**Currently Heading Two Zones (South & West) for Sales Training delivery team**
Training professional with two decades of exceptional performance in the BPO and Insurance sectors, extensive leadership experience in staff development, process and productivity improvements, performance management and curriculum design.
Subject Matter Expert in E2E Training & Process Operations, including assessing training needs by conducting surveys, interviews, and consultations, designing, creating training manuals and course materials, reviewing training materials and delivering training to employees using various instructional techniques.
Strategic & creative thinker, capable of devising excellent ability to deliver presentations, public speaking skills, and training expertise for various educational backgrounds with dynamic, long-term growth prospects and value delivery & seamless customer experience.
Able leader, excellent communicator & coach, capable of nurturing and motivating and leading a team to deliver business goals.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Zone Head (South & West)
Ageas Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd
10.2022 - Current
Training Delivery Expertise | Stake Holder Management | Enhance the productivity through strategic planning & Training interventions for South and West Zone through Lead Trainers and Trainers.
Driving Technology adoption to all learner
Analysis on Products, Processes and publishing insights to the Stake holders who are the Zone Heads and Business Heads.
Analyzing, reviewing and approving the monthly training calendar
Analyzing the expectations and deliverables between the Business Managers and the Trainers, ensuring time and duration adherence are within the internal and regulatory compliance.
Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
Conducted performance evaluations, compensations and hiring to maintain appropriate staffing requirements.
Reviewed and analyzed reports, records and directives to obtain data required for planning department activities.
Senior Manager
Ageas Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd
04.2021 - 09.2022
Headed the planning & execution of training intervention with of 2 regional trainers in Karnataka & AP reporting to me.
Monitor progress of Sales Managers, Cluster Managers, Branch Heads, Agency Leaders on a continuous basis by seeking regular feedback from Area Heads and Regional Manager to improve their productivity
Designed & conducted customized training programs facilitating training presentations.
Measures and reporting quantifiable outcomes ensuring the training & development initiatives are aligned with the organizational goals
Planning, scheduling, and executing all regular training programs for Sales Force of Bancassurance, Agency, Broking and Bank Staffs
Proactive planning for any special training programs, interventions and management development programs.
Meetings and sharing of expectations and deliverables between the Business managers and the Trainers.
Ensuring time and duration adherence; internal and regulatory compliances
Look after training logistics like Schedule training sessions and Ensure wider participation for the scheduled programs
Sr. Manager
Max Life Insurance Co.Ltd
04.2011 - 12.2015
Planning, scheduling, and executing all regular training programs for agents and employees
Proactive planning for any special training programs, interventions and management development programs.
Meetings and sharing of expectations and deliverables between the business managers and the trainers.
Ensuring time and duration adherence; internal and regulatory compliances
Look after training logistics like Schedule training sessions and Ensure wider participation of agents in programs
Monitor progress of Managers and Agents on a continuous basis by seeking regular feedback from Partner and Managing Partner
Ensure that agents follow moral and ethical standards when dealing with clients
Facilitate self development of agents
Training Manager
Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
09.2008 - 04.2011
Conducted orientation sessions and organized on-the-job training for new hires.
Communicated all learning and performance objectives, schedules, and training assessments to upper management.
Trained new hires to perform cross-training exercises with experienced workers.
Organized and edited training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
Collaborated with other departments to align training programs with organizational goals and objectives.
Lead Trainer
Aegis BPO Services
07.2007 - 08.2008
Implementing training programs as per training calendar, coaching and facilitate, designed training requirements concerning process.
Understanding the client’s requirement from time to time and updating the employees on the same.
Helping to build and track generic competencies for the employees.
Tracking the performance of the employees on weekly basis to check for continuous improvement.
Liaising for operations during the transition period. Helping the trainees to perform during on job training when they are reporting to operations.
Improving the effectiveness of the training based on the feedback from the employees.
Giving continuous feedback to the trainees to make sure the quality is achieved which is bench marked by external and internal client.
Coordinating with Quality and Operations team to keep a constant check on the quality score for the entire process, identifying the area of concern and giving them refresher training on the same so that there is an improvement in the performance with respect to quality.
- Creating:
Contents for creating Intranet for different in-house campaign for continuous and effective learning.
Refresher modules for continuous performance improvement.
CBT (Computer Based Training) to reduce the work load for trainers.
- Developing:
Modules for induction training with respect to the process.
Content to create intranet to be used by the representatives on the operations floor.
Putting together the OJT metrics for each Batch to track and improve the performance.
Providing back end support team for the Telecom Carriers across United States for their customers.
Trainer
Aegis BPO Services
11.2005 - 06.2007
Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
Analyzed team performance and identified opportunities for additional training.
Tracked attendance and evaluated progress for assigned trainees.
Supported productivity increase and business growth through new hire training and mentoring.
Introduced standardized training for cohesive learning environments.
Coordinated training schedules across sites with supervisors and managers to optimize training initiatives and work-flow management
Subject Matter Expert
Aegis BPO Services
03.2005 - 10.2005
Supported teams in continuous delivery of quality products and services.
Monitored and tracked user progress to identify improvement opportunities.
Improved user productivity and efficiency through system training and support.
Customer Support Representative
SYKES Enterprises India Private Limited
09.2003 - 08.2004
Supported customer questions and issues with regards to their Lost baggage by gathering related queries using World Tracer.
Delivered exceptional customer service by prioritizing emergency issues and developing and employing workarounds to solve problems expeditiously.
Customer Care Executive
GE Consumer Financial Services Ltd.
06.2002 - 04.2003
Giving Loan information to the customers for two wheelers and consumer durables.
Explaining the terms and conditions for new loan accounts.
Verifying customers profile with information provided by the customers.
Provided excellent customer service by efficiently resolving issues and responding to inquiries.
Submitting reports to the Area Sales Manager after verification.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
Bangalore
04.2002
Skills
People Management – Team & Stakeholder
Client Servicing
Social Intelligence
Novel & Adaptive thinking
Team Development
Operations Management
Training Delivery & Management
Change Management
Collaborative Skills
Result oriented
Innovation & Creativity
People Skills
Accomplishments
Honored with an award for Overall performance during FY 2021-22.
Earned the prestigious CEO's Award for two consecutive years, Seven times Star of the Month awards and three times Spot Awards in Ageas Federal Life.
Commended by the Chief People Officer (CPO) at Ageas Federal Life for demonstrating a customer-centric approach.
Acknowledged with the Award for Best Training Module Creation by the National Training Head at Max Life.
Received the "Dronacharya Award" for two consecutive quarters in 2010 at Max Life for exceptional mentoring and guidance, leading to the surpassing of targets.
Recognized as the "Star Performer of the Quarter" within the Training Department at Aegis BPO in 2007.
Granted a Certificate of Excellence in 2006 at Aegis BPO for displaying dedication and unwavering commitment.
Commended by clients for creating comprehensive modules to keep processes up-to-date while working at Aegis BPO.
Successfully conducted training for over two processes at Aegis BPO.
Achieved a consistent quality rate of over 90% for all trained batches, consistently meeting all Key Result Areas (KRAs) at Aegis BPO.
Demonstrated an efficient approach in reducing training time while simultaneously improving overall quality at Aegis BPO.
Received appreciation from both customers and clients for delivering top-tier customer service during the tenure at Sykes.
Additional Information
Received an award for the overall performance for the FY 2021-22
Received CEO’s Award for 2 Consecutive Years, 7 Star of the Month, &3 Spot Awards in Ageas Federal Life.
Recognized by CPO for having a customer-centric approach in Ageas Federal Life.
Received Award for the Best Training Module Creation from National Training Head in Max Life
Received “Dronacharya Award” for two consecutive quarters in 2010 for mentoring and guiding to outperform and achieve targets In Max Life
Awarded “Star Performer of the Quarter” in Training Department in 2007 in Aegis BPO
Recipient of Certificate of Excellence for “Dedication and Commitment” in 2006 in Aegis BPO
Received appreciation from the clients for creating modules for all the updates in Aegis BPO
Efficiently delivered effective training for more than 2 processes in Aegis BPO
Successfully achieved more than 90% quality for all the batches trained, meeting all the KRAs in Aegis BPO
Effectively reduced the training time with an increase in the overall quality in Aegis BPO
Received appreciation from customers and clients for the best customer service in Sykes.
Certification
Emerging Leadership Foundation, LinkedIn - Dec 2020
Consulting Approach to Problem Solving, Udemy - June 2022
DVP & Zonal Head (Bancassurance, Federal Bank) at Ageas Federal Life Insurance CO.LTDDVP & Zonal Head (Bancassurance, Federal Bank) at Ageas Federal Life Insurance CO.LTD