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Rekha Raivyas

Indore

Summary

Highly effective and results-driven training, quality, and business support manager. Accomplished leader with more than fifteen years’ experience in telecommunications and high-volume call center and business support environments. Visionary business professional with a proven status in the growth of the organization by applying best business practices and innovative solutions while utilizing my knowledge, expertise, and analytical abilities. Results-driven professional in project management, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in strategic planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Excel at leadership, time management, and adaptability, ensuring projects meet objectives seamlessly.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Service Delivery & Project Manager

Crosslake Fibre
Indore
08.2019 - Current
  • Establishing, building, and maturing relationships with new customers
  • Lead Delivery of Capacity & Dark Fiber Projects
  • Drive projects forward on time, to budget and quality
  • Stakeholder engagement and management
  • Standard Delivery Manager duties include project scope, detailed project work-plan, documentation, and risk management.
  • Outsourced NOC management- monitoring, incident management, security, reporting, and overall network performance management
  • Manage, control and maintenance of own ILA facilities- managing hardware and software, maintaining security, implementing backup and disaster recovery plans, and optimizing resource utilization.
  • Vendor Management- Key responsibilities include identifying and selecting appropriate vendors, negotiating contracts, monitoring performance, managing risks, and ensuring compliance.
  • Contracts Management- Overseeing the entire lifecycle of a contract from initial drafting and negotiation to execution, monitoring, and resolution of any disputes.
  • OSP management with external parties- ensuring that cables, equipment, and connections are optimally placed, protected, and regularly inspected to maintain network reliability and performance.

Manager Training, Quality, Process & Reporting

Pathway Communications
Markham
02.2017 - 01.2019

Managing staff both in India and Canada.

  • Quality & Training
  • Manage quality teams in both countries.
  • Combination of staff dedicated to large accounts, as well as ones who span multiple corporate and residential customers.
  • Develop programs, requirements for training, calibration exercises, and standards across all areas.
  • Prepare and deliver monthly reporting on results for clients.
  • Training staff in 3 locations and in both countries.
  • Prepared and delivered training content for new client onboarding, changes in service to existing clients, and continuous improvement.
  • Work with clients directly to gather requirements for training material preparation.
  • Delivered both remotely, computer-based, and face-to-face for classes of all sizes.
  • Reporting: Report design and production for internal metrics and SLA adherence.
  • Work directly with clients on report requirements. In turn, design, produce and meet with clients monthly to review metrics and SLA adherence.
  • Production of all billing and reporting for BPO accounts.
  • On-demand requests for new client quotations, existing client information mining, efficiency tracking, and internal metrics.
  • Process Engineering: Onboarding of new clients – developing processes for support, interactions, reporting, and ticket flows.
  • Re-engineering of inefficient support processes for individual clients.
  • Re-engineering of support processes for the corporate and residential client base.
  • New process development for measuring the quality of installations.

IT Quality Specialist

Pathway Communications
06.2016 - 01.2017
  • Providing precise communication to all employees, and customer management on work for being performed, productivity, process improvements.
  • Developing and supporting standards, processes, and business solutions in support of Quality Assurance and Operations.
  • Building strong partnerships and communicating with numerous functional areas to define and control Quality System and training requirements.

Quality Analyst

Xerion Retail Pvt Ltd.
Indore
08.2015 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: Online retail firm Xerion Retail is the parent firm of Jabong.com
  • To assess agents’ performance/behavior and to coach and counsel them to modify their performance to facilitate a high level of customer service.
  • To ensure that Quality is applied in an independent, objective and neutral manner, and secondly to contribute significantly to the reduction of business risk, improving the quality of communication, continuous improvement in business processes, improvement of overall performance and highlighting areas of risk in business.
  • Coordinating the operational activities of all the employees to guarantee compliance with the company’s regulations and to ensure all policies and procedures are implemented.
  • Online retail firm Xerion Retail is the parent firm of Jabong.com

Sr. Quality Compliance Analyst (Voice)

EXL BPO
Pune
10.2011 - 06.2015
  • Company Overview: EXL Service is a leading operations management and analytics company. EXL offers insurance, banking, financial services, utilities, healthcare, travel, transportation and logistics services.
  • Using statistical methods to take a proper sampling of the phone calls and then report the results of the study.
  • Design Evaluation Programs.
  • Working closely with the QA Manager, Developers, Business Analysts, Business Operations, and other QA staff to ensure that business requirements are testable and verifiable as identified by the project team to ensure requirements traceability and delivery of expected functionality.
  • Suggesting creative and active solutions for problems.
  • EXL Service is a leading operations management and analytics company. EXL offers insurance, banking, financial services, utilities, healthcare, travel, transportation and logistics services.

Assistant Teacher (Language & Literature)

Pinewoods International High School
Panchgani
09.2009 - 04.2011
  • Company Overview: Pinewoods International High School & Junior College is a co-educational residential institution run by Mahatma Laxmanji Arya Educational Public Charitable Trust in Panchgani.
  • To conduct research, which enhances the school’s high reputation, as a research-led institution.
  • Publication of articles in referred journals.
  • To engage in examining duties, i.e., the production of exam questions/papers, exam marking and moderation.
  • Establishing contacts with the wider academic community.
  • Participating in seminars.
  • Delivering conference presentations.
  • Organizing conferences/events where appropriate.
  • Pinewoods International High School & Junior College is a co-educational residential institution run by Mahatma Laxmanji Arya Educational Public Charitable Trust in Panchgani.

Technical Support Advisor (Voice)

Infosys BPO
Pune
06.2007 - 08.2009
  • Responsible for resolving customer broadband issues including connectivity and faults.
  • When the problem isn’t something, we can sort out over the phone we need to contact our providers and their engineers and work together with them to get the issue sorted.

Guest Lecturer (Language & Literature)

Govt. Arts & Science College
Ratlam
07.2002 - 03.2004
  • Instruct students on interpreting literature.
  • Assign books to read, including classics and contemporary novels.
  • Help students interpret literature and poetry.
  • Provide background on authors' life and works.
  • Teach about different literary styles.
  • Create positive educational climate for students to learn in.
  • Create lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year.
  • Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed.
  • Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans.
  • Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served.
  • Utilize public library resources.
  • Work with program coordinators to ensure initiatives are being met.
  • Manage student behavior in the classroom by invoking approved disciplinary procedures.

Education

PGDBA (H.R.) -

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
PUNE
01.2013

M. Phil (Eng. Lit.) -

School of Advanced Liberal Studies
INDORE
01.2005

M. A. (Eng. Lit.) -

New Girls Degree College
INDORE
01.2002

B. A. - History, Economics, Eng. Lit.

Girls Degree College
RATLAM
01.2000

Intermediate -

St. Joseph’s Convent School
RATLAM
01.1997

Matriculation -

St. Joseph’s Convent School
RATLAM
01.1995

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Conflict Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Business Negotiation
  • Decision Making
  • People Management
  • Reporting & Analytical
  • Deadline Oriented
  • Critical Thinking
  • Change Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication Skills
  • Project Management
  • Reporting and metrics
  • Purchasing and procurement
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Team Performance & Management
  • Cross-functional team management

Awards

  • Awarded for being the top performer in the process.
  • Set up of Quality Function for Fax Management.
  • Awarded for being the best QCA every quarter.
  • Published two research papers.
  • Awarded for handling the Quality Assurance Project and to provide insights for process improvement.
  • Led process improvement projects that helped operations meet and exceed quality standards.
  • Created and revised procedures, checklist and job aids that resulted in process consistency.
  • Problem resolution root cause analysis.
  • Six Sigma process improvement project to reduce AHT.
  • Created training manuals, trained, and provided technical support/feedback/coaching for a group of 100 plus employees.

Professional Highlights

  • Crosslake Fibre, Indore, MP, Service Delivery & Project Manager, 08/01/19, Present, Establishing, building, and maturing relationships with new customers, Lead Delivery of Capacity & Dark Fiber Projects, Drive projects forward on time, to budget and quality, Stakeholder engagement and management, Standard Delivery Manager duties include project scope, detailed project work-plan, documentation, and risk management., Outsourced NOC management- monitoring, incident management, security, reporting, and overall network performance management, Manage, control and maintenance of own ILA facilities- managing hardware and software, maintaining security, implementing backup and disaster recovery plans, and optimizing resource utilization., Vendor Management- Key responsibilities include identifying and selecting appropriate vendors, negotiating contracts, monitoring performance, managing risks, and ensuring compliance., Contracts Management- Overseeing the entire lifecycle of a contract from initial drafting and negotiation to execution, monitoring, and resolution of any disputes., OSP management with external parties- ensuring that cables, equipment, and connections are optimally placed, protected, and regularly inspected to maintain network reliability and performance.
  • Pathway Communications, Markham, Ontario, Manager Training, Quality, Process & Reporting, 02/01/17, 01/31/19, Managing staff both in India and Canada., Manage quality teams in both countries., Develop programs, requirements for training, calibration exercises, and standards across all areas., Prepare and deliver monthly reporting on results for clients., Training staff in 3 locations and in both countries., Prepare and deliver training content for new client onboarding, changes in service to existing clients and for continuous improvement., Work with clients directly to gather requirements for training material preparation., Report design and production for internal metrics and SLA adherence., Production of all billing reporting for BPO accounts.
  • Xerion Retail Pvt Ltd., Indore, Quality Analyst, 08/01/15, 06/30/16, Assess agents’ performance/behavior and coach them to modify their performance., Ensure that Quality is applied in an independent, objective and neutral manner., Coordinate the operational activities of all employees to guarantee compliance with the company’s regulations.
  • EXL BPO, Pune, Sr. Quality Compliance Analyst (Voice), 10/01/11, 06/30/15, Using statistical methods to take a proper sampling of the phone calls and report the results., Design Evaluation Programs., Working closely with the QA Manager, Developers, Business Analysts, and other QA staff.
  • Pinewoods International High School, Panchgani, Assistant Teacher (Language & Literature), 09/01/09, 04/30/11, Conduct research to enhance the school’s reputation., Engage in examining duties, i.e., the production of exam questions/papers., Establish contacts with the wider academic community.
  • Infosys BPO, Pune, Technical Support Advisor (Voice), 06/01/07, 08/31/09, Responsible for resolving customer broadband issues including connectivity and faults.
  • Govt. Arts & Science College, Ratlam, Guest Lecturer (Language & Literature), 07/01/02, 03/31/04, Instruct students on interpreting literature., Assign books to read, including classics and contemporary novels.

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

Timeline

Service Delivery & Project Manager

Crosslake Fibre
08.2019 - Current

Manager Training, Quality, Process & Reporting

Pathway Communications
02.2017 - 01.2019

IT Quality Specialist

Pathway Communications
06.2016 - 01.2017

Quality Analyst

Xerion Retail Pvt Ltd.
08.2015 - 06.2016

Sr. Quality Compliance Analyst (Voice)

EXL BPO
10.2011 - 06.2015

Assistant Teacher (Language & Literature)

Pinewoods International High School
09.2009 - 04.2011

Technical Support Advisor (Voice)

Infosys BPO
06.2007 - 08.2009

Guest Lecturer (Language & Literature)

Govt. Arts & Science College
07.2002 - 03.2004

PGDBA (H.R.) -

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

M. Phil (Eng. Lit.) -

School of Advanced Liberal Studies

M. A. (Eng. Lit.) -

New Girls Degree College

B. A. - History, Economics, Eng. Lit.

Girls Degree College

Intermediate -

St. Joseph’s Convent School

Matriculation -

St. Joseph’s Convent School
Rekha Raivyas