Sarthak Kale
Bengaluru
Summary
Consultant with 4 years of experience in developing and delivering custom ERP feature sets through effective stakeholder collaboration. Led cost-saving initiatives over the past three years by managing a custom-developed travel management system within the ERP. Worked closely with customer support to align solutions with customer needs and collaborated with corporate finance teams to drive impactful outcomes.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
ITC Infotech India Ltd.
10.2020 - Current
- Led cost-saving initiatives, resulting in annual savings of ₹20-30 lakhs by designing and implementing an in-house travel management system.
- Reduced average travel expenditures by 20.6% within the first year through the optimization of travel booking processes.
- Implemented automated Forex Utilization Reports with payment and recovery features, achieving a CSAT score of 4.4/5 and a 90% adoption rate, surpassing the manual process within six months.
- Drove automation in expense reporting, reducing travel-related expense disputes by 15%.
- Introduced process improvements that resulted in a 96.7% policy compliance rate across all travel activities.
- Streamlined the travel approval and booking cycle, achieving a 30% faster turnaround through refined approval hierarchies, auto-approval for low-risk requests, and smart notifications.
- Partnered with stakeholders to develop insightful dashboards and reports, increasing cost efficiency by approximately 12% for both internal departments as well as clients.
COHORT MEMBER
Growth School
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Practical experience in defining and building my own product.
- Created product artifacts, prototype, wire frames, roadmaps and strategy.
- Gained knowledge about prioritization, growth hacking, AI/ML in products.
- Deep dived into metrics, OKRs and analytics for product.
- Gained proficiency in practical tools like JIRA, Figma, Trello, and data analytics platforms.
- Won the first place for capstone project in Growth School's Product management cohort.
Education
B. TECH - ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
CMR Institute of Technology
Bengaluru, India08-2020
10+ 2 SSC -
Scholar's Den
Khandwa, India03-2016
Skills
- Customer Centric thinking
- Stakeholder management
- Feature Prioritization
- Wireframing & Prototyping
- Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)
- Strategic thinking
- Tech affinity
- User research
- Problem-solving
- User empathy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Data driven insights
- Cross-team collaboration
Websites
Certification
- Product Management Career Accelerator Program, Growth School, 01/22/24
- The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp, UDEMY, 05/01/21
- Machine Learning A-Z, UDEMY, 06/07/21
- The Complete Web Development Bootcamp, UDEMY, 09/22/20
Additional Information
Received Customer Champ Award in recognition of exemplary performance at ITC Infotech., Published an IEEE paper on Machine learning based surveillance system for detection of bike riders without helmet and triple riders - ICOSEC 20., Won the first place for capstone project in Growth School's Product management cohort.
Recommendation
"It's rare that you come across standout talent like Sarthak. He expertly filled the role of team lead for ITC Infotech's project for just over a year. I was particularly impressed by Sarthak's ability to handle even the toughest project effortlessly. That skill often takes years to develop among customer service professionals, but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to him. Sarthak would be an asset to any team.", Gauraw Kumar, Senior Project Manager, ITC Infotech India Ltd., Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Timeline
COHORT MEMBER
Growth School
07.2023 - 01.2024
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
ITC Infotech India Ltd.
10.2020 - Current
- Product Management Career Accelerator Program, Growth School, 01/22/24
- The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp, UDEMY, 05/01/21
- Machine Learning A-Z, UDEMY, 06/07/21
- The Complete Web Development Bootcamp, UDEMY, 09/22/20
B. TECH - ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
CMR Institute of Technology
10+ 2 SSC -
Scholar's Den
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