SAMEER PRATINIDHI

Proactive and achievement-oriented Professional bringing 24 years of marketing and leadership experience with special emphasis helping across Industry clientele. Effectively increases social media reach and client digital profile to catapult company forward with sustained growth. Articulate communicator, natural leader and organized manager.

Innovative Marketing leader with 8+ years of experience delivering exceptional marketing campaigns, content and collateral based on established and innovative strategies. Results-oriented and collaborative professional bringing expertise in brand management and social media engagement. Detail-oriented, attentive and decisive leader.

• Career Master Mentor
• Six Sigma Black Belt Professional
• Internal Auditor for TS 16949
• Business Continuity Professional
• Institute of financial management and research (IFMR)– Banking and Finance

• Mentored and trained 10000+ career professionals on digital platform to lay down their career path and achieve it. 566 were senior career professionals with an experience of 15 years and above – SSS Mentors
• Got State Etendering mandate, Food and Civil Supplies Department Mandate for digitally managing the processes and tracking the food supplies from the Government of Maharashtra – YES Bank
• Ideated and Implemented Digital counters for Pune Municipal with a saving of 100 people, got Appreciation from Maharashtra Government for digital sand auctioning in Solapur District, Best CASA performer Award – ICICI Bank
• Trained 5500 people on Soft Skills and Six Sigma, Best AQAM Award, Exceller Award – WNS
• Team Lead for Designing and Developing Prototypes for Various Automotive Trim Products and managing Quality Assurance Procedures – Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt Ltd.

• Market Development and Manpower development
• Providing digital banking solutions to ensure transparency in financial transactions and ease of operation
• Spearheading project activities involving working out various requirements and monitoring overall project operations
• Managing customer centric banking operations, forwarding customer instructions to the concerned department & ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving delivery & service quality norms
• Identifying and networking with prospective clients, generating business from existing accounts and achieving profitability and increased sales growth
• Analyzing digital marketing trends and tracking competitors' activities and providing valuable inputs for fine tuning of digital sales & marketing strategies
• Looking after the overall functioning of process, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level

• YES Bank, Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager for Government Entity, Department of Information Technology, Mantralaya, Government of Maharashtra, 04/2016-10/2017, Etendering Software, The purpose of the project is to integrate the Banking system with the Government of Maharashtra E tendering system to make the tendering system transparent and provide ease for doing financial transactions for the purpose of purchasing and submitting tenders., Accountable for: Getting the digital mandates from the Government of Maharashtra, Core team member for the integration of the system, Liasoning with Government of Maharashtra
• YES Bank, Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager for Government Entity, Food and Civil Supplies Department, Mantralaya, Government of Maharashtra, 04/2016-10/2017, POS Machines and related software, The purpose of the project is to get transparency in the financial transactions in the fair price shops run by Government of Maharashtra by introducing biometric verification and collections through POS Machines. Also create a new business line for fair price shop owners to make the business, Accountable for: Getting the digital mandates from the Government of Maharashtra, Core team member for the integration of the system, Liasoning with Government of Maharashtra
• ICICI Bank, Senior Relationship Manager, Relationship Manager for Government Entity, Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board & Pimpri Chinchwad New Town Development Agency, Pune Municipal Corporation, Collector Offices Sand Auction, Nashik Municipal Corporation and Forest Department Tendu Leaves Auction, 12/2010-Present, E-tendering software, The objective of the project is to design Financial Products as per the customer's requirement and implementing the same at clients end., Responsible for: Designing a E-Tendering Module for automating the E-Tendering process so that strictest confidence could be built into the system, Conceptualization and discussion with the Commissioner for the feasibility, Getting buy-in from the stakeholders and the end users of the system for the successful implementation of the system, Handling the products team, Compliance, Legal and the business together and finalizing the feasible and workable product on lines with the concept discussed with the commissioner, Accountable for obtaining product approval from the product committee, Carrying out the Testing of the product for a Test Tender right from the tender floating stage to the declaration of L1 and L2 vendors
• ICICI Bank, Senior Relationship Manager, Relationship Manager for Government Entity, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC), PMC, Tuljapur Municipal Council (TMC) and NMC, 04/2013-Present, Collection of Taxes through Branches of the Bank, The purpose of the project is to design Financial Products as per the customer's requirement and implementing the same at client's end., Accountable for: Designing a Card based product right from the conception stage to implementation stage which includes special permission from RBI. The various activities carried out are, Obtaining permission from the RBI for this prepaid card-based product as RBI had some norms for these cards which was a major hindrance for the project, Taking the approval of the product from the product committee
• ICICI Bank, Senior Relationship Manager, Relationship Manager for Government Entity, PMC, Integrated Child Protected Scheme (ICPS), NAREGA, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), Social Security Pension (SSP), Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), Tribal Development Corporation (TDC), Social Justice and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), 02/2008-Present, Cash Management Services-Cash at Will, The main aim of the project is to design Financial Products as per the customer's requirement and implementing the same at clients end., Handling designing of the financial products, implementing them and managing day-to-day work
• ICICI Bank, Senior Relationship Manager, Relationship Manager for Government Entity, MSEDCL & MSAMB, 02/2008-Present, The main aim of the project is to design Financial Products as per the customer's requirement and implementing the same at clients end., Designing the product for the customer as per their specific requirements, Carrying out the Cheque collection from various locations and processing, Handling the entire process from the designing stage to their implementation was along with the team, Responsible for cash at will system was modification to suit the various customers as per requirements, Resolving the teething issues as well as the issues in day-to-day working
• ICICI Bank, Team member for Designing Strategies, Business Continuity Planning, Internal groups in ICICI Bank, 01/2006-02/2008, The assignment aimed at implementing Business Continuity Plan for various Business groups, corporate groups and retail groups in ICICI Bank. This included the designing the corporate strategy, individual strategy for each group, various disasters and for outsourced vendors., Served as a part of the team of 4 members and designed a broad level disaster strategy for the organization including the strategy for continuing business and resumption of business after the disaster, Designed strategies for: Various groups in consultation with the group coordinators by understanding the business, defining the activities which are critical to the groups and then defining strategies for individual activities so that the business is continued at the time of disaster, The resumption of business after the disaster is over so that the business can be resumed from their original location and in a normal manner, Outsourced vendors so that they are able to support the critical activity even in case of a disaster
• WNS, Quality Assurance Leader, Connection, Disconnection and Enhancement of Plans for Telecommunication Company in US, AEGIS, 10/2004-06/2005, Minitab, The main purpose of the project was to streamline the outsourced process for telephone connection for a major telecom player in the US market., Streamlined the process in terms of process rejections as well as process efficiency and then reducing the required manpower, Achieved the following results by Six Sigma Projects: Reduced the error rate from 60% to 4%, Enhanced the efficiency from 60% to 95%, Lowered the manpower from 191 employees 155 employees even after rise in volumes from 500 / day at the beginning to 3000 / day, Imparted Training to 190 people on Six Sigma
• WNS, Quality Assurance Leader, Billing for Second Largest Retail Chain in UK, TESCO, 06/2005-01/2006, Minitab, The project aimed at streamlining the outsourced process for telephone connection for a major retail chain in the UK market., Streamlined the process in terms of process rejections as well as process efficiency and then reduced the required manpower, Through various Six Sigma Projects the following results were achieved: Reduced the error rate from 45% to 8%, Lowered the customer complaints from 315 / day to 23 / day, Declined in manpower from 250 employees 170 employees even after rise in volumes from 1000 / day at the beginning to 2500 / day, Diminished the quality assurance team from 6 people to 2 people by automating the process, Trained 250 employees on Six Sigma
• Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt. Ltd., Team Member, Designing and Developing Prototypes for Various Products, Ford India, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar Motors India, Maruti Udyog Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Fiat India Limited, General Motors India and Hyundai Motors, 09/2000-08/2002, MS projects, The objective of the project was to Design the products for various customers as per their requirements, developed the prototypes, manufactured samples and tested them as per various norms., Developed prototypes and writing test cycles for testing the prototypes as well as the samples in-house. Testing the raw materials in-house, Liaised with the vendors for developing the raw materials in India which were previously imported and hence reducing the cost of the product
• Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt. Ltd., Team Leader, Designing and Developing Prototypes for Various Products, Ford India, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar Motors India, Maruti Udyog Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Fiat India Limited, General Motors India and Hyundai Motors, 08/2002-01/2004, The purpose of the Project was to Designing the products for various customers as per their requirements, developing the prototypes, manufacturing samples and testing them as per various norms., Interacted with various external entities for designing the manufacturing tools, various testing agencies for testing the products and with vendors for developing the raw material required for the products
• Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt. Ltd., Team Member, Managing Quality Assurance Procedures, Ford India, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar Motors India, Maruti Udyog Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Fiat India Limited, General Motors India and Hyundai Motors, 09/2000-01/2004, The project aimed at implementing and maintaining the standards prescribed by various automobile manufacturers and International Standards Organization., Implemented and maintained various standards were: TS 16949-Forming Procedures, Internal Audits (Certified Internal Auditor), External Audits, complying with APQP and PPAP Procedures, ISO 14001-Carrying out Aspect Impact Analysis and Defining EMP's for Quality Department, QS 9000-Forming procedures, External audits, complying with APQP and PPAP Procedures 3rd Edition, Followed Honda standards, Toyota standards, Hyundai standards and Suzuki standards

• Psychometric Testing – 2017
• People Management – 2015
• Train the Trainer - 2012
• Introduction to SME Business - 2011
• Introduction to Retail Banking - 2010
• Fraud Prevention and Control for Retail Branch Banking - 2010
• Foundation of Anti Money Laundering India - 2010