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Sagar Patel

Sagar Patel

Strategic Operations Leader
BANGALORE,Karnataka

Summary

A strategic leadership role that will enable me to use my leadership qualities, creative problem-solving skills, my relationship strengths and the depth of my experience. Fostering a motivated, results-oriented, performance-driven team that meets and exceeds goals. Crafting an impactful and efficient work environment creating competitive advantages and profitable growth.


SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

25+ years as a responsible and energetic executive creating and growing ideas that have resulted in systemic change.


• Led organizations to implement new and improved capabilities; effectively established new and upgraded systems and processes; solved key problems to generate higher revenue per person; substantially reduced recurring costs.

• Built effective business partnerships developed through trust, respect and confidence, generated continued and growing revenue over many years. Responsible for account development, management, customer service, P&L budgeting and financial planning.

• Made significant contributions by inspiring leadership, coaching and mentoring teams, holding a team together making it greater than the sum of its individual parts. Have instituted environments that are people-oriented and aligned with organizational priorities. A systems-minded professional whose attention to opportunities, relationships and consequences are the main motivating factors.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications

Work History

I. Director Consulting Services

CGI
BANGALORE, India
10.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for account development and management carving out GCC portfolio and develop go-to-market strategy
  • Grew the portfolio from $3M to $11M+ improving GM by 6.5%, adding 3 new logos bringing in additional 1M+, managing a team of 300+ members and P&L of USD$ 11M
  • Increased Client satisfaction to 9.8 and Member satisfaction to 9.72
  • Managed ramp-down from 180 to 30 members owing to Covid-19 impact
  • Rebuilt the team size to 140+ within a year.

II. Director BPS

CGI
BANGALORE, India
10.2013 - 09.2018
  • BPS: Built a CoE (~400 FTE) adding key functions in APAC
  • Lead BPS transformation building end-to-end strategy and governance across Migrations, Delivery, Training, Re-engineering, Risk & Control framework
  • Initiated journey on RPA in 2014
  • RPA – BOTS implementation (AP, AR, FBS) saved 60%+ efforts and increased accuracy to ~100%
  • Set-up
  • Innovation centre and inculcate Innovation culture in the organization
  • Member satisfaction of the integrated team – 9.3 from 7.8 in 20 months
  • CSAP increased from 5.6 to 9.5
  • One among 12 leaders selected for first of its kind Leadership
  • Acceleration Program (LAP), assimilated learnings in prestigious institutions (ISB, IIMA, IIMB)

III. Sr. Manager BPS

CGI
Bengaluru
04.2010 - 09.2013
  • Lead the integration of CGI and Logica BPS organizations, Institutionalized synergies for OPOP (One Platform One Process) driving cost-savings from 360 to 215 FTEs.
  • Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.

Management Consultant

KPMG RCPL
Gurgaon, London
11.2008 - 01.2010
  • Developed a TOM for “FluLine” (Swineflu) defining service delivery model, built Vanguard model for deployment of acquired contact-centre seats (~8000 seats) by defining Governance structure and Operational Life Cycle
  • Developed frameworks for Outsourcing Advisory Services - Opportunity feasibility assessment, TOM design, Organization &
  • KPI design, Pricing/ chargeback model design, Transition strategy, Implementation roadmap for retained organization & GCCs.
  • Conducted thorough reviews of operations to devise and deploy improvement strategies.

Senior Operations Manager

Convergys India Services
Bengaluru
02.2007 - 10.2008
  • SMT member and Head of Shared Services
  • Increased revenue from 6M to 9M
  • Drove “Back- to-Basics” program along with Six-sigma initiatives to increase conversion by average 4% across product lines, reduce absenteeism by 3% and attrition by 6%
  • Set-up “Shared-Services MFE” collaboration portal for 4 centres
  • Managed ramp-down from 600 to 20 FTE within 6 months owing to Sub-prime crisis
  • Led multiple site-level initiatives related to Member engagement & Site improvisations.

Senior Operations Manager

Symphony Services
Bengaluru
05.2005 - 02.2007
  • Set-up DP CoE for Europe and USA (50 FTE) and integrated Analytics team (40 FTE)
  • Transitioned processes in multiple languages (German, French, Swedish etc.) siprdoxygen@gmail.com (+91) 99004 99613
  • Bengaluru

I. Manager

HSBC EDPI
Hyderabad, Bengaluru
01.2001 - 05.2005
  • Planning: Transitioned processes from across the globe (~400 FTE) and set-up new sites (Processes and Contact-centres) in India and Sri Lanka
  • Led and mentored AMTs to Transition Managers and coached multiple PEs to grow into AMTs and Managers
  • Pre-empted transition-related issues and creating effective solutions to resolve them swiftly.

II. Assistant Manager

  • Training: Help transition multiple processes and train multiple PEs (200+ FTE) on various processes.

I. Team Leader

Tata Cellular Hyderabad
Vizag
03.1998 - 01.2001
  • Delivered customer delight across multiple channels of CC
  • Excellent retention rate
  • Kept key KPIs (FCR, CSAT, AHT, ESAT, ServQual, Attrition) under the targets
  • Top-Topics” provided proactive reach and resolution surprising customers pleasantly

II. Customer Care Executive | Tata Cellular Hyderabad

link-man between TCL & customers, resolving queries with efficiency, building strong relationship with customers and generating trust with an open and interactive communication.

Customer Care Executive

Blue Dart
Hyderabad
06.1997 - 03.1998
  • Drove Customer-First approach with the Dealer network and at Hub organization helping in client retention and cross-selling / up-selling other products
  • I won “Jaldi-50” in South-region selling 50 Jumbo-boxes in a month.

Customer Service Executive

Easy Call Communications (India) Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
03.1996 - 05.1997
  • Deliver exceptional customer experience to individual clients in the circle.

Sales Executive

Technolink Systems Ltd
Hyderabad
04.1995 - 12.1995
  • With perseverance and adapting my ways to connect with the client, I was able to develop a niche-market for
  • Motorola two-way radios
  • Named “Steel-King” for my sales figures and relation with the clients in the industry.

Education

I. Accelerated Management Program -

Indian School of Business
01.2015 - 01.2016

II. Executive General Management Program - undefined

Indian Institute of Management
01.2008 - 01.2009

Bachelor of Science - Computers, Science and Commerce

AV College of Arts, Osmania University
01.1992 - 01.1995

Skills

    Business Development

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Certification

I. Effective Strategy Execution (2015) @ ISB Hyderabad

Timeline

I. Director Consulting Services

CGI
10.2018 - Current

I. Accelerated Management Program -

Indian School of Business
01.2015 - 01.2016

II. Director BPS

CGI
10.2013 - 09.2018

III. Sr. Manager BPS

CGI
04.2010 - 09.2013

Management Consultant

KPMG RCPL
11.2008 - 01.2010

II. Executive General Management Program - undefined

Indian Institute of Management
01.2008 - 01.2009

Senior Operations Manager

Convergys India Services
02.2007 - 10.2008

Senior Operations Manager

Symphony Services
05.2005 - 02.2007

I. Manager

HSBC EDPI
01.2001 - 05.2005

I. Team Leader

Tata Cellular Hyderabad
03.1998 - 01.2001

Customer Care Executive

Blue Dart
06.1997 - 03.1998

Customer Service Executive

Easy Call Communications (India) Pvt Ltd
03.1996 - 05.1997

Sales Executive

Technolink Systems Ltd
04.1995 - 12.1995

Bachelor of Science - Computers, Science and Commerce

AV College of Arts, Osmania University
01.1992 - 01.1995

II. Assistant Manager

I. Effective Strategy Execution (2015) @ ISB Hyderabad
II. The Winning Edge: Communication Strategies for Leaders (2015) lead by Prof. Asha Kaul @ IIMA
III. Transformational Leadership: Tapping into your personal DNA (2015) by Prof. Prasad Kaipa @ ISB Hyderabad
IV. Abhivridhi – A curated Organization Leadership Development Program @ IIMB (in 2 phases)
V. Certified SAFe 4 Agilist (2019) (Certificate ID: 75659875-3273)
VI. Certified Practitioner of Managing Successful Programs (2013) from APMG – International (MSPR/IN000204)
VII. Six-Sigma Green Belt training program from Motorola University (2007)
VIII. Certification in Project Management from PMI (2006)
IX. Six-Sigma Champion from IRI (2005)
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