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Shailja Bhateja

Summary

Result-oriented Business Development leader offering 14+ years of experience in leading strategic global accounts and enhancing revenue. Bringing expertise in client management and contract negotiation, along with excellent interpersonal communication, relationship-building and team leadership abilities. Skilled in developing and implementing strategies to increase efficiency and performance. Demonstrated record of accomplishment in driving business growth, maximizing account share and creating positive work environment.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director-Client & Industry

PricewaterhouseCoopers India LLP ( PwC, India)
09.2023 - Current
  • Fostering strong client relationships at all organizational levels
  • Driving Sales and revenue growth for a strategic globaccounts
  • Built and maintained strong client relationships to drive business growth.
  • Expanded key account base by identifying and cultivating new business opportunities.
  • Facilitated strategic meetings with key stakeholders to understand customer needs and develop action plans.
  • Facilitated strategic meetings with key stakeholders to understand customer needs and develop action plans.
  • Lead resource planning, recruitment efforts to drive projects successfully
  • Developed Competitive pricing model
  • Lead pricing negotiations with client to ensure target revenue
  • Ensure legal and risk process compliance
  • Manage project execution, reporting for leadership review on periodic basis
  • Partner / collaborate with the various internal functions to enable consistent support
  • Hands-on experience in tools for project operations - Salesforce, Power BI dashboard, Fieldglass, SAP Ariba
  • Stayed current on company offerings and industry trends.

Associate Director

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd
07.2022 - 09.2023

Client: STMicroelectronics Private Limited

  • Responsible for steering client interactions at leadership level
  • Manage program governance across various projects streams for smooth transformation and best industry practices
  • Manage project execution, dashboard reporting for leadership monthly/Quarterly reviews
  • Implemented tools and dashboard in program governance resulting in 15% increased efficiency and data accuracy
  • Developed competitive pricing for yearly renewal with upward revenue margins by 30%
  • Lead resource planning, utilization activities to drive projects successfully
  • Cross functional collaboration to enable consistent
  • Led teams of up to 70 personnel, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans.

Manager

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
01.2016 - 07.2022

Client: SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Steering client interactions, maintaining exceptional relationships at C level
  • Driving P & L for a strategic global account for 8+ Mn USD deal, TCV> 50Mn USD
  • Managed accounts to retain existing relationships and grow share of business by
  • Client review meetings to share periodic status to increase customer satisfaction
  • Implementation of Project execution, dashboard reporting for leadership review
  • Execution of resource planning, recruitment, utilization activities
  • Leading annual appraisal process for project delivery team( 80+ Personnel)
  • Lead pricing negotiations with client for all exiting and new contracts
  • Driving delivery and operational excellence

Operations Consultant

TalentPro India
06.2011 - 01.2016

Client: SAP Labs Pvt. Ltd.

  • Driving Partner management portfolio for SAP Labs projects for 200+ resources
  • Maintaining Vendor relationship for project staffing with 30+ preferred vendors
  • Execution of vendor management process compliance compliance as per global guidelines
  • Co- ordination with project leads on hiring conditions such as contract duration, salary budget, targeted experience of resource, technical skills required
  • Adapted quickly to changing project priorities and job specifications with analytical thinking and task prioritization skills
  • Evaluated vendor performance and negotiated contracts to secure favorable terms for organization.
  • Implemented processes and procedures to improve overall efficiency in operations.

Operations Executive

Servigistics India Pvt. Ltd( PTC)
05.2010 - 05.2011
  • Collaborated on operational support tasks to achieve common goal.
  • Customer contact for support issues for 10+ clients
  • Recruitment, staffing and utilization for assigned team
  • Managing time booking of 150 employees in timely manner
  • Applied excellent problem-solving, process development, and strategic implementation skills to lead and support all areas of operations.
  • Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time by 20%
  • Coordinated seamless communication between departments, resulting in enhanced collaboration efforts across organization.

Education

MCA( Masters of Computer Applications) -

Kurukshetra University
06.2005

B.C.A. (Bachelor of Computer Applications) -

Kurukshetra University
03.2002

Skills

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Business Development
  • Account Management
  • Strong Business Acumen
  • Client Relationship Building
  • Contract Management & Negotiation
  • Consultative Selling
  • Project Management
  • Multitasking
  • Decision-Making
  • Talent acquisition
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Presentation and Communication Skills
  • Team building
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Teamwork and Collaboration

Accomplishments

  • Established exceptional relationships with client stakeholders at all levels
  • Enabled vendor activation process with client for business opportunities
  • Implemented a client feedback system, gathering valuable insights and driving improvements in the services, resulting in a 20% reduction in client complaints
  • Set up end to end Program level Governance for 300+personal across various project streams
  • Reduced project cost by 20% by leading cost negotiations and developing exceptional cost models with different vendors, enabling billing wavers, exclusive volume hiring at low cost rates
  • Reduced contractors on-boarding by 30% by implementation of DCA (Direct Cost Accounting) process to create blanket POs
  • Supported SBU leads in driving multiple initiatives – Business and People

Rewards & Recognition

  • Awarded by Accenture India-SAP Account leadership for a prestigious award " Grow women in leadership (( GWILP 2021 Program), ranked among the top 31 Associate managers in India for showcasing exemplary performance in client relationship management , Account management and sales growth.
  • Received “Accenture Celebrates Excellence” awards for excellence in business growth, project delivery ,operations and client relationship, people management
  • Received “ For being Greater than“ Award from Accenture India HR leadership on International Women Day 2018 for delivering high performance and representing Women leadership in India Domestic Business.
  • Received Multiple recognitions points from the account leadership through out the year on excellent delivery and execution of the account and support to client and teams during Covid situation.
  • Received “ Distinctive Achiever” performance outcomes for all these years for contribution in client relationship management and business growth for a SAP client in Gurgaon
  • Nominated as People Advocate as part of people engagement initiative for Accenture India Account team
  • Awarded by SAP Global Operations lead "Titan Star Award" for exemplary performance in managing partner engagement portfolio for SAP Labs projects
  • Received multiple SPOT awards by SAP Labs, Gurugram Location lead for support in executing various organizational events, driving location specific initiatives & successfully managing operational tasks

Timeline

Associate Director-Client & Industry

PricewaterhouseCoopers India LLP ( PwC, India)
09.2023 - Current

Associate Director

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd
07.2022 - 09.2023

Manager

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
01.2016 - 07.2022

Operations Consultant

TalentPro India
06.2011 - 01.2016

Operations Executive

Servigistics India Pvt. Ltd( PTC)
05.2010 - 05.2011

MCA( Masters of Computer Applications) -

Kurukshetra University

B.C.A. (Bachelor of Computer Applications) -

Kurukshetra University
Shailja Bhateja