Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Accomplishments
Computer Awareness
Activities
Attended Conferences Seminars
Languages
Hobbies and Interests
Disclaimer
Visits
Timeline
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Sopan Kajale

Sopan Kajale

Pune

Summary

Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
Pune
08.2022 - Current
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty
  • Created monthly reports for senior management summarizing operational performance metrics
  • Coached, mentored and trained team members in order to improve their job performance
  • Monitored budgets and expenditures to ensure cost-effectiveness while maintaining quality standards
  • Provided leadership during times of organizational change or crisis situations.

Project Manager

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
Pune
02.2021 - 08.2022
  • Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages
  • Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects for review by executive leadership team
  • Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects
  • Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.

Team Lead

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
Pune
03.2013 - 02.2021
  • Provided leadership and guidance to team members, ensuring that tasks were completed on time and to a high standard
  • Developed strategies to increase team productivity and improve customer service levels.

Education

MBA - Operation And HRM

Pune University

PRINCE2 Practitioner -

AXELOS

PRINCE2 Foundation -

AXELOS

P.G.B.Sc.(Applied) GIS &RS -

University of Pune

M.A/M.Sc. (Geography) -

University of Pune

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Performance Management
  • Workforce Management
  • Budget Control
  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Business Planning
  • Time Management
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Staff Management

Websites

Accomplishments

  • 4-year experience of handling critical project along with release management, OSM and project planning
  • Successfully trained 4 batches in TOMTOM & 2 at Apple HYD
  • Worked as Release manager for 3 years in TomTom (Product create)
  • Ability to collaborate with Global & Internal Stakeholder
  • 5 Best performance Award + 1 Employee of the year + 7 Dream Team Award
  • Was Lead of Promotion Committee in TomTom Pune
  • Actively involved in Project, Budget, Resource Planning & Operation Management in TomTom

Computer Awareness

  • Auto CAD. (2004)
  • Arc View
  • Arc GIS. (9.2)
  • ERDAS. (Earth Resource Data Analysis System) (9.1)
  • ECognition developer Trial (8.0)
  • Spring. (1.5)
  • Google Sketch
  • Atlas Bison
  • TaMapper
  • Cartopia
  • Bizagi Modeler
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Access
  • Handheld GPS(Garmin)
  • Theodolite
  • Dumpy level
  • Plain table
  • Prismatic compass
  • Pocket Stereoscope
  • Mirror Stereoscope

Activities

Sport - Cricket

Attended Conferences Seminars

  • National seminar on “Applications of Geoinformatics in Environmental Management”, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune, 01/23/10
  • (Deccan Geographical Society)” Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Geography”, Department of Geography, University of Pune, 03/21/10

Languages

  • English
  • Marathi
  • Hindi

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading
  • Singing

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.

Visits

  • Amsterdam (NLD): In 2019, a Cultural Ambassador from India visited the TomTom Headquarters in Amsterdam to represent the Pune site
  • Lodz (POL) : In 2019, a visit was made to the Poland office for training on Mobile Mapping, which was then used for team development in India.
  • Gent (BEL) : In 2023, As a member of the leadership team, a visit was made and attended Gent offsite workshop to strategize and outline the work plan.
  • Gent (BEl) : In 2024, a visit was made to the Gent office to establish the plan for the year, finalize team appraisals, and discuss organizational changes.

Timeline

Manager

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
08.2022 - Current

Project Manager

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
02.2021 - 08.2022

Team Lead

TomTom India Pvt LTD.
03.2013 - 02.2021

MBA - Operation And HRM

Pune University

PRINCE2 Practitioner -

AXELOS

PRINCE2 Foundation -

AXELOS

P.G.B.Sc.(Applied) GIS &RS -

University of Pune

M.A/M.Sc. (Geography) -

University of Pune

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