

B.sc - Physics

Anna Adarsh College for Women

HSC -

St.Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School
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