S.P. Karthikeyan: Employment Profile
S.P. Karthikeyan: Employment Profile
S.P. Karthikeyan: Employment Profile
KARTHIKEYAN
+91 98456-78422, +91 98941 67277
SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL with nearly 8 years of experience in the service
sector. The core competencies entail:
Process Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Process Improvement
Quality Assurance
Quality Audits
Statutory Compliance
Sales
Business Development
SLAs
Client Servicing
Revenue Enhancements
Team Management
Reports/ Documentations
Liaison/ Coordination
People Management
Staff Motivation
Capable of managing & leading teams for running successful process operations & experience of developing
procedures, service standards for business excellence under multiple delivery models right from complete
offshore to a mix of offshore and onshore models. Expertise in extending service delivery across significant
verticals. A highly versatile proactive leader with a passion to deliver, extensive managerial skills, natural ability
to identify and capitalize upon opportunities to maximize performance and optimize company profits.
Resourceful, multilingual, result-orientated professional with strong communication and interpersonal skills and
proven ability to surpass targets within deadline, regardless of pressure.
THE BUSINESS SKILLS
Monitoring overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate
measures to maximize customer satisfaction level.
Overseeing process improvement initiatives through system changes, process realignment/ redefining &
efficiency management.
Sending reports to the top management and maintaining the agreed SLA & thereby focusing on maximizing
customer experience while optimizing costs.
Coordinating with process managers to provide them with the feedback related to the trainings and the
recruits that would be joining their process.
Effectuating plans for augmenting the business volume by enhancing brand recall. Initiating and developing
relationships with key decision makers in target organizations for business development.
Supervising customer service operations for rendering and achieving quality services; providing first line
customer support by answering queries & resolving their issues, ensuring minimum TAT.
Maintaining cordial relations with customers to sustain the profitability of the business. Handling customer
grievances and resolving issues.
Identifying and implementing strategies for building team effectiveness by promoting a spirit of
cooperation between team members.
EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
Since Nov06: Virgin Animations Pvt. Limited (www.virgincomics.com)
Creative Services Manager
Managing the gamut of tasks including overseeing the workings of 10 pencillers, 40 colourists,
4 graphic designers as well as 6 pre-press personnel.
Directing the complete creative services operations for outsourcing jobs of US clients.
Ensuring adherence to the SLAs as decided with the client and management.
Interfacing with Editorial team in US and support teams to get the task completed on time.
Scheduling the work timings of the shifts as per the process requirements.
Significant Achievements:
Integrated the:
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Scheduling of work for all the comic titles (to ensure the titles hit the stands on time).
Instituted a system of conducted regular interfacing of team and the colorists from Tamilnadu.
The above system facilitated a congenial work environment & quality work
Involved in providing suggestions to the clients on various aspects such as sales increase through Email
campaigns, banner development, micro-site development and homepage enhancement.
Market and suggesting the clients about the various campaigns that can be done for them.
Pattern of customers visit and exit, providing suggestions to clients and implementing the
same.
Spearheading the team of 40 including 5 Account Managers, 2 Team Leaders, 5 Specialty Agents, 8
Content writers and 20 Entry level agents.
Significant Achievements:
Orchestrated SEO, SME its uses and importance a training session for all the online marketing team.
Personal Growth plan for existing employees hence various entry level employees to moved on to
specialized software field within our organization.
Que system for all the clients campaign hence facilitating effective utilization of the design
and copy writing department.
Expanded the client base from 35 to 105 in a span of 6 months with effective online campaigns and prompt
follow ups.
Apr05 to Dec 05: Apex IT World
Operations Consultant
Dexterously managing operations for obtaining business for the company and developing it in Coimbatore.
Mentoring a team of 20 personnel involving 2 proof readers for the profitability of the business
Significant Achievements:
Monitoring the up selling operations of the company ensuring revenue increase and business volumes.
Resourcefully handling the non-technical, inbound and outbound process for Australia & New Zealand.
Significant Achievements:
Demonstrated capabilities in over achieving the service target by 20% and installation target by 2%.
Fore fronted the development of the weekly performance chart with individual and team metrics.
Introduced 2 new service packages thereby increasing the margins for the organisation.
Conducted sales training skills (for Point of sales and After Point of Sales teams).
Suggested and introduced 2 new service packs for Australia/New Zealand market.
Attended Dell to Top awards in Bali as one of my trainee achieved top results in service upsell.
Mar02 to Jul03: Direm Marketing
Program Executive
Key Deliverables:
Involved in confirming venues, trainer, and dates and motivating the participants in Coimbatore District.
Learning Contour
Personal Account
References
Available on Request