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Prashant Wadekar

Prashant Wadekar

Manager - Sales
Pune

Summary

Aspire to work professionally managed organization at responsible position to enhance skills & prove myself to be an efficient employee taking up new challenges and opportunities. Forward-thinking Operations Specialist bringing 11+ years of expertise in After sales, Training, Used Car Inspection, Operations for Automobile sector businesses. Cultivates rapport with individuals to optimize project goals and output, resolve complex problems and deliver innovative improvement strategies.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager - Sales

Autoxpert
06.2023 - Current
  • Delivered compelling sales presentations to prospective clients, highlighting the unique value proposition of our products and services.
  • Established valuable partnerships with complementary businesses, creating mutually beneficial synergies that accelerated growth for both parties.
  • Spearheaded initiatives aimed at improving customer retention rates by proactively addressing concerns before they escalated into larger issues.
  • Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships.

Team Lead - After Sales

OLX Autos
08.2021 - 05.2023
  • Managing intra & intercity inventory of the city, With lowest no of inventory of 17 cars with inventory ageing of 2 days.
  • Achieved 574 sales in single month with 15 Cr GMV.
  • Handling channel partner queries with resect to documents, Inspection Miss cases as per SOP, payments issue timely to ensure active & Healthy relationship for business.
  • Assisting team member to solve their problems more effectively via Route Cause Analysis to minimize company losses.
  • Motivating Team to set individual targets & achieve common goal via creating new benchmarks and break our own records.
  • Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties.
  • Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings.
  • Managed leave requests and absences and arranged covers to facilitate smooth flow of operations.

Team Lead - Inspections

OLX Autos
08.2018 - 07.2021
  • Responsible for Handling team of inspection engineers.
  • Assisting inspections engineers in day-to-day schedule for achieving daily inspections numbers with highest quality ratings.
  • Ensure inspection report 5 star quality ratings are met at all times.
  • Monitoring IEs inspection data, QC rating, Inspection report creation time & sharing the same with IEs individually to increase the daily number of inspections.
  • Conducted training and mentored team members to promote productivity and commitment to friendly service
  • Worked closely with Central Team in Hiring Drives for Inspections Engineers also taken On Job Training for Newly joined IEs in cities like Kolkata, Ahmadabad.

Technical Retail Associate

Cars24
11.2016 - 08.2018
  • Technical Retail Associate is one point of contact for customer responsible for morning calling, customer visiting at store giving information about car selling process from start to end.
  • Responsible for Inspection of all types of used cars by 150+ check point in inspection application.
  • Inspection start with documents check, test drive, exterior, interior, engine, drive train, candid car pics, etc. once report prepared 7 QC Done push car to auction for fetching the best price & convey the price to customer via price dashboard.
  • Handling customer queries, negotiation with customer, closing the deal, documentation & payment transfer process.
  • Achieving Monthly targets , Working as individual & as part of team to achieve goals.

Sourcing Executive

Sai Service Pvt Ltd - Maruti Suzuki Dealership
07.2012 - 10.2016
  • Responsible for the Evaluation of old car of customer any make & model (Hatchback,compact sedan, sedan,etc).
  • By inspecting vehicle through major points like Engine, ignition & fuel system, drive train, brakes, tires, suspension system, steering system, electrical, body line, interior.
  • Handling points price, negotiation, benefits to customer, peace of mind, hassle free transaction, easy payment transaction.
  • Maintaining records of evaluation in Maruti dealer management system (DMS).
  • Participated & win 1st place & got certification as “TRUEVALUATOR” in Maruti Suzuki west zone contest.

Education

Diploma in Automobile Engineering -

SJVPM Polytechnic
PCMC
06.2011 - 03.2015

Bachelor of Commerce -

RJSPMs Arts, Commerce & Science College
PCMC
06.2006 - 03.2009

Skills

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Software

K2

Lead Squared

FCG Inspection App

MS Office

Timeline

Manager - Sales

Autoxpert
06.2023 - Current

Team Lead - After Sales

OLX Autos
08.2021 - 05.2023

Team Lead - Inspections

OLX Autos
08.2018 - 07.2021

Technical Retail Associate

Cars24
11.2016 - 08.2018

Sourcing Executive

Sai Service Pvt Ltd - Maruti Suzuki Dealership
07.2012 - 10.2016

Diploma in Automobile Engineering -

SJVPM Polytechnic
06.2011 - 03.2015

Bachelor of Commerce -

RJSPMs Arts, Commerce & Science College
06.2006 - 03.2009

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